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geraineon ([personal profile] geraineon) wrote in [community profile] cnovels 2024-09-30 12:56 am (UTC)

XDD That's amusing.

There's another, related to symbolism. The pineapple! It's called "wong lai" in Malaysian Cantonese, which sounds like inviting fortune to come (I think it's similar in Hokkien too), so you'll see a lot of pineapples during New Year.

I learnt sometime this year that pineapples are a symbol of wealth in Europe because it was exotic and rare (and apparently often displayed rather than eaten).

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