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 | | * Zui Ji, drunken chicken, * Xun Yu, smoked fish, * Huo Tui, ham, and various kinds of cold meat were precooked and kept for the New Year's Eve dinner. |
 | | It was believed that cooking during the first few days of the lunar new year might bring bad luck to the family, so lots of * Baozi, steamed dumplings, * Mantou, steamed buns, and meat and vegetable dishes were prepared on or before the 30th, enough to last the family for a whole week. |
 | | Fish is essential on New Year's Eve, because the Chinese word for fish, * Yu, has the same sound as the word 'abundance' or 'surplus'. |
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