For the people, the New Year's Eve dinner is the most important meal of the year.
It's not just about bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new; it's also about rewarding the family's hard work throughout the year and hoping for a better future.
In the restaurant, Chen Meijuan was skillfully rolling dumpling wrappers with several elderly ladies.
There were many people eating today, so the dumpling fillings were divided into several types: beef and green onion, fennel pork, three-flavor shrimp, chives lamb, and zucchini egg, symbolizing five fortunes arriving.
Old Mrs. Lin said:
"Tonight let's fill up the poverty pit; eat as much as you can."
Filling up the poverty pit is an old saying, suggesting that impoverished families are in a "poverty pit." At the end of the year, there's a chance to fill the pit with food.
Once filled, you won't be poor in the coming year.
Life will become prosperous and beautiful.
