<![CDATA[Sam Sip Pu is a tradition to welcome Chinese New Year by praying either at home or at worship places. In the process of selecting the offerings and equipment that will be provided at the time of prayer, all are based on the results of interpretation of each family towards the offerings or the tools that will be used. The background of this Sam Sip Pu tradition research is the symbols used in offerings and equipment as well as the meaning of offerings and equipment in the celebration of the Sam Sip Pu tradition on Bangka Island.The research design uses qualitative research, using a verstehen approach. The data source used is primary data which taken from interviews with the religious leaders and the Chinese community who carry out the Sam Sip Pu Tradition on Bangka Island. While secondary data obtained through research journals, previous research, books, or documents. The symbols in the Sam Sip Pu tradition are equipment for food such as fruits, cakes, Sam Sang, tea, wine, candles, rakes, Kim Ci, and NyunCi. The intepretations of equipment such as candles and Garu symbolizes the medium of conveying prayer, Kim Ci symbolizes money to gods, NyunCi symbolizes money to ancestors, duplicate items (clothes, money, etc.) symbolize respect, delivery boxes (hun be) symbolize delivery. According to Blumer's symbolic interactionism interaction, firstly, the symbols in the Sam Sip Pu tradition are used continuously and have meaning, secondly, knowledge of these meanings is not only owned by one or two groups, but the knowledge is owned by the Chinese community, third, it can be seen from how the Chinese community looks for alternatives when carrying out the Sam Sip Pu tradition such as the use of symbols and meanings embedded in offerings, for example tofu.]]>
