Family reunion on the Spring Festival is the major concern of every Chinese. No matter how far apart of the family members, they would get back to home on the New Year for the annual gathering. A luxurious home-made dinner is served, and the whole family sit around the table to enjoy the feast, looking back on the past year and looking forward to the new year.

Family reunion dinner is no doubt the most significant meal for many Chinese, and it usually consists of various dishes with not only delicious taste, but also nice appearance and auspicious connotations.

Dumplings is a must dish during Chinese New Year, which are made of flour and stuffed with different fillings. Since it resembles the monetary ingots used in ancient China, people endows it auspicious meanings such as eating dumplings will bring wealth and fortune in the coming year.

A whole fish is also a must on the Chinese New Year dinner table. In Chinese, fish (yu) is a homophone for surplus and fortune. Chinese people wish to have a surplus at the end of the year, so they will make more fortune in the new year.

Besides dumplings and fish, the family reunion dinner also contains chicken, pork, vegetables, rice cake and so on. After a whole year of hard working, people treat themselves with such a luxurious feast, appreciating thankfulness for the past year and wishing for good luck in the next year.