致妙清：2018年除夕

    值此除夕之日，我突然想起了王安石的《元日》：“爆竹声中一岁除，春风送暖入屠苏。千门万户曈曈日，总把新桃换旧符。”这首诗描写新年元日热闹、欢乐和万象更新的动人景象，抒发了作者革新政治的思想感情。明天就是元日，我能想象到孩子们热闹欢乐的情景。但我不是政治家，没有王安石那种革新图变的政治抱负，也不去想明天旭日的光辉是不是去照耀千家万户，只知道今天晚上看上几个小时的春晚，睡一觉，就结束了乙未年，迎来了丙申年。

    我曾经有过热闹欢乐的新年情景，但那是我的童年时代。我曾经有过享美味、穿新衣、放鞭炮的热切渴望，但那是少年的经历。少年不识愁滋味，盼望天天过大年；待到成家立业时，但愿从此不过年！尤其是父母已作古，吾年已花甲，更有了害怕过年过节的苦闷。但为了儿女子孙的欢乐，也不得不做一番忙碌的准备，不得不强压苦闷，寻找快乐！王安石借屠苏酒抒发他改革政治的宏图远志，我也借陕西名酒西凤酒点燃我夕阳的灿烂。但酒已下肚，只感到咽喉的灼热，却看不到我夕阳的灿烂。好在抬头仰望窗外，今日的阳光格外耀眼，顿时有些许的暖意融融。

   CNY is a time for families to be together. Wherever they are, people are expected to be home to celebrate the festival with their families.

The Reunion Dinner
   The New Year's Eve dinner is called 'reunion dinner', and is believed to be the most important meal of the year. Big families of several generations sit around round tables and enjoy the food and time together. Dishes with lucky meanings must be included in the dinner such as fish, dumplings, and spring rolls.

What to Eat?

   Chinese people like eating, and they eat a lot during the Spring Festival.

Food for the New Year emphasizes lucky symbolic meanings such as fish, which means 'surplus'（年年有余）.