Chinese New Year Foods are very important to Chinese  people. For Chinese New Year Food has a long history and contain a lot of Chinese culture. All family members come together to eat at this time. Chinese  New Year foods are not only delicious but it is traditional to eat  certain foods over this festival. Chinese Dumplings, Fish, Spring Rolls,  Nian Gao are usually seen as delicious and eaten at this time.
Chinese Dumplings

Chinese Dumplings: Chinese Dumplings look like silver ingots. Legend  has it that the more dumplings you eat during New Year celebration, more  money you can make in the New Year. Almost all Chinese people can make  dumplings, first mix the dough, second make the dough into wrappers by a  rolling pin, third fill the wrappers with pork, beef, vegetable, fish  or anything else can be used as stuffing.


Fish

Fish: In Chinese, Fish sounds like “save more”. Chinese People always  like save more money at the end of year because they think if they save  more, they can make more in the next year.
Spring Roll

Spring Roll: People like Spring Roll because they are nutritious and  delicious. Spring Rolls contain pork and vegetable. They can be easily  taken on picnics. They get their name because they are traditionally  eaten during Chinese New Year Celebration.
Nian Gao

Nian Gao: In Chinese, Nian Gao sounds like “getting higher year by  year”. In Chinese people’s mind, the higher you are, the more prosperous  your business is. Main ingredients of Nian Gao are sticky rice, sugar,  Chestnuts, Chinese date and lotus leaves.