Traditional CNY meals are devised to usher in prosperity and good luck throughout the year. - RAYMOND OOI/ The Star
Chinese New Year meals are steeped in tradition, and enhanced by a repository of dishes carefully selected for their positive connotations.
The Chinese believe that what you eat at the beginning of the year helps draw in prosperity, good luck, health and longevity. Hence the practice of eating mandarin oranges during Chinese New Year, which originates from the fact that the word for oranges and gold sound similar in Cantonese.
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