What traditional food do you eat on New Year's Day? Let's take a look at the most traditional Chinese New Year's Day must-eat food

New Year's Day 2017 is coming soon. Want to know what traditional food is eaten on Chinese New Year's Day? Do we also eat tangyuan and dumplings on New Year’s Day? Next, let’s do some scientific research together.

What traditional food do you eat on New Year's Day?

rice cake

Time of appearance: Northern and Southern Dynasties Comprehensive introduction: Rice cake, also known as sticky cake, means getting taller year by year. Rice cake is a food with a long history, but eating rice cake on New Year's Day became popular in the Ming and Qing dynasties, especially in the south. Mainly in Suzhou, Jiading and other places in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
Historical records: In the late Ming Dynasty’s “A Brief Account of the Scenery of the Imperial Capital”, it is recorded that on the first day of the first lunar month, people “wake up early, wash their hands, eat date cakes, and rice cakes.”

dumpling

Time of appearance: Ming and Qing Dynasties Comprehensive introduction: Dumplings were transformed from wontons. People in the north eat dumplings every New Year's Day. However, the custom of eating dumplings on New Year's Day flourished in the north during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
Historical records: "Wan Shu Miscellaneous Notes" said that on New Year's Day, people in Wanping County, a suburb of Beijing, "made flatbreads and presented them to elders as a token of longevity."

egg

Time of appearance: Wu Jin period

Comprehensive introduction: The custom of eating an egg on New Year's Day has already existed since the Wu and Jin dynasties. It is said that eating eggs was for longevity at that time, but this practice was no longer practiced during the reign of Emperor Wu of Liang, mainly because he was a Buddhist.
Historical records: On New Year's Day, people should swallow a raw egg, which is said to be a way to practice physical fitness.