Chinese New Year

Across the world, Jews will celebrate the holiday of Purim this year from the eve of March 11 through March 12 with much fanfare and excitement. Families will go from door to door sporting costumes while delivering candy and other foods, and sit down to a lavish meal with friends and relatives later in the day to celebrate the holiday. But far beyond the food and costumes, Purim has a much deeper purpose to it, a lesson applicable to each and every one of our lives. Purim, one of the most…

and applesauce onto it. My brother adds a immense scoop of mashed potatoes, and another man adds a heap of sauerkraut and pork mixture. The steam from the hot food warms my face, and the smell makes my stomach growl. What a great way to start the new year. The family…

10 Decoration Ideas for Valentine Day. Valentine Day is celebrated on 14th February every year with great enthusiasm. There are various theories regarding the origination of Valentine Day celebration and one most supported belief during Middle Ages among the people of France & England was that on 14th February, bird-mating season started and people saw it as a day of romance and love. Today, valentine day is celebrated across the world with great enthusiasm as a day of celebrating love,…

Laos traditionally three shots are fired into the air to frighten away evil spirits. This in not often done in the U.S. because of laws prohibiting it heavily populated areas as well as general gun laws in any area. "The body is washed and dressed in new clothes. Mourners bring gifts to the deceased family members and are in return fed by the family. The Shaman plays an important role in death as they are the ones to make an offering of alcohol and tell the spirit that the body has died. They…

New Years Eve is filled with tradition and celebration. For the last 8 years of my life I have spent my New Years Eve night with many of my closest friends. The first year we all celebrated together sparked a tradition that has only grown more intense each year. One custom in the southern regions of the United States eating black-eyed peas as a way to ensure good luck and prosperity throughout the year ahead. Although I am not from the South, many of my friends have families that are. The…

themselves better. Lastly the ancient Chinese has always eat rice for breakfast dinner and lunch. IRON CASTING Iron casting is a technique that was useful during the time of Ancient China and helped people protect themselves better. Iron casting is a group of iron that is melted and were put in casts to cool down and take the shape of the cast, then black smiths changes or do minor adding to the item and works on the details of the item.…

The family holiday that I am going to write about is the spring festival, which means new year. I love it because it is the time that the whole family get together and celebrate the new year. However, there are a lot of the misunderstanding that Americans have about the Chinese spring festival. A lot of Americans think that during the spring festival we would do the Feng Shui forecast, which means predicting you future. Also, Americans think we would do the dragon dance on the streets during the…

chose to talk about is Chinese it is where I came from. Chinese is the oldest and has the largest number of people who live in China. The Chinese material and non material culture can be different from United States but they also have something in common. The food, clothes, transportation, and sports are very different in America. In China people takes food very seriously. The cooking is heavily influenced by geography and ethic diversity. Among the main style of Chinese cooking are Cantonese,…

-reminds me of my childhood -recall my happy childhood memories -food preparation I grew up in a very traditional Chinese culture. Although I have been in America for ten years, it is still a challenge to adapt to cultural differences. When I was in high school, I never eat lunch while I was in school. Most of the time I would starve and wait unless I got home. During Chinese New Year, food preparation for family reunion dinner become one of the main topic for my family. We make…

Lunar New Year is a grand festival for Chinese people as family members from all around the world will head home for a reunion. It would be the only season in a year when all family members get to meet each other in person and have a perfect big warm Lunar New Year’s Eve meal together. However, in recent years, the younger generations are changing the traditional ways of celebrating Lunar New Year. They are less inclined to follow the customs or might have disconnected from their own cultures.…