A
man should never neglect his family for business. »Walt Disney«
Chinese people are accustomed to call New Year's Eve with the
title "Cap Sa Me" (bhs Mandarin: "San Shi Wan").
On New Year's Eve the whole family together to eat together.
Anggota2 family home to eat "Thuan Yen Huan / Fan" (eating together
that unites the family).
The man who became the head of the household must lead the
family in this event, because anggota2 families who work in distant places was
trying to get home, to be able to eat together with the family.
Eating together is a means for the tie of kinship, the Chinese
are very concerned simbol2, including in terms of food, usually food provided
are:
- Makanan2 made from rice (symbol of prosperity),
- Noodles (symbol of longevity),
- Orange (the symbol of blessing, happy, prosperous),
- Apple (symbol of safety and peace Sejahtra),
- Peanuts-sunflower seeds (symbol of birth),
- Soup (sweet), fish (no surplus / profit), and so on.
- All food symbolizes the hope that good either.
Cap Sa celebration Me is "local policies" (local
wisdom) that need to be preserved by the Chinese (although Christian).
