新年初一 ~ CHINESE NEW YEAR DAY 1
My OOTD for 初一 : Lularoe Amelia Dress with JuJuBe DSS be set large piece.
Auspicious symbolisms of Pen Cai ingredients:
- Fat choy (dried moss) sounds like “fatt choi” (striking it rich)
- Prawns (sounds like “ha” in Cantonese) symbolizing laughter (笑 “哈哈”) and happiness
- Green ingredients (broccoli): 青春常驻 (perpetual youthfulness)
- Red items (carrot and wolfberries): 鸿运当头 (good fortune)
- Abalone: 年年’包’有余 (increasing abundance). They also looked like ingots (ancient China currency symbolizing wealth)
- Golden ingredients (scallops, tau kee, fish maw, tau kwa): 翩地黄金 (abundant wealth)
- Carrots cut to flower shapes: 花开富贵 (blooming success).
Prepared the following ingredients that layered up within 1 delicious pot:
- Cabbage
- Fish maw
- Beancurd skin
- Yam
- Mushroom
- Duck
- Roasted Pork
- Scallop
- Dried Scallop
- Abalone
- Sea Cucumber
- Saba Prawn
- Broccoli
- Carrot
新年初二 ~ CHINESE NEW YEAR DAY 2
Many will ask me what does 开年means, 开年开个好意头,全年顺顺利利。“鸡”与“界”方言同音,谐音寓意“好世界”,即兴旺发达;开年的汤圆不同于元宵节汤圆的团圆意义,而是水开汤圆浮起,取“发”的意头;桔子谐音吉利。