KOMPAS.com – It’s not just basket cakes, longevity noodles, or whole ducks that are mandatory dishes during Chinese New Year.
Fruits such as oranges must also be served which are believed to bring good luck, wealth and happiness.
Apart from oranges, there are apples, sugar cane and grapes. Take a look at the fruit served during Chinese New Year, quoted from the Top China Travel and Times pages.
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1. Oranges, kumquats and tangerines
In China, oranges, kumquats and tangerines are fruits that must be served during Chinese New Year.
Chinese people love the color gold, they believe the fruit will bring happiness, prosperity and good luck in making money.
The round shape of oranges is a symbol of good luck, togetherness and harmony. Some Chinese people will buy a potted kumquat tree and place it in the house with this luck will come around the house.
Illustration of grapefruit. Many foods are effective as natural medicines for reducing hypertension, such as oranges, bananas, ginger and cardamom. 2. Grapefruit
Grapefruit is also a fruit that is mandatory for Chinese New Year, the harvest season is around the Mid-Autumn Festival in China, symbolized as family reunion.
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Chinese people eat grapefruit during Chinese New Year and hope that everything will go well in the new year.
apple illustration3. Apple
The Chinese believe that one can live a peaceful and harmonious life by eating apples.
They also like to buy boxes of apples as Chinese New Year hampers for their relatives and friends, to wish them the best of luck and wealth in the year ahead.
Illustration of grapes.
4. Grapes
Grapes that grow in clusters or bundles are used as a symbol of abundance and good harvest.
This means that luck will always accompany you, apart from that, the color doesn’t matter whether it’s purple or green.
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Both have good meanings, purple for respect and elegance while green for vitality and prosperity.
Illustration of pineapple, pineapple, one of the fruits that heart disease sufferers should limit.5. Pineapple
Pineapples symbolize wealth and good luck, some Chinese people also use pineapples for cooking.
Especially in areas around Fujian Province, during Chinese New Year they will buy two pineapples and put them at home.
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In Hokkien (Fujian Dialect), the word “pineapple” is “ong lai”, it means good luck will come.
Pomegranates are often categorized as a ?superfood? because its nutritional content provides benefits, such as maintaining heart health.6. Pomegranate
Next there is the pomegranate which means fertility, long life and prosperity. Especially the pomegranate has many seeds inside, symbolizing good blessings and a symbol of good luck.
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7. Sugar cane
Sugarcane is a popular Chinese New Year lucky fruit in the southern regions of China.
Similar in appearance to bamboo, sugar cane has a sturdy, jointed stalk, which symbolizes promotion in one’s career, and advancement in life.
