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Today might be Superbowl Sunday in America but in China
it’s the Little New Years. It’s the Sunday before Chinese New Year or Chūnjié
春节. This massive celebration is full
of firecrackers, food and traditions.
Some of those traditions start today.
It is customary for Chinese to so spring cleaning today, get their haur cut
(except for that long one that dangles from their lucky mole) and to offer
sweets to the Kitchen Gods.
Yes, Kitchen Gods.
Traditionally, families offer this god a bowl of sweet sticky
rice or candy as a way to say “thank you”.
But if you ever tasted Chinese candy, you could see why I
opted to make home-made strawberry jam for this Domestic Deity instead. Yunnan has the best
strawberries this side of Berrien County, Michigan. I bought a kilo for about
three American dollars at the local market near our home in Kunming.
And along with appeasing the Kitchen God, the jam made Jeff
quite happy as well.
Now, you think the Kitchen God would
be assigned by a Chinese Betty Crocker or someone from the cooking channel. Not
so. According to Chinese tradition, this god was assigned by Yu Huang, the emperor of heaven.
Yu will watch
our home throughout the year, making sure that the parasites that invade our
intestines are happy ones.
Another tradition is to eat long noodles, which symbolize a long life.
And to eat Round oranges, which are a sign of completeness.
But what did we eat?
Tacos. Which is a sign that Jeff brought back way too many corn tortillas from Las Golondrinas at Christmas.
Oh. The Chinese also decorate their door
with signs that have the word “fu” .
F.U. means good luck and happiness in China, unlike
what it means in America.
The other tradition is that everybody head to Carrefour to
stock up for the holiday.
I mean everybody.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-Ucm7FFDPQ&feature=youtu.be
Chinese New Year kicks off on New Years Eve, Saturday,
February 9th and will go until the 24th. 2013 is the year
of the snake.
February 5th, 2013 at 1:19 am u kill me!