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Calculated Shard: 179 (from laksa015)

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa179.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/chinese-food/chinese-new-year-snacks.htm\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/chinese-food/chinese-new-year-snacks.htm\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.chinahighlights.com\/travelguide\/chinese-food\/chinese-new-year-snacks.htm","crawl_time":1776111314,"first_indexed_time":1500223421,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,chinahighlights!www,\/travelguide\/chinese-food\/chinese-new-year-snacks.htm s443","src_root_hash":"2290986613579731179","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Top 7 Chinese New Year Snacks and Symbolism","meta_descriptions":["This article introduces top 7 Chinese New Year Snacks including red dates, peanuts, steamed New Year cake, sweets...Get to know their meanings."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"During the Chinese New Year period, every family will prepare various snacks and fruits, both for the family and visitors. Placed in candy dishes, these Chinese New Year snacks and fruits are picked for their\nauspicious symbols of good wishes for a new year\n.\nChina Highlights will introduce you to some top Chinese New Year snacks that you might find in every family home when you pay a New Year visit.\n1. Red Dates — Wealth and Prosperity\nRed is a lucky color in China, meaning booming and prosperous. Dates (枣 zǎo) have the same pronunciation as \"early\" (早 zǎo), meaning a head start. That is why red dates are always eaten on jubilant occasions, including festivals, wedding ceremonies, housewarming parties, and a baby's completion of its first month of life.\nAs a top Chinese New Year snack, red dates are served as a dried fruit. You can eat them with your fingers or cut them into slices to make tea.\nRed dates\n2. Peanuts — Vitality and Longevity\nPeanuts\nPeanuts, also named \"longevity nuts\",\nsymbolize vitality, longevity, riches, and honor\n. As a Chinese New Year snack, peanuts are always served unshelled.\nThere are many ways to cook peanuts, such as boiling them with water or salt water and stir-frying them. Peanuts are a nourishing food and can be eaten raw. Chinese believe that eating them raw is better.\n3. Dried Longans — Reunion\nDried longans have another name in China: guìyuán (桂圆 \/hway-ywen\/), which sounds like\n'expensive' and 'round'\n(贵圆) — roundness symbolizes reunion in China. So it is a top Chinese New Year snack due to its implied meanings.\nTraditional Chinese medicine says that eating dried longans can nourish one's vitality. Usually dried longans are served unshelled. You can eat the flesh directly or make tea with it.\n4. Sunflower Seeds — Having Many Sons and Grandsons\nSeeds and pistachio nuts ('happy nuts' in Chinese should be an eighth CNY food!)\nSunflower seeds to Chinese people are what popcorn is to moviegoers. The Chinese character for seed (子) also means child(ren), so sunflower seeds\nsymbolize having many sons and grandsons\nin traditional Chinese culture.\nEating sunflower seeds is a great way to kill time for Chinese people, and they are a necessary snack for the Chinese New Year. Unshelled sunflower seeds can be eaten both raw and stir-fried.\nEating sunflower seeds, chatting, and watching television are quite common for a New Year gathering. As well as sunflower seeds, watermelon seeds and pumpkin seeds are also eaten as seed snacks.\n5. Sweets — A Sweet Life\nSweets\nSweets symbolize a sweet life.\nThey are indispensable snacks for the Chinese New Year. Eating sweets represents sweet occurrences or getting a sweet start in the coming year.\nExcept for various kinds of loose sweets, some sweets are packed in\ngolden boxes\nshaped in auspicious figures, such as a yuanbao (a shoe-shaped gold ingot that was used as a type of currency in ancient China, which symbolizes wealth), a fortune cat, and the God of Wealth. These are nice choices when considering Chinese New Year gifts.\n6. Sesame Seed Balls\/Sesame Seed Baguettes — Fullness\nSesame seed balls\nSesame seed balls\narea tasty type of fried food made from glutinous rice flour that is filled with red bean paste, rolled in white sesame seeds, and fried. They are crispy on the outside and soft on the inside.