I just have to include these two pictures of Yee Sang -- the Chinese raw fish specialty that appears around Chinese New Year. Raw fish, cleaned and salted would be mixed with crackers and a variety of pickled vegetables. Well-wishers stand around it and using chopsticks toss them around in a show of unity. It is also symbolic of helping one another in the sharing of prosperity.
It is a tradition, particularly, among the Cantonese-speaking community of the Chinese. According to a Cantonese friend, whatever you wish when you toss around Yee Sang will come true.
Well, I hope all the wishes we wished when tossing Yee Sang during our department's Chinese New Year lunch will come true for all of us!
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