Lucky food for Chinese New Year – Anson W.

Lucky food for Chinese New Year – Anson W.

Food plays an important part in the celebrations for Chinese New Year which is why the EAL department is taking our Chinese students to the best Chinese restaurant Ipswich has to offer. Let’s hope it lives up to their experience of what seems to be delicious Chinese food.

Chinese New Year is the festival that celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar. Chinese New Year 2023 will fall on Sunday, 22nd of January and, according to the Chinese zodiac, it is the year of the rabbit.

Celebrations of Chinese New Year last for 16 days, starting from Chinese New Year’s Eve to the Lantern Festival.

It’s a time to be spent with family and that’s why food is heavily involved in the celebrations.

Lucky Food for Chinese New Year:

1.Dumplings-associated with  wealth

2.Nian Gao– Nian Gao is a traditional glutinous rice cake made of sticky rice, sugar, chestnuts, dates, and lotus leaves. Eating Nian Gao is accompanied by the phrase “Getting higher year-after-year by year,” meaning a general improvement in life

3.Fa Gao is a typical Chinese dessert made with soaked rice that is then ground into a paste and steamed

4.Steamed Chicken-A whole chicken is another symbol of the family; that’s why, once cooked, Chinese people first offer the chicken to the ancestors asking for blessings and protection

5.Sweet Rice Ball-their rounded shape is associated with reunion and being together

6.Noodles-symbolise longevity

7.Sweet Rice Ball-their rounded shape is associated with reunion and being together

8.Fish-wish for a surplus in the year

9.Fruits and vegetables-Bamboo shoots: represent longevity; poria mushrooms: represent blessings and fortune; muskmelon and grapefruit: represent family; seaweed: represents wealth and fortune.

10.Spring Rolls-refer to the name of the festival as Chinese New Year is also known as Spring Festival

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