Reunion dinner, but what's the story behind it, what's the meaning?

New Year's Eve, or New Year's Eve, is a family reunion dinner. Its significance is to give people who have been running around for a year a chance to reunite with their families, which means auspiciousness, wealth, perfection and reunion.

This kind of New Year's Eve dinner, also called "Family Fun", is a family dinner that people attach great importance to. As the saying goes: "If you fight a thousand and scold ten thousand, you will have a meal for thirty nights." Nowadays, more and more young people go out to make a living, more and more middle-aged people are rushing to make a living, and their children are studying in other places. Whether in ancient times or today, this phenomenon is widespread in the public, so the New Year's Eve dinner is also called the reunion dinner, which is a symbol that relatives and friends sit together to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year. Therefore, for this reason, there are generally chickens (indicating that there is a plan), fish (indicating that there is more than a year), oyster sauce (indicating that the market is good), seaweed (indicating that it is rich), yuba (indicating that it is rich), lotus root (indicating that it is smart), lettuce (indicating that it is profitable) and raw garlic (indicating that it is calculated) for good luck.

The origin of New Year's Eve dinner began with a legend. In ancient times, there was a monster named Nian. When there is little food in winter, people will go to the village to hurt people and animals. At this time, people will be very scared and run far away to avoid the New Year. Later, it was discovered that Nian was afraid of three things: color, fire and loud noise, so everyone discussed countermeasures. When they came, people painted the door red, put pictures on it, lit a fire and lit a bonfire. I was very scared when I arrived in that village in 2006, so I ran away and never came to that village again. In order to celebrate that people no longer need to leave their homes to avoid Nian beast, the villagers keep the same custom at this time of year, asking people who leave home to have dinner to celebrate, and the custom of New Year's Eve comes from this.