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Making Jai (Chinese New Year Series 2/11)

These people are making Jai, a vegetarian dish. Jai, also known as "Monk's Food" or "Buddha's Delight", is traditionally served in Chinese households on the first day of the Chinese New Year, stemming from the old Buddhist practice that one should maintain a vegetarian diet in the first five days of the new year, as a form of self-purification.