Not quite Chinese New Year yet but already we've tossed for prosperity. Just recently, I had had lunch with my other niece and her artist friends and many others in a Chinese restaurant. Lunch was simple; there were omelette, tofu seaweed soup and a few other meat and vegetable dishes. When we had all had our fill, my niece whipped out a red box. It was a pre-packed yee sang 魚生 which she had bought from the supermarket. Chinese normally enjoy this special dish which comprises thin slices of pickled vegetables and other ingredients on the seventh day of Chinese New Year. Chinese legend had it that the goddess Nu Wa 女娲 spent six days creating animals out of mud, while on the seventh she created humans. It is on the seventh day of Chinese New Year then that yee sang is tossed to celebrate Ren Ri 人日, the Day of Humans. Happy Chinese New Year everyone and let's celebrate and embrace humanity!
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