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The New Year's Eve dinner was not only an important time to bid farewell to the old year, but it also had a special meaning to pray for the future and welcome the new year. When the whole family reunited and had a New Year's Eve dinner together, it was a happy and happy occasion. There was no need to elaborate. In the customs of Shanghai, the New Year's Eve dinner was also very grand. There are many kinds of fish and meat on the table. Sugar-Waxed Silver Silk Mustard and Stir-Fried Tabbage were specialties of the Shanghai area. Apart from fish and seafood, this special flavor dish was the most appetizing.
Shanghainese people were very particular about the dishes for the New Year's Eve dinner. Rich people ate fish and meat, and they even ate the kind of fat that was homonym with the word "get rich". Usually, there would always be sprouted beans and soybean sprouts at the New Year's Eve dinner because they symbolized growth and prosperity, which was very auspicious. Oranges were an indispensable food on New Year's Eve. As the saying went," Eat red oranges on New Year's Eve to ensure peace all year round." Also eat some taro, that is, taro. Shanghainese have a saying: "Eat taro on New Year's Eve; you don't have to worry all year round." In addition, eating peas, because peas were also known as Anle vegetables, and longevity fruits were also very auspicious names. As for the old custom in Shanghai, it was said that it was not advisable to wash soup when eating on New Year's Eve. It was said that if you washed soup for dinner, you would be drenched in the rain when you went out to work or travel the next year. This was, of course, nonsense.
It was an old custom for Shanghainese families to "receive the Kitchen God" at midnight on New Year's Eve. To receive the kitchen was to bring the kitchen god home from heaven. At that time, the male owner of the family changed his clothes, presented offerings, burned incense and candles in front of the stove, and the sacrificial ceremony was the same as that of the day when the stove was sent.
After receiving the stove, the owner of the house personally closed the door. There was a red paper on the door that said "Seal the door." In reality, it was already the end of the New Year's Eve. The children and elderly in the family went to bed to rest a little, and most people stayed up all night until dawn.
At most, he would take a nap at the New Year's table. Of course, in fact, due to the late New Year's Eve dinner and the excitement, the New Year's Eve did not feel very long. There was food and drink, talking and laughing, and there was no loneliness.
Yes. After the " Good luck in closing the door ", when the rooster crowed at dawn, the red paper with the words " Good luck in opening the door " was pasted on it. Every family quickly set off firecrackers." Peng! Pa!" " Slash, slash, slash…" The sound rose and fell continuously, announcing that
A new year had begun!
1. What customs does the essay introduce about New Year's Eve in Shanghai? Please summarize it in simple words.
2. Relate to the text and talk about the difference between Shanghai New Year's Eve and Beijing New Year's Eve.

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