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Many countries around Asia have unique ways of observing Lunar New Year. Some of these are famous, but Singapore has one special way,    1     you may not know about. Each year, cooks across the country prepare yu sheng, a salad made with raw fish. The salad is placed at the centre of a dinner table. Diners will gather around and use their chopsticks     2    (throw) the salad up into the air. This practice is known     3     Lo Hei.

Since its origins as     4     simple raw fish dish back in the 1930s,the recipe has undergone a series of transformations, and even until today, people are still finding innovative ways to present this dish. The dish     5    (bring)to Singapore in the late 19th century by the migrants from China.

“Lo Hei”, in Cantonese (广东话)    6     (literal) translates to “tossing (掷) up good fortune”, and it refers to the ritual (仪式) adopted in Singapore that involves a group of people gathered around a     7    (mass) plate, tossing its contents violently while saying out lucky    8    (phrase) before eating it. For example, when the golden crackers (薄脆饼干) are added, everyone will say “bian di huang jin”. This     9    (mean) “the entire floor will be covered with gold”. A1so, it is popularly believed that the higher the toss, the     10    (good) your prospects and fortune in the year ahead.

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