新年那些事儿-年夜饭(5)

New Year Feast

年夜饭

Spring Festival is a time for family reunion.

 

The New Year's Feast is "a must" banquet with all the family members getting together.

 

The food eaten on the New Year Eve banquet varies according to regions.

 

In south China, It is customary to eat"niangao" (New Year cake made of glutinous¹ rice flour) because as ahomophone, niangao means "higher and higher every year".

 

In the north, a traditional dish for the feast is"Jiaozi" or dumplings shaped like a crescent moon.

 

1 glutinous   

adj.粘的，胶状的

参考例句：

• The sauce was glutinous and tasted artificial.这种酱有些黏，尝起来不是非常地道。
• The coat covering the soft candies is made from glutinous rice.包裹软糖的江米纸是由糯米做成的。