Celebrate Chinese New Year with These Delicious Recipes ...

Glutinous rice cakes are a popular food at Chinese New Year because the second word also sounds like the word "higher" in Chinese. It is thought to be a lucky food as eating cake would help you achieve a higher status or prosperity
Recipe: nbcnews.com

Spring rolls are named because they represent the season. A major part of the Spring Festival they also represent new life in the Chinese New Year celebrations.
Recipe: allrecipes.com

Fish dishes are in abundance for Chinese New Year. The Chinese for “catfish niányú sounds like nián yú which means ‘year surplus'. So eating catfish is a wish for a surplus in the coming year.
Recipe: allrecipes.com

Dumplings are a classic Chinese food with a history of more than 1800 years. A traditional dish eaten on Chinese New Year's Eve.
Recipe: finecooking.com

These sweet rice balls are favored by Chinese during the New Year celebrations because the pronunciation and round shape are associated with reunion and being together.
Recipe: chinesefoody.com

Tangerines are one of the main fruits to make an appearance. They're considered good luck because the word for tangerine sounds like the word for lucky or auspicious.
Recipe: epicurious.com

These savory daikon radish cakes are delicious fried in slices and dipped in hot sauce.
Recipe: chinesefoody.com

The Chinese like to eat two types of carp – crucian carp and mud carp. Their names in Chinese sound like good luck and gifts so they naturally have a place at the festive table.
Recipe: honest-food.net

Longevity noodles are longer than normal noodles and uncut, either fried and served on a plate, or boiled and served in a bowl with their broth. Unsurprisingly symbolize a wish for longevity.
Recipe: foodandwine.com

Stuffed lettuce cups are a favorite on a table that is heaving with symbolic dishes. The word for lettuce cup sounds like the word for making money.
Recipe: epicurious.com

Buddha’s Delight is a vegetarian stew traditionally served on the first day of the Chinese New Year to bring good luck.
Recipe: chowhound.com

These chewy walnut and date confections are eaten in the hope that family bonds will remain as strong as the sweet, sticky candies.
Recipe: epicurious.com

Mustard greens are a standard vegetable dish for the celebration. They are commonly known as jie cai, but in the context of the new year, they are labeled as chang nian cai which translates to perennial vegetables, symbolizing longevity.
Recipe: allrecipes.com

The chicken should be served whole with the head and the feet still attached. This connotes unity and a good marriage between families. This can be done with other poultry/game birds.
Recipe: chinaculture.org

The eight (a traditionally symbolic lucky number) compartments of the tray are filled with things such as preserved kumquats and red dates for prosperity, coconut for togetherness, longans to bring many sons, peanuts for longevity and red melon seeds for happiness. Put out for visiting relatives to snack on, or given as a gift.

I hope these Chinese New Year recipes bring you and your taste buds good fortune.