Top 5 Lucky Savory Dishes to Eat on Chinese New Year 2023

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Celebrations of Chinese New Year last for 16 days, and food is heavily involved in them. Here is a guide on what to eat during Chinese New Year 2023, the year of the rabbit, with a list of the top 5 lucky savory foods in China to ensure you are all ready to celebrate.

1. Dumplings (Jiaozi)

Dumpling is a classic lucky traditional dish eaten on Chinese New Year's Eve. It is associated with wealth as they are supposed to look like the ingot, the gold and silver pieces used as money in ancient times.

2. Whole Fish

Fish is one of the most important symbolic dishes for Chinese New Year. The pronunciation for fish in Chinese is the same pronunciation as "surplus". Chinese people always like to have a surplus at the end of the year, which symbolizes an increase in prosperity.

3. Spring Rolls

This is a Chinese New Year dish that symbolizes wealth, as it is common to say the phrase "a ton of gold," referring to this dish as a carrier of prosperity. Spring rolls are especially popular in East China.

4. Longevity Noodles

Longevity noodles are traditionally prepared as one very long, thin single strand, and they symbolize happiness and longevity. They're often combined with a broth, or with an almost gravy-like sauce.

5. Whole Chicken

A whole chicken, with head and feet included, is a visual signifier of togetherness, wholeness and unity. Chicken is also a homophone for ji, meaning "good luck" and "prosperity."

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