Certain dishes are eaten during the Chinese New Year for their symbolic meaning. The auspicious symbolism of these foods is based on their pronunciations or appearance. Not only do the dishes itself matter, but also the preparation, ways of serving and eating it means a lot.

The most common Chinese New Year foods includes dumplings, fish, spring rolls, glutinous rice cake, longevity noodle, glutinous rice balls and oranges

1. Fish (Yú)
2. Dumpling
3. Spring roll (Popia)
4. Glutinous Rice Cake (Nian Gao)
Recipe here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVPwDMew9a4
5. Glutinous Rice Balls (Tang Yuan)
6. Longevity Noodle (Yi Mein)
7. Tangerines and Oranges

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