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BEHIND THE SCENES WITH JAMES

[SooHoo, James]
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James SooHoo

August 2008
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INTRODUCING LITTLE FROG!

Jun 25, 2008 10:53am (EST)

I just wanted to share a weekend picture with you all of my youngest son’s Red Egg and Ginger party.

The Red Egg and Ginger party typically is the introduction of the baby to its social circle (which didn’t change much from generation to generation). And because you all are part of my social circle, it seems apt that I introduce you to the party and to Dylan as well.

The party is also where the child receives his name (which neither of my children have because my aunties keep vetoing names like Little Frog). In China, where the infant mortality rate had been high, you waited one month to 100 days before having the party and naming the child. The delay was twofold, it gave the mother a chance to recuperate and by not naming the child you were trying to trick the evil spirits into not knowing the child had been born.

Red is good luck in Chinese culture and the eggs are dyed from white which is the color of mourning. The symbolism of the eggs (which are rolled upon the babies body by its maternal grandmother) is harmony and the renewal of life. The ginger (which is eaten by the mother) is used a lot in Chinese medicine and is for good health.

For fun, I am attaching three pictures. One of this past weekend. One from Julien’s along with a picture of my brother for Jaclyn. The last is from my own Red Egg and Ginger party almost four decades ago with my Nyen Nyen (paternal grandmother).


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