Reunion dinner, also known as New Year's Eve and reunion dinner, is the most important dinner for China families at the end of the year. As early as the Han Dynasty, people in China had the custom of having a reunion dinner. When eating New Year's Eve, every household will put on precious or auspicious dishes, such as chicken, fish, glutinous rice balls, lotus roots and so on.
Jiaozi is one of the most common dishes in family reunion dinner. Because the shape of jiaozi is similar to that of a gold ingot, eating jiaozi also means rolling in financial resources. The reunion dinner can be said to be the most important dinner for China people. Due to the different customs between the north and the south, reunion dinners in different regions also have different characteristics.
The origin of having a reunion dinner
According to legend, there was an old gentleman in ancient times who hired a good cook at home. The only son of the old member has been taken to the army, and the Spring Festival is coming soon, and there is no news of his son. The cook is going to fry two dishes for the old man. At this time, the old man's son went home. The old man thought it was too disappointing to eat these two dishes for three people. The chef thought of frying the dishes together and putting them on a big plate. The old man thinks this dish is delicious, and it must be related to family reunion. He called the meal a reunion dinner.
The old man called this meal a reunion dinner, which means a happy reunion. Since then, this kind of rice has been handed down. On the 30th day of every year, people will cook a "reunion dinner" to show family reunion, which is the origin of the reunion dinner.