in singapore, we eat bamboo shoots especially chinese new year too. the chinese word for bamboo is zhu sun (pronounced : soon in english) and sun basically means smooth sailing. so you eat it for a smooth sailing business, career, wealth, life etc.
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@ryanng - Thank you sharing that. I find the symbolic meaning that Chinese people give to the natural world so interesting! I have been to Singapore many times, one of my favorite places.
bamboo shoot - the edible part of bamboo / "baby bamboo"
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Zhúsǔn