\nSesame seed baguettes\nare fried until the inside becomes crispy, and is shaped like a cylinder. They have a longer shelf life so are much more poplar during the Chinese New Year period. Packed sesame seed baguettes can be found in supermarkets, while sesame seed balls are mainly available at bakeries.\n7. Fried Dough Twists — Reunion\nFried dough twists\nThis fried food is a little bit harder than a sesame seed baguette. Two or three bars of dough paste are twisted together and fried until they are crispy. It is much more popular in North China.\nThe fried dough twists produced in Tianjin are the most famous in China, due to their renowned crispy texture, rich flavor, and creative ingredients. 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Placed in candy dishes, these Chinese New Year snacks and fruits are picked for their **auspicious symbols of good wishes for a new year**.\n\nChina Highlights will introduce you to some top Chinese New Year snacks that you might find in every family home when you pay a New Year visit.\n\n## 1\\. Red Dates — Wealth and Prosperity\nRed is a lucky color in China, meaning booming and prosperous. Dates (枣 zǎo) have the same pronunciation as \"early\" (早 zǎo), meaning a head start. That is why red dates are always eaten on jubilant occasions, including festivals, wedding ceremonies, housewarming parties, and a baby's completion of its first month of life.\n\nAs a top Chinese New Year snack, red dates are served as a dried fruit. You can eat them with your fingers or cut them into slices to make tea.\n\n![Chinese New Year Snacks](https:\/\/data.chinahighlights.com\/grey.gif)Red dates\n\n## 2\\. Peanuts — Vitality and Longevity\n![Chinese New Year snacks](https:\/\/data.chinahighlights.com\/grey.gif)Peanuts\n\nPeanuts, also named \"longevity nuts\", **symbolize vitality, longevity, riches, and honor**. As a Chinese New Year snack, peanuts are always served unshelled.\n\nThere are many ways to cook peanuts, such as boiling them with water or salt water and stir-frying them. Peanuts are a nourishing food and can be eaten raw. Chinese believe that eating them raw is better.\n\n## 3\\. Dried Longans — Reunion\n![chinese new year snacks,dried longans](https:\/\/data.chinahighlights.com\/grey.gif)\n\nDried longans have another name in China: guìyuán (桂圆 \/hway-ywen\/), which sounds like **'expensive' and 'round'** (贵圆) — roundness symbolizes reunion in China. So it is a top Chinese New Year snack due to its implied meanings.\n\nTraditional Chinese medicine says that eating dried longans can nourish one's vitality. Usually dried longans are served unshelled. You can eat the flesh directly or make tea with it.\n\n## 4\\. Sunflower Seeds — Having Many Sons and Grandsons\n![Chinese Spring Festival Food ](https:\/\/data.chinahighlights.com\/grey.gif)Seeds and pistachio nuts ('happy nuts' in Chinese should be an eighth CNY food!)\n\nSunflower seeds to Chinese people are what popcorn is to moviegoers. The Chinese character for seed (子) also means child(ren), so sunflower seeds **symbolize having many sons and grandsons** in traditional Chinese culture.\n\nEating sunflower seeds is a great way to kill time for Chinese people, and they are a necessary snack for the Chinese New Year. Unshelled sunflower seeds can be eaten both raw and stir-fried.\n\nEating sunflower seeds, chatting, and watching television are quite common for a New Year gathering. As well as sunflower seeds, watermelon seeds and pumpkin seeds are also eaten as seed snacks.\n\n## 5\\. Sweets — A Sweet Life\n![](https:\/\/data.chinahighlights.com\/grey.gif)Sweets\n\n**Sweets symbolize a sweet life.** They are indispensable snacks for the Chinese New Year. Eating sweets represents sweet occurrences or getting a sweet start in the coming year.\n\nExcept for various kinds of loose sweets, some sweets are packed in **golden boxes** shaped in auspicious figures, such as a yuanbao (a shoe-shaped gold ingot that was used as a type of currency in ancient China, which symbolizes wealth), a fortune cat, and the God of Wealth. These are nice choices when considering Chinese New Year gifts.\n\n## 6\\. Sesame Seed Balls\/Sesame Seed Baguettes — Fullness\n![chinese new year dessert: Sesame seed balls](https:\/\/data.chinahighlights.com\/grey.gif)Sesame seed balls\n\n**Sesame seed balls** area tasty type of fried food made from glutinous rice flour that is filled with red bean paste, rolled in white sesame seeds, and fried. They are crispy on the outside and soft on the inside.