Lunar New Year fun facts: cyun4 hap2粵語。愛爾蘭之新年小知識：全盒（一）

Every Lunar New Year, every family visits relatives' homes to pay New Year's greetings. There is often a round or square box filled with all kinds of New Year's food on the table, in which a traditional Chinese candy box.

每逢新年，家家戶戶去親戚度拜年，枱上都有個圓形或方形嘅盒，裏面有唔同嘅賀年零食，佢叫做全盒。

Traditional Chinese Lunar New Years Candy Box:
全 (full) cyun4
盒 (box) hap2

The traditional Chinese candy box was originally named “攢盒 cyun4 hap2”, means gathering, and reunion. Later, it was simplified to "Full Box", which symbolises perfection and well-rounded.
「全盒」原稱「攢盒」，有拼湊、聚合、團圓嘅意思，後來簡化成「全盒」，寓意十全十美。

What do we have in a traditional lunar new year candy box?
咁全盒裏面有咩食？

There are traditionally dried melon seeds, pistachio, crispy triangle cookie, Crispy Pastry Dumpling, sesame balls etc.
常見食品有瓜子、開心果、笑口棗、油角、煎堆等等。

A traditional candy box includes “eight sweets”, we’ll learn about that next week!
其實，傳統嘅全盒係會有「八甜」，即係咩？留待下回分解啦。