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Parental love expressed with Gaokao dishes

Updated: 2014-06-10 11:44
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Parental love expressed with Gaokao dishes

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Dishes: tomatoes; lettuce; white gourd and rib soup; Zizania latifolia and shrimps; grapes.

This is a meal the parents prepared for their daughter right before the exam. The general color tone of the meal is red because red means good luck in Chinese culture. Parents hope the healthy and auspicious meals will help their daughter’s dream come true.

Parental love expressed with Gaokao dishes

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