China’s Spring Festival comes after the la month(the twelfth month)of the lunar calendar,when families join their relatives for a reunion dinner.In China,rich gourmet food is considered an indispensable part of the festive celebration.Niangao,New Year cake,is a homophone for“better year”and represents wishes for a happy life and prosperity in the coming year.This makes it a popular gift for friends and relatives during the New Year period.Niangao are often shaped like gold or silver bars,representing good fortune,or a pair of carps and ingots,a symbol of surplus and a welcome to the God of Wealth. China’s Spring Festival comes after the la month (the twelfth month) of the lunar calendar, when families join their relatives for a reunion dinner. In China, rich gourmet food is considered an indispensable part of the festive celebration. Niangao, New Year cake, is a homophone for “better year ” and represents wishes for a happy life and prosperity in the coming year.This makes it a popular gift for friends and relatives during the New Year period. Niangao are often shaped like gold or silver bars, representing good fortune, or a pair of carps and ingots, a symbol of surplus and a welcome to the God of Wealth.