The 30th(年三十晚), last day of the year!
Okay so, the 30th was yesterday but we went home late and were too tired to do anything <:D Anyways, I should be able to update what I do later today as the first day of the year.
For the 30th, families hold Reunion Dinner(團年飯) for all members(as mant as we can) to eat together. There are also certain dishes that are staples of this occasion but I don't know most of their English names. :v
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Shopping malls all look his this during this time of the year. :>
Dinner at grandma's place. Since we all have 2 groups of relatives my family usually have one early dinner a day before and another dinner on the 30th.
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Annnnnnnnnnd the 30th Reunion Dinner at Grandpa's place. Ah, I forgot to mention, some people would have their dinners at Chinese restaurants since not everyone have the ability to cook the 'appropriate' dishes, but both my sides of the family do it our own because they are that great. :D It helps that one of my aunts(mom's sister) and her husband work at a chinese restaurant and my grandpa was a chef.
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(fyi here we drink the soup first and then get our rice with the same bowl)
Mom also made Tong Sui(糖水, think a really think and sweet soup) with Tong Yuan (湯圓, a dessert made with rice flour and fillings like black sesame and peanuts) for dessert. Tong yuan is a symbol of reunion because yuan(圓) means both round and union.
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We also got our Sacred Lily/Paparwhite for our home now. The only thing to worry is the constant invasion of the local destructive
Felis catus...>:v
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