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Lunar New Year is full of various taboos to watch out for, but if you want good luck to come, even your food choices need to be carefully made. The following nine must-eat foods for the Spring Festival not only satisfy your appetite but also bring the arrival of wealth when consumed！
Sweet rice balls symbolize family harmony and happiness. (Photo / Crazy Night Market)
1.Sweet rice balls
Wake up on the first day of the Lunar New Year and enjoy a bowl of warm, sweet rice balls, symbolizing family unity, sweetness, and fulfillment, as well as representing a beautiful life in the new year.
2.New Year cake
New Year cake sounds like “year high” (年高), symbolizing continuous improvement and advancement. Moreover, the cake is traditionally cut into square pieces, resembling gold and silver, signifying wealth and prosperity in the new year.
Oranges always play an important symbolic role during the Lunar New Year. (Photo / Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash)
3.Oranges
Oranges always hold significant symbolic meaning during the Lunar New Year, representing luck, fortune, and the wish for great blessings. That’s why you’ll often see tables filled with oranges when visiting relatives or gathering for meals—their color is also very festive.
4.Chicken soup
Drinking a bowl of hot chicken soup during the holidays, especially with a chicken foot in it, not only brings health for the year but also symbolizes “grabbing wealth” in the new year.
Eating dumplings on the first day of the year brings prosperity. (Photo / Haozhuyi Noodle Restaurant)
5.Dumplings
Dumplings, also called 饺子 (jiǎozi) or 元宝 (yuanbao, meaning ingots), have historically been eaten by people in northern China on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, symbolizing growing a year older and welcoming good fortune. Nowadays, eating dumplings on the first day of the year is a wish for wealth and prosperity in the new year.
6.Longevity greens
Longevity greens are a favorite on the holiday dining table among elders, symbolizing a long and healthy life.
Pineapple means “prosperity is coming.” (Photo / Phoenix Han on Unsplash)
7.Pineapple
Pineapple has long been a symbol of good luck, as its pronunciation in Taiwanese Hokkien sounds like “prosperity is coming” (旺来), so eating pineapple represents the arrival of abundant good fortune.
8.Radish
Radish, also known as 菜头 (càitóu), symbolizes having a good omen. No matter how it’s cooked, make sure to eat some radish during the Lunar New Year to invite some good luck your way.
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