Happy Spring Festival, Fish every year！！！！（Traditional Chinese realistic painting）

What does it mean to have fish every year？

Fish is an essential dish for Chinese New Year. Because fish and Yu are homophonic, they symbolize that there is more than one year after year. In ancient times, the pattern of fish has the effect of subduing demons and demons. Therefore, in Chinese traditional culture, fish is a symbol of auspiciousness.

According to historical records, in the south of China, when people eat new year's Eve dinner, or other festivals and feasts, they must have a whole fish, which can't be eaten completely, in order to express the sustenance of having more fish every year. In some places, when eating fish at New Year's Eve dinner, the head and tail should be kept until the beginning of next year (that is, the beginning of the year) to express the wish of "having head and tail" in the new year.