Last updated: 21st July 2008, 06:51 GMT
Serving a fish whole will bring good luck.
For the Chinese, food is such an important part of daily life that, not surprisingly, it is also the source of a myriad of strange, and sometimes even quite well-founded, symbolisms and beliefs related to people's wealth and well-being.
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