There is an apparent difference in the custom of food taking on Yuandan between the Chinese in the northern and southern regions. The northern Chinese has the habit of taking jiao zi(dumpling made of flour with vegetable and meat wrapped inside). Some people may put a sweet or a coin inside jiao zi, hoping to have a sweet year after tasting the sweet and a wealthy year after tasting the coin.
on the other hand, the southern Chinese have the taboo for killing on Yuandan. Therefore, they do not take meat in tee morning of Yuandan, so as to avoid bloodshed or mutual slaughter.
In order to evade misfortune, they have the first meal of this day without meat. Instead, they take vegetarian food for the sake of virtue.
New Year's Day is the first day of the lunar calendar.it is the day when the earth has circled the sun for one round and is beginning another circling.it represents a new beginning when people send off the old days and welcome the new ones.as the first day of the year, yuandan has been considered to be the most important festival since the ancient times.
元旦是农历的第一天。这是一天,当地球绕着太阳转一圈,正在开始另一个循环。当人们送走旧的日子,并欢迎新的朋友的时候,它代表了一个新的开始。作为一年的第一天,元旦已被认为是自古以来最重要的节日。