Chu Hua Yuan

The emperor felt a great pity, and thus ordered an elaborate funeral for her and conferred on her the title of "the guardian angel of children", respectfully called her "A Pua（阿婆）".

At the end of the Song dynasty, the descendants of A Pua settled in the Chaoshan area, retelling the story of their ancestor ever since.

The story moved the Chaoshan women, who believed in deities and ghosts and thus decided to worship "A Pua".

The pork liver is one of the organs that must be included, whose "肝" pronounced the same as "官" (meaning "officer") in Teochew language.

Eating sweet pig organs soup also means that you have renew your bowel, your belly and your body, giving up the immature and dirty things, and absorbing new knowledge.

Scallion (葱) is a homophone for "cleverness" (聪) in Teochew, while leek (蒜) for (good at) reckoning (算), and celery (芹) for diligence (勤).

The youngster who is partaking "Chu Hua Yuan" is seated at the front of the table with the chicken head towards him or her, while wearing a red pair of clogs.

[6] In some regions, there are even customs such as threading, wearing red or pure white underwears[note 1] (must be boxer briefs, which means "平平安安"), and ear piercing.

It is said that the rite of wearing red clogs and eating the chicken head originates from a Ming-dynasty Teochew Zhuangyuan scholar, Lin Daqin.

Also, the presents from their parents and relatives has changed from new clothes and shoes to mobile phones, iPad, computers, gold or silver jewelry, and so on.