This year, there is more rain than usual on the days building up to the Chinese New Year. This did not dampen the Chinese New Year mood however. Families are still out buying loads of goodies and food to welcome the year of th Rabbit. Just that with the rain, more shopping are done in shopping centres and indoor rather than outdoor shopping at places like Chinatown.
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| Packed with goodies |
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| Pamelo - a sign of prosperity |
Chinese New Year eve dinner is a big thing in the chinese culture. This meal signifies reunion of the family when families gather for a big huge meals. We call this the reunion dinner. A chinese steamboat dinner is the norm in my family. The "Yu Sheng" is also tossed. The "Yu Sheng" (raw fish) is also a symbolic dish in the chinese culture. The "Yu Sheng" is tossed together with many ingredients including the fish (signify 'nian nian you yu' - abundance), pamelo (da ji da li - luck and auspicious value), pepper (zhao cai jin bao - attracting monies), oil (cai yuan kuang jin -wealth from everywhere), carrots (hong yun dang tou - blessing of good luck), green raddish (qing chun chang zhu - eternal youth), white raddish (feng sheng shui qi - prosperity and promotion), peanuts and sesami (sheng yi xing long - business prosperity) and flour crisp in shape of golden pillows (pian di huang jin - everywhere filled with gold). The action of tossing this mixture of ingredients signifies tossing of the good luck. While you toss the 'yu sheng', you are supposed to shout out words of prosperity.
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| After adding the Golden Pillows |
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Yusheng before adding the 'golden pillows'. Yummy aint it?
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