新年的团圆饭

A reunion dinner with family members typically marks the beginning of Chinese New Year celebrations. The hustle and bustle in restaurants and home kitchens starts as China embraces the Year of Dragon. As CCTV reporter Zhang Nini finds out, New Year dinner is not just an event on the dining calendar, but a well-observed tradition over generations.
通常，与家人一起吃团圆饭是庆祝中国新年的开始。餐馆和家里厨房的繁忙景象是中国迎接龙年的开始。正如央视记者张妮妮了解到的，年夜饭不仅是餐饮日常表上的一项活动，还是几代人坚守的一项传统。

Keeping the wok in action, chief chef Wang Rong starts a typical night by the stove.
工作还在继续进行着，厨师长Wang Rong在火炉旁边开始了一个独特的夜晚。

He’s cooking a variety of house specials, including a fish skin soup, fried duck meat, and a medley of vegetable and meat minces.
他正在煮各种特色菜，其中包括鱼翅羹、炒鸭肉和蔬菜、肉末杂烩。

Wang also gets the kitchen staff rolling.
王还让厨工动起手来。

Hours before the evening rush, the heat is on.
晚餐高峰时间到来的前几个小时，火已烧起来。

Wang said, "We have received more than sixty group bookings, or around six hundred guests on New Year’s Eve, and more individuals are coming. They will be treated to three different banquet menus celebrating the year of the Dragon. The courses include one soup, assorted appetizers and six entrees, and the famous roast duck. "
王表示：“除夕夜，我们收到60多个团体预订，接待约600名客人，还有更多的个人正在到来。款待他们的将有庆祝龙年的三种不同宴会菜单。菜肴包括汤、各种各样的开胃菜、六道正菜以及著名的烤鸭。”

The bustling activity in the restaurant starts from as early as January the first, culminating on the Spring Festival period, and ebbs after the Lantern Festival, on Feburary 6th this year.
早在一月初，餐馆就开始了繁忙的活动，春节期间达到顶点，2月6日元宵节之后回落。

For Beijing’s top roast duck restaurant chain - Quanjude, business is roaring all year long. Even so, the pace quickens in the days prior to the Spring Fesitival.
对于北京顶级的烤鸭连锁餐厅全聚德来说，全年的生意都非常火爆。尽管如此，春节的前几天节奏还是变快了。

"We are from Ningbo city in east China. We usually eat at home, with seafood and sticky dumpling on the menu. This year, I’ve taken my family to Beijing, and the food here is nice."
“我们来自中国东部的宁波市。我们通常在家吃年夜饭，菜单上有海鲜和汤圆。今年，我把家人带到北京，这里的食物很美味。”

"We usually dine out before the festival, and reserve the night for a family reunion at home. All my children will come back, and we will prepare dinner at home. "
“节日之前我们通常都在外面吃饭，在家里度过团圆夜。我所有的孩子都回家了，我们将在家里准备晚餐。”

Home beckons wherever you are. With 3 billion trips expected during the Spring Festival period, the whole country seems to be on the move. No matter how cold or how far home is, going back is the perennial theme. And one thing people can’t afford to miss: a family dinner on new year’s eve.
It’s more sumptuous than your every day meal. Fish, pork, vegetables are on a menu that symbolizes auspiciousness and affluence in the coming year. And dumplings to celebrate the turn of a new page on the lunar calendar.
无论你在哪里，家都在召唤你。由于春节期间出行人数预计为30亿人次，整个国家似乎都在忙碌中。无论天气多冷、离家有多远，回家是不变的主题。人们不能错过的一件事是在除夕夜吃团圆饭。它比每天的吃的饭菜还要奢华。菜单上的鱼、猪肉和蔬菜象征着来年的吉祥和富裕。吃饺子是为了庆祝农历又翻开新的一页。

Sending out good wishes is at the heart of the meal, whether eating in or dining out.
无论是在家里吃还是在外面吃，送出美好的祝福都是年夜饭的要点。

"I wish longevity for my parents, and in laws, better scores for my daughter, and good fortune for everyone."
“我希望我父母和公公婆婆长寿，我女儿取得好成绩，大家都行好运。”