What does dried squid symbolize in Japan, especially on New Year's Day?

Everything related to fish symbolizes more than one year.

Japanese New Year is actually New Year's Day. The Japanese believe that every time you knock on the door, you will get rid of a kind of trouble. Knock 108 to clear all troubles. After the bell rings, people flock to shrines and temples, burn incense and worship Buddha, and sign fortune-telling, which is called "the first visit".

Japan's New Year's Day is western-style, but it still retains many traditional customs, including forgetting New Year's Eve, offering mirror cakes and offering sacrifices to the door. On New Year's Day in Japan, the New Year's Eve is coming, and the "New Year's Eve" is an indispensable gathering for Japanese people. This kind of "New Year's Eve" is somewhat similar to that in China. The Japanese dictionary defines "forgetting the new year's friends" as "forgetting all the hard dinners of the year". It is said that the earliest written record appeared in15th century Japanese Muramachi's Reading Diary. Fujian Gong Zhencheng wrote: Enjoy forever for 2 years (1430) 65438+February 2 1, "There are gifts first. After that, the song began. The congregation is like an example. Night is full of rhythm. The wine is full of dancing. I have forgotten my age for many years. "