Redfish, an indispensable delicacy during Spring Festival in Hainan

Redfish is an indispensable delicacy on the Spring Festival dinner table in many places in Hainan, such as Dongfang, Danzhou, and Lin'gao. It's also a distinct symbol of the Chinese New Year flavor in the local areas. There are many ways to eat the redfish.

It can not only be cooked as a dish alone, but also made into delicacies with pork and beef, as well as made into redfish soup, redfish porridge, and redfish rice. In Hainan, the redfish is a popular item purchased by locals during the Spring Festival, because its Chinese name "hong yu" symbolizes "good luck and having a surplus year after year."