In Chinese culture, when a baby is about a full year old, the rite of Zhuazhou (grasping things, a custom of telling a child's fortune by placing various emblems before the baby and letting the baby choose one) is conducted to predict his/her destiny.寶寶滿周歲時的成長禮俗--抓周 (度晬)
準備用品：米篩、書、印章、筆墨、算盤（計算機）、錢幣、雞腿、豬肉、尺、 蔥、芹菜、蒜、稻草、刀劍、聽筒等。
A rice sieve contained 14 items was placed before Angela so that she may pick whatever she fancies. These stuffs emblem various occupations and fortune, including book (scholar, researcher, teacher.), pen(writer, artist), stamp(governor, power, or influential person), abacus(business, accountant, banker), coin(wealthy), drumstick (blessing), ruler(designer, architect), microphone(singer, actor), green onion(smart), peanut(longevity), garlic(planer, strategist), celery(diligence),straw(agriculture), sword(justice, soldier,police), and stethoscope(doctor, medical care).
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