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春节，意味着团圆，意味着温馨和激动，同样意味着假期给人们带来的无限想象。如果要问，春节怎么过？可能你的脑海中早已充斥了无数份“家宅计划”或者“外出行程”。你大可被一摞因平日无时间阅读的书籍占满，也可去往一整年都在魂牵梦萦的地方游玩。而要被问起，春节怎么吃？想来你一定在为“吃什么，吃什么，究竟吃什么”这样的问题不断地困扰着。一顿丰盛地团圆饭自然必不可少，可相对单一的选择也是春节美食的常见问题。怎样在假期中感受浓浓节日气氛的同时，又能让人们的嘴完全享受一番，那就要好好地计划一下你的春节美食之旅。

In north China,dumplings are a must for the first dinner of the Spring Festival.The shape of a dumpling looks like an ingot,which contains the image of taking in treasures.Sugar is put into the dumplings as filling,which symbolizes that after eating the dumplings the life in the forthcoming year will be sweet.In some places,a peanut,which is also called the 'long-life nut,' is put Into the dumplings as filling,which means that after eating the dumplings people will live a long life.Sometimes,one coin is wrapped in one dumpling,which means that those who have the luck to eat this dumpling will be wealthy in the forthcoming year.During period of the Spring festival,dumpling and noodles are boiled together,which means that the 'gold strings crosses the ingots.' Different from north China where dumplings are eaten on the New Year's Eve.in south China,people usually eat glutinous rice balls and rice cake.The filling of the glutinous rice balls usually is sugar,which symbolizes that the life of the entire family will be sweet in the forthcoming year.