Lucky foods for Lunar New Year of Asian people

It is believed that enjoying the following dishes at the beginning of the year will bring good luck all year round.

1. Vietnam

Vietnamese people have many attractive dishes on the first day of the year. However, there is one dish that cannot be missed: banh chung and banh tet. These two types of cakes are made from sticky rice, green beans, pork... when eaten, they have a characteristic fatty taste. Not only delicious, banh chung and banh tet also represent the gathering of heaven and earth and express gratitude to ancestors.

In addition, on Tet holiday, Vietnamese people also eat sticky rice with gac fruit and bitter melon soup for good luck. The reason is because the red color of gac fruit symbolizes luck and prosperity. The name of bitter melon makes many people think that all the hardships of the old year will pass.

2. China

Lunar New Year is the most important occasion for Chinese people for family reunion. Chinese New Year meals cannot lack whole fish, longevity noodles, dumplings, spring rolls, and sticky rice cakes with the wish for good luck at the beginning of the year.

Specifically, longevity noodles represent the Chinese wish for a long life. Whole fish, which sounds similar to the word for surplus, represents the wish for a prosperous new year. Nian Gao cake represents the wish for family unity.

3. South Korea

During the New Year, every Korean family eats tteokguk (rice cake soup). The soup is made by boiling many slices of rice cake in the belief that it will bring good luck in the future.

In addition, dishes such as galbijjim (braised ribs), japchae (mixed noodles), pancakes, hangwa (traditional sweets) and rice cakes are also very popular among the people of kimchi. Koreans also often drink tea during Tet such as camip fragrant tea scented with persimmon leaves, saenggang tea scented with ginger, and most notably omija tea, which is only available in Korea, with all five flavors: sweet, sour, salty, spicy and bitter.

4. Mongolia

During the first days of the new year, Mongolians often wear white clothes and they offer each other white milk, white clothes and New Year wishes. At the moment of the new year, Mongolians often gather to drink tea. The custom of drinking tea on New Year's Eve is often quite elaborate.

Traditional Mongolian New Year dishes are quite elaborate. Among the popular ohor dishes are dishes such as buuz, lamb, beef or goat milk. Rice is eaten with curd, raisins or grilled lamb. On the Mongolian New Year's table there are always wonton noodles and dumplings, imported from the Han Chinese eating customs.

5. Singapore

The famous traditional dish of Singapore during Tet is Yu Sheng. It is a salad with raw salmon and many kinds of shredded vegetables such as papaya, taro, grapefruit, pickled ginger, etc. When the dish is served, diners will toss the ingredients as high as possible, but not let them fall out.

While stirring, everyone will shout lohei (which means both mixing well and prosperity) then mix in the sauce and enjoy./.

According to Young Knowledge