\n\n**Sesame seed baguettes** are fried until the inside becomes crispy, and is shaped like a cylinder. They have a longer shelf life so are much more poplar during the Chinese New Year period. Packed sesame seed baguettes can be found in supermarkets, while sesame seed balls are mainly available at bakeries.\n\n## 7\\. Fried Dough Twists — Reunion\n![Fried dough twists](https:\/\/data.chinahighlights.com\/grey.gif)Fried dough twists\n\nThis fried food is a little bit harder than a sesame seed baguette. Two or three bars of dough paste are twisted together and fried until they are crispy. It is much more popular in North China.\n\nThe fried dough twists produced in Tianjin are the most famous in China, due to their renowned crispy texture, rich flavor, and creative ingredients. 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All rights reserved.","attrs_readable_markdown":"During the Chinese New Year period, every family will prepare various snacks and fruits, both for the family and visitors. Placed in candy dishes, these Chinese New Year snacks and fruits are picked for their **auspicious symbols of good wishes for a new year**.\n\nChina Highlights will introduce you to some top Chinese New Year snacks that you might find in every family home when you pay a New Year visit.\n\n## 1\\. Red Dates — Wealth and Prosperity\nRed is a lucky color in China, meaning booming and prosperous. Dates (枣 zǎo) have the same pronunciation as \"early\" (早 zǎo), meaning a head start. That is why red dates are always eaten on jubilant occasions, including festivals, wedding ceremonies, housewarming parties, and a baby's completion of its first month of life.\n\nAs a top Chinese New Year snack, red dates are served as a dried fruit. You can eat them with your fingers or cut them into slices to make tea.\n\n![Chinese New Year Snacks](https:\/\/data.chinahighlights.com\/grey.gif)Red dates\n\n## 2\\. Peanuts — Vitality and Longevity\n![Chinese New Year snacks](https:\/\/data.chinahighlights.com\/grey.gif)Peanuts\n\nPeanuts, also named \"longevity nuts\", **symbolize vitality, longevity, riches, and honor**. As a Chinese New Year snack, peanuts are always served unshelled.\n\nThere are many ways to cook peanuts, such as boiling them with water or salt water and stir-frying them. Peanuts are a nourishing food and can be eaten raw. Chinese believe that eating them raw is better.\n\n## 3\\. Dried Longans — Reunion\n![chinese new year snacks,dried longans](https:\/\/data.chinahighlights.com\/grey.gif)\n\nDried longans have another name in China: guìyuán (桂圆 \/hway-ywen\/), which sounds like **'expensive' and 'round'** (贵圆) — roundness symbolizes reunion in China. So it is a top Chinese New Year snack due to its implied meanings.\n\nTraditional Chinese medicine says that eating dried longans can nourish one's vitality. Usually dried longans are served unshelled. You can eat the flesh directly or make tea with it.\n\n## 4\\. Sunflower Seeds — Having Many Sons and Grandsons\n![Chinese Spring Festival Food ](https:\/\/data.chinahighlights.com\/grey.gif)Seeds and pistachio nuts ('happy nuts' in Chinese should be an eighth CNY food!)\n\nSunflower seeds to Chinese people are what popcorn is to moviegoers. The Chinese character for seed (子) also means child(ren), so sunflower seeds **symbolize having many sons and grandsons** in traditional Chinese culture.\n\nEating sunflower seeds is a great way to kill time for Chinese people, and they are a necessary snack for the Chinese New Year. Unshelled sunflower seeds can be eaten both raw and stir-fried.\n\nEating sunflower seeds, chatting, and watching television are quite common for a New Year gathering. As well as sunflower seeds, watermelon seeds and pumpkin seeds are also eaten as seed snacks.\n\n## 5\\. Sweets — A Sweet Life\n![](https:\/\/data.chinahighlights.com\/grey.gif)Sweets\n\n**Sweets symbolize a sweet life.** They are indispensable snacks for the Chinese New Year. Eating sweets represents sweet occurrences or getting a sweet start in the coming year.\n\nExcept for various kinds of loose sweets, some sweets are packed in **golden boxes** shaped in auspicious figures, such as a yuanbao (a shoe-shaped gold ingot that was used as a type of currency in ancient China, which symbolizes wealth), a fortune cat, and the God of Wealth. These are nice choices when considering Chinese New Year gifts.\n\n## 6\\. 