Chinese New Year Plans

[tipoywizard]

We have a lot of Chinese people in our country. They are part of our culture and tradition. We are celebrating the Chinese New Year with lots of foods and fireworks. We wore red clothes for luck.

In this coming Chinese New Year my mother is planning to cook a lot of Chinese foods we are going to have Fish, Chinese dumplings, Spring Rolls and Peking duck. We also have lechon and lucky Nian gao.

In your place if you also celebrate Chinese New Year what foods are you going to cooked?

 

[DIna00]

We don't celebrate Chinese New Year. To be honest I'm not sure what a lot of real traditional Chinese foods are. There is one Chinese market I shop at for produce, but the aisles are filled with all sorts of things I have no clue what to do with.

What is the date for Chinese New Year this year? It might me nice to go downtown and see some festivities. I know one tradition is to give people money in red envelopes, is that correct? And I think another is cleaning the entire house, top to bottom?

 

[Arch]

We don't celebrate Chinese New Year. To be honest I'm not sure what a lot of real traditional Chinese foods are. There is one Chinese market I shop at for produce, but the aisles are filled with all sorts of things I have no clue what to do with.

What is the date for Chinese New Year this year? It might me nice to go downtown and see some festivities. I know one tradition is to give people money in red envelopes, is that correct? And I think another is cleaning the entire house, top to bottom?

Yes, the red envelopes of money are traditional. I don't know about the house cleaning, I think we'll give that one a miss!

New Year this year is 19th Feb. I'm at work that day, but on the 20th we are going out for lunch with Night Train's parents for Dim Sum, and to pick up a roast duck at the Chinese supermarket which NT's Dad will prepare for dinner that evening.

There are various festivities over the weekend in Manchester, which has a large Chinatown, so we might pop along to see something going on.

 

[Night Train]

New Year this year is 19th Feb. I'm at work that day, but on the 20th we are going out for lunch with Night Train's parents for Dim Sum, and to pick up a roast duck at the Chinese supermarket which NT's Dad will prepare for dinner that evening.

We are also going to have a seafood dinner on Wednesday evening too.

Traditionally it would be out into Manchester China Town for the celebrations on Sunday but it is overly commercialised and crowded for our tastes.

 

[GadgetGuy]

I'll make an Asian dinner that week.

 

[DIna00]

Yes, the red envelopes of money are traditional. I don't know about the house cleaning, I think we'll give that one a miss!

"On the days immediately before the New Year celebration, Chinese families give their homes a thorough cleaning. There is a Cantonese saying "Wash away the dirt on nin ya baat" It is believed the cleaning sweeps away the bad luck of the preceding year and makes their homes ready for good luck.
Brooms and dust pans are put away on the first day so that the newly arrived good luck cannot be swept away. Some people give their homes, doors and window-frames a new coat of red paint; decorators and paper-hangers do a year-end rush of business prior to Chinese New Year."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_New_Year

 

[Arch]

"On the days immediately before the New Year celebration, Chinese families give their homes a thorough cleaning. There is a Cantonese saying "Wash away the dirt on nin ya baat" It is believed the cleaning sweeps away the bad luck of the preceding year and makes their homes ready for good luck.
Brooms and dust pans are put away on the first day so that the newly arrived good luck cannot be swept away. Some people give their homes, doors and window-frames a new coat of red paint; decorators and paper-hangers do a year-end rush of business prior to Chinese New Year."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_New_Year

Maybe I'll do a token, like wipe down the cooker hob or something...

 

[Berties]

We've been on holiday but we managed to get in the local Chinese restaurant to celebrate ,so happy year of the goat