December 30th (Chinese Calendar)
New Year’s Eve dinner (Chinese: 年夜饭), is a great time for a family reunion and have a tête-à-tête with your parents or siblings. It is given the top priority because everything arranged and said at the table has a very propitious connotation and good meaning for the New Year.
On this day, people put on their new clothes, pay respects to their ancestors and household gods making wishes for the fortune of future generations. In the evening, the family dines together. During this New Year’s Eve dinner they enjoy good foods such as chicken, fish and rice cake that all have their own auspicious connotations. After dinner, people stay up late to greet the New Year. The young greet the elderly who will give them Hong Bao (lucky money in a red envelopes). Guangdong people also visit the flower fair on New Year’s Eve with family and friends.
