Special Food In IMLEK day's

Chinese New Year is the most important celebration of Chinese people. Chinese New Year celebrations begin on the first day of the first month  in Chinese calendar and end with Cap Go Meh  on the fifteenth day (during the full moon). Lunar New Year's Eve is known as Chúxī 除夕 which means "New Year's Eve".

Usually when the Chinese New Year is famous with Angpau, but besides Chinese New Year, it is also famous for traditional food foods served during Chinese New Year. Here is a list of foods served during Chinese New Year.

1.Basket Cakes

Basket cakes are often known as Nian Gao. "Nian" means year and "Gao" means cake. For Chinese people, cake baskets or nian gao mean more prosperous year expectations. For this reason, basket cakes are always available at prayer and banquets every Chinese New Year. These cakes are made from simple ingredients such as sticky rice, salt, water, brown sugar and wheat flour, are always round in shape, and have a sweet taste, with the hope that every family gathered when Chinese New Year can continue to blend and get along.

In addition, basket cakes will usually be arranged on a red bowl cake while praying. That is, everyone can have a sweet and uphill life.

Fruit of Sustenance

2.Orange

In Mandarin, oranges are called 'chi zhe'. Chi means fortune and zhe means fruit.

So, if combined, orange means to be the fruit of the sustenance. Besides that, the bright and beautiful orange color also has its own meaning.

According to Chinese people's beliefs, this bright orange color is considered a symbol of gold. Indirectly, gold here means fortune in the form of money.

3.Yu sheng 

Yu Sheng is a typical Chinese food in the form of fresh fish salad plus sliced ​​vegetables, such as radishes and carrots. The types of fish commonly used in this food are tuna or salmon which are marinated with a mixture of sauces. Meanwhile, the sauce is made from a mixture of sesame oil with plum sauce, sugar, pepper, and cinnamon. In addition to beautiful and colorful, this typical Chinese food is also full of meaning and hope.

Before you start eating together, you and all family members have to stir and lift it high on a shared plate. The higher the vegetables are raised, the more new year hopes and luck will be doubled in the new year.