What traditional food do we eat on New Year’s Day? What is the origin of China’s New Year’s Day?

What traditional food do we eat on New Year’s Day? What is the origin of China’s New Year’s Day?
Introduction: Our country has been a country with a rich food culture since ancient times, so many important festivals have food customs. So what traditional food do we eat on New Year’s Day? What is the origin of China’s New Year’s Day? The arrival of November in the lunar calendar means we have to bid farewell to the cool autumn and enter the cold winter. Let’s go to the November special topic on Shuimoxiansheng.com to learn about November in the lunar calendar of 2018.

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

What to eat on New Year's Day: Eggs <br /> Time of emergence: Wu Jin period General introduction: The custom of eating an egg on New Year's Day already existed during the Wu Jin period. 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.
What to eat on New Year's Day: Rice cake <br /> Time of appearance: Northern and Southern Dynasties General introduction: Rice cake, also called sticky cake, means getting taller every 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.”
What to eat on New Year's Day: Dumplings <br /> Date of appearance: Ming and Qing Dynasties General introduction: Dumplings are transformed from wontons. Every New Year's Day, northerners will eat dumplings. 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."

What is the origin of Chinese New Year's Day?

1. The New Year's Day we are talking about now refers to January 1st of the Gregorian calendar. In ancient my country, New Year's Day refers to the first day of the first lunar month, which is now the Spring Festival.
2. As for the origin of Chinese New Year, it first appeared during the reign of Zhuanxu, one of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. According to historical records, Emperor Zhuanxu took the first month of summer as the beginning of the year, which was actually the New Year's Day of the lunar calendar.

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