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Boilerpipe Text	During the Chinese New Year period, every family will prepare various snacks and fruits, both for the family and visitors. Placed in candy dishes, these Chinese New Year snacks and fruits are picked for their auspicious symbols of good wishes for a new year . China Highlights will introduce you to some top Chinese New Year snacks that you might find in every family home when you pay a New Year visit. 1. Red Dates — Wealth and Prosperity Red is a lucky color in China, meaning booming and prosperous. Dates (枣 zǎo) have the same pronunciation as "early" (早 zǎo), meaning a head start. That is why red dates are always eaten on jubilant occasions, including festivals, wedding ceremonies, housewarming parties, and a baby's completion of its first month of life. As a top Chinese New Year snack, red dates are served as a dried fruit. You can eat them with your fingers or cut them into slices to make tea. Red dates 2. Peanuts — Vitality and Longevity Peanuts Peanuts, also named "longevity nuts", symbolize vitality, longevity, riches, and honor . As a Chinese New Year snack, peanuts are always served unshelled. There are many ways to cook peanuts, such as boiling them with water or salt water and stir-frying them. Peanuts are a nourishing food and can be eaten raw. Chinese believe that eating them raw is better. 3. Dried Longans — Reunion Dried longans have another name in China: guìyuán (桂圆 /hway-ywen/), which sounds like 'expensive' and 'round' (贵圆) — roundness symbolizes reunion in China. So it is a top Chinese New Year snack due to its implied meanings. Traditional Chinese medicine says that eating dried longans can nourish one's vitality. Usually dried longans are served unshelled. You can eat the flesh directly or make tea with it. 4. Sunflower Seeds — Having Many Sons and Grandsons Seeds and pistachio nuts ('happy nuts' in Chinese should be an eighth CNY food!) Sunflower seeds to Chinese people are what popcorn is to moviegoers. The Chinese character for seed (子) also means child(ren), so sunflower seeds symbolize having many sons and grandsons in traditional Chinese culture. Eating sunflower seeds is a great way to kill time for Chinese people, and they are a necessary snack for the Chinese New Year. Unshelled sunflower seeds can be eaten both raw and stir-fried. Eating sunflower seeds, chatting, and watching television are quite common for a New Year gathering. As well as sunflower seeds, watermelon seeds and pumpkin seeds are also eaten as seed snacks. 5. Sweets — A Sweet Life Sweets Sweets symbolize a sweet life. They are indispensable snacks for the Chinese New Year. Eating sweets represents sweet occurrences or getting a sweet start in the coming year. Except for various kinds of loose sweets, some sweets are packed in golden boxes shaped in auspicious figures, such as a yuanbao (a shoe-shaped gold ingot that was used as a type of currency in ancient China, which symbolizes wealth), a fortune cat, and the God of Wealth. These are nice choices when considering Chinese New Year gifts. 6. Sesame Seed Balls/Sesame Seed Baguettes — Fullness Sesame seed balls Sesame seed balls area tasty type of fried food made from glutinous rice flour that is filled with red bean paste, rolled in white sesame seeds, and fried. They are crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. Sesame seed baguettes are fried until the inside becomes crispy, and is shaped like a cylinder. They have a longer shelf life so are much more poplar during the Chinese New Year period. Packed sesame seed baguettes can be found in supermarkets, while sesame seed balls are mainly available at bakeries. 7. Fried Dough Twists — Reunion Fried dough twists This fried food is a little bit harder than a sesame seed baguette. Two or three bars of dough paste are twisted together and fried until they are crispy. It is much more popular in North China. The fried dough twists produced in Tianjin are the most famous in China, due to their renowned crispy texture, rich flavor, and creative ingredients. They are a specialty of Tianjin.
