Today in Hong Kong it is the Winter Festival- or the first day of Winter. It is a special day for Chinese people.
Today Chinese families will set out food in front of their doors: a whole roasted chicken, maybe a duck (depending on your origin- Fujianese, Cantonese, etc.), 4 oranges, 4 apples, a carton of bananas, 3 cups of wine, and 3 bowls of rice and wine, and some vegetables. All is set out in bowls outside the front door and then the family prays for 40 minutes.
The interesting thing is that the TIME when the food goes out is very precise and depends on the zodiac- more precisely the zodiac of the elder of the family, most likely the father. The woman who cleans my apartment will celebrate at 8:35 tonight because her father is a Dog.
After the prayers everything must be eaten, all of it.
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