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Sometimes a copper coin is put in a dumpling, and the one who eats it is supposed to become wealthy.

Some Chinese put a white thread inside a dumpling, and the one who eats that dumpling is supposed to possess longevity.

If you make the junction too flat, it is thought to purport poverty.

When making dumplings there should be a good number of pleats.

#Chinese fish bowl skin#

On New Year's Eve it is a tradition to eat dumplings with cabbage and radish, implying that one's skin will become fair and one's mood will become gentle. Different Dumpling Fillings Have Different MeaningsĬhinese don't eat Chinese sauerkraut (酸菜 suāncài /swann-tseye/) dumplings at Spring Festival, because it implies a poor and difficult future. First they mix the dough, second make the dough into round "wrappers" with a rolling pin, third fill the wrappers with stuffing, fourth pinch the "wrapper" together into the desired shape, and fifth cook them. How they're made: Almost all Chinese people can make dumplings. They can be cooked by boiling, steaming, frying or baking. Popular fillings are minced pork, diced shrimp, fish, ground chicken, beef, and vegetables. Legend has it that the more dumplings you eat during the New Year celebrations, the more money you can make in the New Year.ĭumplings generally consist of minced meat and finely-chopped vegetables wrapped in a thin and elastic dough skin. With a history of more than 1,800 years, dumpling (饺子 Jiǎozi /jyaoww-dzrr/) is a classic lucky food for Lunar New Year, and a traditional dish eaten on Chinese New Year's Eve, widely popular in China, especially in North China.Ĭhinese dumplings can be made to look like Chinese silver ingots (which are not bars, but boat-shaped, oval, and turned up at the two ends).

鱼跃龙门 (Yú yuè lóngmén /yoo ywair long-mnn/): Success in your exam! ('A fish leaping over the dragon gate' implies successfully passing a competitive examination.).

年年有余 (Niánnián yǒu yú /nyen-nyen yo yoo/): May you always have more than you need!.

The most famous Chinese fish dishes include steamed weever, West Lake fish with pickled cabbage and chili, steamed fish in vinegar sauce, and boiled fish with spicy broth.

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These customs are observed in a lively and light-hearted spirit, full of laughing and banter.įish can be cooked in various ways such as boiling, steaming, and braising. The two people who face the head and tail of fish should drink together, as this is considered to have a lucky meaning.

Diners can enjoy the fish only after the one who faces the fish head eats first.

The head should be placed toward distinguished guests or elders, representing respect.

There are some rules related to the position of the fish. This is practiced north of the Yangtze River, but in other areas the head and tail of the fish shouldn't be eaten until the beginning of the year, which expresses the hope that the year will start and finish with surplus. The fish should be the last dish left with some left over, as this has auspicious homophonics for there being surpluses every year.

If only one catfish is eaten, eating the upper part of the fish on New Year's Eve and the remainder on the first day of the new year can be spoken with the same homophonic meaning.

Eating two fish, one on New Year's Eve and one on New Year's Day, (if written in a certain way) sounds like a wish for a surplus year-after-year.

So eating catfish is a wish for a surplus in the year.

Catfish: The Chinese for "catfish" (鲶鱼 niányú /nyen-yoo/) sounds like 年余 (nián yú) meaning 'year surplus'.

So Chinese people think eating mud carp during the Chinese New Year symbolizes wishing for good fortune.

Chinese mud carp: The first part of the Chinese for "mud carp" (鲤鱼 lǐyú /lee-yoo/) is pronounced like the word for gifts (礼 lǐ /lee/).

Crucian carp: As the first character of 'crucian carp' (鲫鱼 jìyú /jee-yoo/) sounds like the Chinese word 吉 (jí /jee/ 'good luck'), eating crucian carp is considered to bring good luck for the next year.

Steamed fish is one of the most famous Chinese New Year recipes. What fish should be chosen for the New Year dinner is based on auspicious homophonics. Chinese people always like to have a surplus at the end of the year, because they think if they have managed to save something at the end of the year, then they can make more in the next year. Fish is a traditional Chinese New Year dish on the Chinese New Year dinner menu. In Chinese, "fish" (鱼 Yú /yoo/) sounds like 'surplus'.