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Placed in candy dishes, these Chinese New Year snacks and fruits are picked for their auspicious symbols of good wishes for a new year. China Highlights will introduce you to some top Chinese New Year snacks that you might find in every family home when you pay a New Year visit. ## 1\. Red Dates — Wealth and Prosperity Red is a lucky color in China, meaning booming and prosperous. Dates (枣 zǎo) have the same pronunciation as "early" (早 zǎo), meaning a head start. That is why red dates are always eaten on jubilant occasions, including festivals, wedding ceremonies, housewarming parties, and a baby's completion of its first month of life. As a top Chinese New Year snack, red dates are served as a dried fruit. You can eat them with your fingers or cut them into slices to make tea. ![Chinese New Year Snacks](https://data.chinahighlights.com/grey.gif)Red dates ## 2\. Peanuts — Vitality and Longevity ![Chinese New Year snacks](https://data.chinahighlights.com/grey.gif)Peanuts Peanuts, also named "longevity nuts", symbolize vitality, longevity, riches, and honor. As a Chinese New Year snack, peanuts are always served unshelled. There are many ways to cook peanuts, such as boiling them with water or salt water and stir-frying them. Peanuts are a nourishing food and can be eaten raw. Chinese believe that eating them raw is better. ## 3\. Dried Longans — Reunion ![chinese new year snacks,dried longans](https://data.chinahighlights.com/grey.gif) Dried longans have another name in China: guìyuán (桂圆 /hway-ywen/), which sounds like 'expensive' and 'round' (贵圆) — roundness symbolizes reunion in China. So it is a top Chinese New Year snack due to its implied meanings. Traditional Chinese medicine says that eating dried longans can nourish one's vitality. Usually dried longans are served unshelled. You can eat the flesh directly or make tea with it. ## 4\. Sunflower Seeds — Having Many Sons and Grandsons ![Chinese Spring Festival Food ](https://data.chinahighlights.com/grey.gif)Seeds and pistachio nuts ('happy nuts' in Chinese should be an eighth CNY food!) Sunflower seeds to Chinese people are what popcorn is to moviegoers. The Chinese character for seed (子) also means child(ren), so sunflower seeds symbolize having many sons and grandsons in traditional Chinese culture. Eating sunflower seeds is a great way to kill time for Chinese people, and they are a necessary snack for the Chinese New Year. Unshelled sunflower seeds can be eaten both raw and stir-fried. Eating sunflower seeds, chatting, and watching television are quite common for a New Year gathering. As well as sunflower seeds, watermelon seeds and pumpkin seeds are also eaten as seed snacks. ## 5\. Sweets — A Sweet Life ![](https://data.chinahighlights.com/grey.gif)Sweets Sweets symbolize a sweet life. They are indispensable snacks for the Chinese New Year. Eating sweets represents sweet occurrences or getting a sweet start in the coming year. Except for various kinds of loose sweets, some sweets are packed in golden boxes shaped in auspicious figures, such as a yuanbao (a shoe-shaped gold ingot that was used as a type of currency in ancient China, which symbolizes wealth), a fortune cat, and the God of Wealth. These are nice choices when considering Chinese New Year gifts. ## 6\. Sesame Seed Balls/Sesame Seed Baguettes — Fullness ![chinese new year dessert: Sesame seed balls](https://data.chinahighlights.com/grey.gif)Sesame seed balls Sesame seed balls area tasty type of fried food made from glutinous rice flour that is filled with red bean paste, rolled in white sesame seeds, and fried. They are crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. Sesame seed baguettes are fried until the inside becomes crispy, and is shaped like a cylinder. They have a longer shelf life so are much more poplar during the Chinese New Year period. Packed sesame seed baguettes can be found in supermarkets, while sesame seed balls are mainly available at bakeries. ## 7\. Fried Dough Twists — Reunion ![Fried dough twists](https://data.chinahighlights.com/grey.gif)Fried dough twists This fried food is a little bit harder than a sesame seed baguette. Two or three bars of dough paste are twisted together and fried until they are crispy. It is much more popular in North China. The fried dough twists produced in Tianjin are the most famous in China, due to their renowned crispy texture, rich flavor, and creative ingredients. They are a specialty of Tianjin. 