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Many people have reserved banquet halls in hotels and big restaurants during the eight-day Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday to hold wedding ceremonies or family get-togethers with special and exquisite dishes to serve the guests.

Food plays one of the most important roles on special occasions for the Chinese people. While people in the West tend to believe "you are what you eat", the Chinese people believe "to the people, food is heaven". Few cultures are as food-oriented as the Chinese. For the Chinese people, food has a meaning far beyond its importance as fuel for life.

Food has held the pride of place in fertility rituals in many societies. Food signifies prosperity, a good marriage and afterlife. Food has also been used to showcase the power and wealth of a state, family or person. Different foods carry different meanings for diners; they indicate the closeness of relations with the people who are served those foods.