At Chinese New Year, everything is a little more festive--including the fruits that have "blessing" values assigned to them.
I forget which blessings pineapples and oranges are supposed to bring. Perhaps wealth--anyone know for sure?
UPDATE: In the comments, Lawrance, answers my question. I put his reply here to make the answer more accessible to others. Thanks for clearing up my vauge impression, Lawrance.
Pineapple means prosperous because of it sounds like "prosperity come"(旺來：旺--prosperity，來--come) in Taiwanese.
Orange means auspiciousness because of it sounds like 吉子 in
Mandarin.(吉：auspiciousness，子--children). Parents hope gods can bless
their children with auspiciousness.
Pineapple means prosperous because of it sounds like "prosperity come"(旺來：旺--prosperity，來--come) in Taiwanese.
ReplyDeleteOrange means auspiciousness because of it sounds like 吉子 in Mandarin.(吉：auspiciousness，子--children). Parents hope gods can bless their children with auspiciousness.