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Readable Markdown	During the Chinese New Year period, every family will prepare various snacks and fruits, both for the family and visitors. Placed in candy dishes, these Chinese New Year snacks and fruits are picked for their auspicious symbols of good wishes for a new year. China Highlights will introduce you to some top Chinese New Year snacks that you might find in every family home when you pay a New Year visit. ## 1\. Red Dates — Wealth and Prosperity Red is a lucky color in China, meaning booming and prosperous. Dates (枣 zǎo) have the same pronunciation as "early" (早 zǎo), meaning a head start. That is why red dates are always eaten on jubilant occasions, including festivals, wedding ceremonies, housewarming parties, and a baby's completion of its first month of life. As a top Chinese New Year snack, red dates are served as a dried fruit. You can eat them with your fingers or cut them into slices to make tea. ![Chinese New Year Snacks](https://data.chinahighlights.com/grey.gif)Red dates ## 2\. Peanuts — Vitality and Longevity ![Chinese New Year snacks](https://data.chinahighlights.com/grey.gif)Peanuts Peanuts, also named "longevity nuts", symbolize vitality, longevity, riches, and honor. As a Chinese New Year snack, peanuts are always served unshelled. There are many ways to cook peanuts, such as boiling them with water or salt water and stir-frying them. Peanuts are a nourishing food and can be eaten raw. Chinese believe that eating them raw is better. ## 3\. Dried Longans — Reunion ![chinese new year snacks,dried longans](https://data.chinahighlights.com/grey.gif) Dried longans have another name in China: guìyuán (桂圆 /hway-ywen/), which sounds like 'expensive' and 'round' (贵圆) — roundness symbolizes reunion in China. So it is a top Chinese New Year snack due to its implied meanings. Traditional Chinese medicine says that eating dried longans can nourish one's vitality. Usually dried longans are served unshelled. You can eat the flesh directly or make tea with it. ## 4\. Sunflower Seeds — Having Many Sons and Grandsons ![Chinese Spring Festival Food ](https://data.chinahighlights.com/grey.gif)Seeds and pistachio nuts ('happy nuts' in Chinese should be an eighth CNY food!) Sunflower seeds to Chinese people are what popcorn is to moviegoers. The Chinese character for seed (子) also means child(ren), so sunflower seeds symbolize having many sons and grandsons in traditional Chinese culture. Eating sunflower seeds is a great way to kill time for Chinese people, and they are a necessary snack for the Chinese New Year. Unshelled sunflower seeds can be eaten both raw and stir-fried. Eating sunflower seeds, chatting, and watching television are quite common for a New Year gathering. As well as sunflower seeds, watermelon seeds and pumpkin seeds are also eaten as seed snacks. ## 5\. Sweets — A Sweet Life ![](https://data.chinahighlights.com/grey.gif)Sweets Sweets symbolize a sweet life. They are indispensable snacks for the Chinese New Year. Eating sweets represents sweet occurrences or getting a sweet start in the coming year. Except for various kinds of loose sweets, some sweets are packed in golden boxes shaped in auspicious figures, such as a yuanbao (a shoe-shaped gold ingot that was used as a type of currency in ancient China, which symbolizes wealth), a fortune cat, and the God of Wealth. These are nice choices when considering Chinese New Year gifts. ## 6\. Sesame Seed Balls/Sesame Seed Baguettes — Fullness ![chinese new year dessert: Sesame seed balls](https://data.chinahighlights.com/grey.gif)Sesame seed balls Sesame seed balls area tasty type of fried food made from glutinous rice flour that is filled with red bean paste, rolled in white sesame seeds, and fried. They are crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. Sesame seed baguettes are fried until the inside becomes crispy, and is shaped like a cylinder. They have a longer shelf life so are much more poplar during the Chinese New Year period. Packed sesame seed baguettes can be found in supermarkets, while sesame seed balls are mainly available at bakeries. ## 7\. Fried Dough Twists — Reunion ![Fried dough twists](https://data.chinahighlights.com/grey.gif)Fried dough twists This fried food is a little bit harder than a sesame seed baguette. Two or three bars of dough paste are twisted together and fried until they are crispy. It is much more popular in North China. The fried dough twists produced in Tianjin are the most famous in China, due to their renowned crispy texture, rich flavor, and creative ingredients. They are a specialty of Tianjin.
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