I went to the riverbank a couple of days ago to buy some fish. When I was there I saw some rocks in the containers and wondered what they were for. When I asked the fishmonger, he told me that those were Tiram or Oysters. In my mind, I always imagined that they looked like the ones in the pictures and not like the rocks that I saw. Well, that goes to show that we learn something new each day. So, the rocks I saw were Good Fortune Rocks. Heh! Heh!
Actually oysters are also considered auspicious by the Chinese as in Cantonese they are called Hoe Si which sounds like Good Tidings. Therefore oysters are also a popular dish during the Chinese New Year.
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