Chinese people love to give each other tangerines during Chinese New Year because tangerine in Cantonese sounds exactly the same as the word for ‘gold’ in the same language. So giving away tangerines means giving away gold! It’s kind of a cute symbolic tradition. During the festive season, you may find tangerines everywhere from patterns on shopping bags to even tangerine-looking rice ball in Japanese restaurants.
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