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Yu Sheng For Chinese New Year

An all time favorite in Asia is the Yue Sang. This dish is eaten all through the Chinese New Year as it is a ritual of welcoming prosperity. The process of putting together the dish is an art by itself, filled with many rituals and sayings. Below is a step by step method to making the perfect Yue Sang for a prosperous year of the water dragon.

Yu Sheng For Chinese New Year

Step 1
 
Pick up the slices of raw fish - can be salmon or other suitable raw fish, and say "lin lin yau yue" - this means every year we shall have an abundance of wealth.

Step 2

Pick up the cut lime and squeeze out the juice over the raw fish, and say "Dai Kat Dai Lei" - this mean with prosperity comes even bigger prosperity. Place the sliced fish over the main dish.

Step 3

Pick up the black and white pepper powder together with the sachet of 5 spice powder and say "Ng Kuk Fung Sou" and "Po Po Koh Seng" - which means we will have a big harvest with continuous improvements in the future. Now scatter the contents of all three sachets evenly over the main dish.

Step 4

Pick up the bowl of oil and plum sauce and say "Choy Yun Kwong Zun" and "Kum Yuk Mun Tong" - this means wealth will come to the family and fills the house with jewels. Pour the contents evenly over the main dish.

Step 5

Pick up the crushed peanuts, toasted sesame seeds and sliced lime skin and say "Tai Chi Hong Po" - means "May our business expand and find easy success". Pour them over the main dish.
 
Step 6

Pick up the bag of crackers and say "Moon Dei Wong Kum" - means that our floor is abundantly covered with gold. Scatter the crackers over the main dish.
 
Now that the dish is correctly assembled, everyone should stand up, and using their chopsticks, gently toss the ingredients together, being careful not to spill the contents overly. Everyone should also say: 

Yu Sheng For Chinese New Year
  • Sang Yi Heng Loong - May our business become more prosperous.
  • Si Si Yu Yi - May we have a smooth career and prosperous year.
  • San Tai Kin Hong - May our family stay healthy. 
  • Pak Nin Ho Hup - May our marriages be everlasting.
  • Sai Kai Wo Ping - May we live in harmony and have peace.
  • Ching Chun Mei Lai - May we always stay young at heart. 
  • Nin Sang Guai Zi - May we have wonderful children.
  • Long Ma Jing San - May we be alert for all business opportunities. 
  • Fu Guai Weng Wah - May we be rich and famous 
  • Fuk Yu Dong Hoi - May our abundance and prosperity be as vast as the oceans.
  • Gong Hei Fatt Choy - May we all become seriously wealthy.

Doing the right things and saying the right words can help to improve your life and wealth. You can check out more at Yu Sheng For Chinese New Year.