In this occasion, the 'birthday cake' was replaced with 4 super-sized ang ku kuehs as the main icon. There are two types of prints on these red sticky peanut cakes- peach and tortoise. My mother-in-law explained it's not tortoise 乌龟, but 'ku' (hokkien pronounciation), a creature symbolizing longevity.
[The Set-up]-- Each peach-print ang ku kueh has to be stacked on top of the ku-print ang ku kuehs. Place all other 抓周 objects around. Make sure baby's position is facing the main door (for girls).
[The Procession]-- Carry baby and let her feet step onto the ang ku kuehs 'towers'. While she does so, say auspicious words. This takes a minute so. Then, remove the kuehs and let her sit down to pick from a range of objects (abacus, calculator, dictionary, 四书, gold chain, a stack of notes, pen, calligraphy brush). This is call 抓周. 
Zhirui went for the calligraphy brush first. That was out of expectation given that the brush was the most boring-looking thing among all. She held the calligraphy brush and pen with confidence and try manipulating them after some moments, as if saying "You see, I know how to use this thing!". hahaa.. 
But the colourful stack of 5o dollars notes delighted her most. hmmmm...
2 comments:
So cute!! But... can u still eat the ang gu kways? Marpig lurves ang gu kways!!
So, does it mean Zhirui might be a writer? :P Was thinking in retrospect; parents would want their children to be successful in life isnt it? Wat about Sansao?
An age old ritual used in modern times. I wonder whether Zhirui picked d pen cos it's d smallest/lightest thing on d table? N mayb she was attracted to d colour/movement o d notes too.
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