Are you an eating-lover? Do you want to eat every delicious food in the world? Then do you watch the popular programme A Bite of China? It's a TV programme on Chinese delicious food which was produced by CCTV. Is there any holiday that isn't celebrated with special festival food? Here are several traditional Chinese food.
Noodles are a symbol of long life in Chinese culture. They are as much a part of Chinese birthday celebration as a birthday cake with its candles lit in many Western countries. Since noodles mean long life, it is considered very unlucky to cut it off.
Although Westerners sometimes may be very sorry to see fish lying on the plate, in China a whole fish is a symbol of richness. In fact, at a party it is a tradition to serve the whole fish last, pointed towards the most valued guest. Fish also has a special meaning because the Chinese word for fish, yu, sounds like the word for richness or plenty, and it is believed that eating fish will help your wishes come true in the year to come.
A very popular dish during the Dragon Boat Festival is zongzi. This tasty dish is made of rice dumplings with meat, peanuts or other delicious food in bamboo leaves. The tradition of eating zongzi is meant to remind us of a great man, Qu Yuan in Chinese history.
