Chinese New Year, also known as the Lunar New Year, is the most important traditional festival for the Chinese. The celebration lasts for 15 days and it is a great time for family reunions, visiting, feasting and collecting red packets (hongbao) for good fortune. One of the favourite get-togethers during the Chinese New Year is when families and friends celebrate by partaking in reunion feasts. The dish "pén cài" is a popular celebratory dish (comprising layers of 'auspicious' ingredients such as abalone, prawns, roast pork, and lotus root) during these get-togethers. AS the old saying goes, "the family that eats together, stays together". The annual reunion feasting is indeed significant and symbolic, and reaffirms love and togetherness with one another.