Fish because in Chinese, "fish" sounds like 'surplus'. It’s important that the fish is served with the head and tail intact, writes Gong, “to ensure a good start and finish and to avoid bad luck throughout the year.
Dumplings are a classic Chinese food, and a traditional dish eaten on Chinese New Year's Eve, widely popular in China, especially in North China. Chinese dumplings can be made to look like Chinese silver ingots (which are not bars, but boat-shaped, oval, and turned up at the two ends). Legend has it that the more dumplings you eat during the New Year celebrations, the more money you can make in the New Year.
The Meaning of Spring rolls 'A ton of gold' (because fried spring rolls look like gold bars) — a wish for prosperity.
The Meaning of Chicken is prosperity, togetherness of the family.