The Cantonese cuisine is another important Chinese New Year food. One major ingredient of the Cantonese cuisine is sauce like plum sauce, oyster sauce and the shrimp paste. The Cantonese are said to have a fascination for anything that moves like snakes, weasels, dogs, cats, pangolins and the bear paws.
In the eastern part of China, the Chinese New Year food is enriched with the use of seafood and vegetables. Typical Chinese food in this part comprise of the crab-roe dumplings, Mandarin fish, deep-fried whitebait and Lion's Head meatballs.
Traditional Chinese New Year food is a symbol of prosperity, good luck, health and long life for everyone. Each and every food symbolizes age old Chinese beliefs.
