The Yusheng print by Lee Xin Li features a Catonese style salad often eaten during Chinese New Year. Yusheng, also known as yee sang or yuu sahng, and Prosperity Toss, or lo sahng, is a Cantonese-style salad featuring raw fish strips, shredded vegetables, various sauces, and condiments, among other ingredients. During Chinese New Year, the tradition of consuming yusheng involves everyone at the table tossing the salad while uttering auspicious phrases. The dish is considered propitious due to homonymous meanings in its ingredients, symbolizing blessings and prosperity for the upcoming year—'yu' homophonous with "fish" and "abundance," and 'sheng' meaning both "raw" and "life," conveying wishes for wealth and longevity.
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