Eat, eat again, and then eat some more! As the old Chinese saying goes: food is everything.
吃、接着吃、再吃更多东西!就跟一句中国古话说的那 样:食物即一切。
The tradition is to have different main courses everyday from the 1st day of the New Year to the 15th day of the New Year, from Jiao Zi (dumplings), noodles, spring rolls, sticky rice cakes, and Tang Yuan (stuffed rice balls). Besides culinary satisfaction, each food has a meaning as well: for instance, Jiao Zi looks like gold, implying a wealthy year ahead.
传统就是,从新年第一天开始直到正月十五,每天都要吃不同的主菜。从饺子、面条、春卷、年糕到汤圆。除了祭好五脏庙以 外,每一种食物也有含义:比如饺子看起来就像金元宝,这意味来年的丰衣足食。
Besides eating, young people visit older family members and kids are blessed with a red pack of “lucky” money. And then, people gather and eat again (!), leading to a lot of advertisements about fitness right after the Chinese New Year holiday.
除了吃以外,年轻人要去拜会家里 的老人家,而小盆友们就有大把压岁钱拿。跟着,人们又聚在一起吃,所以节后中国就会出现很多减肥广告……
Happy Chinese New year!!!