春节美食的由来？英文双语对照

1.饺子：吉祥财宝

在中国民间传说中，除夕吃“饺子”是山珍海味不可替代的盛宴。 “饺子”又称“饺子”或“饺子”，意为新旧交替。它也承袭了上帝的寓意，是过节必吃的佳肴。吃饺子意为“更碎饺子”。 “子”意为“子时”，与“饺子”谐音，意为“团圆快乐”、“吉祥如意”。此外，由于饺子形似元宝，过年吃饺子还有“招财进宝”的吉祥寓意。

饺子馅的选择与寓意有直接关系。最常见的韭菜馅，意味着长久的财富，因为久远意味着长久的财富。冬天典型的酿白菜意味着一百个财富。香菇的保健作用最强。包成饺子馅，寓意财富。鼓是凸起和突出的。蘑菇的形状像一个向上的箭头，或股市的走势，寓意向上和丰满。那就是财富。最后还有南京人爱吃的酸菜，据说有富贵之意。

2.鸡：有计划

一顿丰盛的年夜饭团圆饭，自然少不了鸡。除夕夜吃年夜饭，很多地方的第一道菜是鸡肉，因为它寓意吉祥。年菜桌上一定要有一只鸡，因为“吃鸡要下手”。广州当地客家人崇拜神灵，仍以鸡和鹅为“长子”。

为了减少脂肪和卡路里的摄入量，请在烹饪前或烹饪后去皮。其实鸡皮和鸡肉之间有一层薄膜，可以保持肉的水分，防止脂肪溢出。因此，如有必要，鸡肉应在烹饪后去皮。这样既减少了脂肪的摄入，又保证了鸡肉的鲜美口感。

3. 鱼: 每年都有

因为中国有句俗话，年年有（鱼），鱼是年夜饭的必备菜品。除夕吃鲤鱼，鲤鱼与“礼”谐音，过年吃鲤鱼。除夕吃鲫鱼，鲫鱼与“吉”谐音，鲤鱼和鲫鱼一起吃是福气。除夕吃鲢鱼。鲢与“莲”谐音。

为了吃一年多的好意，除夕可以吃两条鱼，一条做大年夜饭，一条做大年夜饭，寓意一年多。做一个，年夜饭吃终端，大年初一吃头带尾，这样你一年多，头带尾。

4.蚝油：好市场

华南的年夜饭通常有鸡肉、烤肉、肥肉、蚝油等，因为“发财蚝油”是“利好市场”的谐音。蚝油又称“蚝干”，是蚝（又称蚝）肉的干制品，是广东人春节必吃的一道菜。蚝油是补钙的最佳食品。它富含磷。由于钙被人体吸收时需要磷的帮助，有利于钙的吸收。

5.虾：哈哈笑

广州人喜欢吃海鲜。虾在过年会是吉祥的菜，如水煮虾、炸虾等，因为虾意味着每天欢笑。过年一只虾，年年欢笑，开心就好。

6. 龙年菜：长寿

“龙年菜”是台湾过年的第一餐，是一种茎叶长，味苦的芥菜。有的甚至在菜品上加了细扇，寓意“生生不息”。过年除夕，人们切菜时，切菜的时间比平时长，故名，寓意能持续很长时间，来年的收入会更多。大年夜吃长菜，意味着到明年还有剩余，代表着劳动人民对美好生活的向往和对新年生活的期盼。

1. dumpling: Lucky money and valuables

In Chinese folklore, the New Year's Eve eats " dumpling " it is the regale that delicacies of every kind cannot replace. "Dumpling " say again " dumpling " or " dumpling " , meaning replace for new old acquaintance. It also adopy sacred implied meaning, it is the cate that celebrates a festival to eat surely. Eat dumpling meaning to be " brokener dumpling " . "Child " meaning for " the period of the day from 11 pm to 1 am " , with " dumpling " homophonic, meaning for " reunion is happy " , " good fortune as one wishes " . In addition, as a result of a shoe-shaped gold or silver ingot used as money in feudal China of dumpling be similar in shape, spend the New Year eat dumpling to still have " action money enters treasure " lucky implied meaning.

The choice of dumpling stuffing and implied meaning have immediate concern. The commonnest leek stuffing, mean long money, because ages ago mean long money. Typical in the winter wine Chinese cabbage means 100 money. The sanitarian action of Xianggu mushroom is the strongest. The bag becomes dumpling stuffing, implied meaning fortune. Rousing is raised with what highlight. The appearance of dawdle resembles up arrowhead, or of the stock market go situation, the implied meaning is mixed up plump. That is fortune. Still Nanjing person loves eating pickled Chinese cabbage finally, have the idea of riches and honour allegedly.

2. chicken: In a planned way

A meal of big reunion of meal of the eve of the lunar New Year, nature is little not chicken. Night of the New Year's Eve eats meal of the eve of the lunar New Year, the first dish of a lot of places is chicken, because its implied meaning is lucky. Year there must be a chicken on dish desk, because " eat chicken to want a right-hand seat " . Person of Guangzhou place the Hakkas adores deities, still be with chicken and goose " cornstalk " .

To decrease adipose the intake with calorie, be please before cooking or the flay after cooking. There is a film between gallinaceous skin and chicken actually, can retain fleshy moisture, prevent adipose spill over. Accordingly, if be necessary, chicken should be after cooking flay. Decreased to be absorbed adiposely already so, assured the delicious mouthfeel of chicken again.

3.Fish: Have every year

Because China has a common saying, have year after year (fish) , the necessary dish that the fish is meal of the eve of the lunar New Year is tasted. The New Year's Eve eats a carp, carp and " ceremony " homophonic, spend the New Year eat a carp. The New Year's Eve has crucian carp fish, crucian carp fish and " auspicious " homophonic, carp and crucian carp fish eat together is good luck. The New Year's Eve eats a silver carp. Silver crap and " lotus " homophonic.

To eat one year much well-intentioned, the New Year's Eve can have two fish, one does meal of lunar New Year's Eve, one does meal of lunar New Year's Eve, the implied meaning a year many. Do, meal of the eve of the lunar New Year has terminal, first day of the lunar year takes fillet remaining part, such you a year many, fillet end.

4. oyster sauce: Good market

Meal of the eve of the lunar New Year has chicken, barbecue, fat, oyster sauce to wait normally, because " get rich oyster sauce " be " benefit good market " homophonic. Oyster sauce says again " oyster is dry " , it is oyster (weigh oyster again) dry goods of the flesh, it is a course that Cantonese Spring Festival takes surely. Oyster sauce is the optimal food of filling calcium. It contains a lot ofphosphor. As a result of the help that phosphor needs when calcium is absorbed by human body, be helpful for calcic absorption.

5. shrimp: Breath out Ha Xiao

Guangzhou person likes to eat seafood. Shrimp has been in annual meeting is lucky dish, if water boils shrimp, scamper shrimp to wait, because shrimp is meant everyday mirth. Spend the New Year a shrimp, annual mirth, happy good.

6.Dragon year dish: Macrobian

"Dragon year dish " it is the feed that Taiwan spends the New Year, it is Xie Chang of a kind of bine, the mustard that flavour suffers from. Some is tasted in dish even on added fine fan, the implied meaning " unripe be born not to cease " . Spend the New Year the New Year's Eve, when people cuts course, the time that cuts course is compared long at ordinary times, friend name, the implied meaning can last for a long time, the income of the coming year will be more. Lunar New Year's Eve takes long course, mean still have the rest to next year, those who representing working people to live to happiness is yearning expect with what live to New Year.