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Chinese New Year

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Traditional Chinese New Year Foods

January 10 by Priscilla Leave a Comment

  Traditional Chinese New Year foods include whole fish, dumplings, noodles, chicken, spring rolls, fruit, and glutinous rice cake. Chinese New Year 2020 begins on Saturday, January 25, 2020 and preparations for the two-week celebration are in full swing all over the world. Many traditions surround Chinese New Year including cleaning your house to rid […]

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How To Celebrate Chinese New Year 2019: Year of the Pig #ChineseNewYear

January 30 by Priscilla Leave a Comment

Chinese New Year 2019 marks the Year of the Pig — a year that, according to Chinese astrology, will be filled with fortune and luck; a great year to make money, and a good year to invest! 2019 is going to be full of joy, a year of friendship and love for all the zodiac signs; […]

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Grilled Red Snapper, Chinese New Year

Grilled Whole Red Snapper and the Year of the Rooster

January 8 by Priscilla Leave a Comment

While the Gregorian calendar New Year has passed, many people around the world are preparing for the Lunar New Year, more commonly referred to as Chinese New Year. The most important holiday in Asia is a two-week celebration filled with ancient and modern new year traditions and symbolic Chinese New Year food to prepare. 2017 […]

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Snow Pea and Radish Stir Fry, Chinese New Year recipes

Chinese New Year – Snow Pea and Radish Stir Fry

January 26 by Priscilla 8 Comments

Festivities for the Lunar New Year, also known as Chinese New Year, Spring Festival, or Tet if you’re Vietnamese, begin two weeks prior to the official day. As you can imagine, there are many traditions involved in a centuries old celebration. Many old school traditions are still observed, but “thanks to a nearly 50-year Communist-mandated freeze, […]

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Chinese New Year 2013: Year of the Snake

February 5 by Priscilla 4 Comments

The Year of the Dragon is a tough act to follow considering it is the most desirable sign to be born under, has been the  symbol of royalty for thousands of years, and is believed to bring luck, strength, royalty, wisdom, and a promising future. Parents who follow Eastern astrology plan for their children to be born […]

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Banh Chung - Tet Traditions | ShesCookin.com

Tet Traditions and the Lunar New Year

January 23 by Priscilla 8 Comments

Each year when celebrations for the Lunar New Year begin in Orange County, I’m reminded of the cultural tour I took of Little Saigon with my friend Monique to learn about Tet traditions during the Lunar New Year. We met at the ABC Supermarket shopping center at Bolsaand Brookhurst in what’s known as Little Saigon […]

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Lunar New Year – Tet Festival Traditions

January 29 by Priscilla 19 Comments

Tet Festival is the Vietnamese celebration of the Lunar New Year and it is surrounded by many traditions including cleaning house to sweep away evil spirits, preparing traditional foods, and giving gifts of Banh Chung and red envelopes. Preparations for Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year and Spring Festival,  and welcoming the […]

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Chúc mừng năm mới – Happy New Year in Vietnamese

February 15 by Priscilla 2 Comments

That’s “Happy New Year” in Vietnamese. (as seen in Little Saigon – Westminster, CA) This is Happy New Year in Chinese:  新年快乐 In Japanese: 新年あけましておめでとうございます In Korean: 새해 복 많이 받으세요 Asians all over the world celebrated the first day of the Lunar New Year on Sunday, February 14th.  The Year of the Tiger was […]

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