Chinese Symbolic Food
Hello everyone… do you like Chinese food? Do you that Chinese food has several meaning or symbol that influence the demand of the food. This time I want to tell you about come Chinese food meaning or symbol. Here we go…
1. Noodle
2. Spring Rolls
Because the shape of spring rolls are similar with the golden bar, this food become the symbol of wealth.
3. Lettuce Wrap
4. Fish
5. Steamed Cake
Cakes such as Sticky Rice Cake have symbolic significance on many levels. Their sweetness symbolizes a rich, sweet life, while the layers symbolize rising abundance for the coming year. Finally, the round shape signifies family reunion.
After we know about some food that become a symbol of wish, now the foods are not only something to full my body. But foods are something to express our hope. Because life is beautiful, and the food also.
See you next time…
1. Noodle
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For Chinese, noodle is the symbol of long life. When you eat noodle, it’s not good to cut off the noodle. The story said that cut the noodle will give you bad luck. So, if you eat noodle it will be good if you don’t cut the noodle.
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3. Lettuce Wrap
Some Chinese food are wrapped with lettuce. Lettuce become the symbol of rising fortune because in Cantonese word for lettuce sounds like rising fortune, so it is very common to serve a lettuce wrap filled with other lucky food.
In Chinese language the word for fish is ‘Yu’. In chinese language ‘Yu’ also means wish and abundance. In the New Year most of Chinese people serve a full fish (with a head and tail), it’s the symbol of the abundance from the beginning until the ending of the new year.
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Cakes such as Sticky Rice Cake have symbolic significance on many levels. Their sweetness symbolizes a rich, sweet life, while the layers symbolize rising abundance for the coming year. Finally, the round shape signifies family reunion.
After we know about some food that become a symbol of wish, now the foods are not only something to full my body. But foods are something to express our hope. Because life is beautiful, and the food also.
See you next time…
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