Yesterday we celebrated the first day of the Year of The Dragon. The kids were dressed up in their traditional Chinese costumes before we left the house.
Here is a list of ten thing we did on the 1st day of Chinese New Year
- Visit church and attend the Chinese New Year Mass
- Eat the blessed oranges that we received from church.
- Pay respects to the elders by wishing them happy Chinese New Year, best of health and other auspicious sayings.
- Exchange oranges with relatives we visited.
- Distribute red packets to the children, nephews and nieces. The kids were extremely happy as they were the recipients of the red packets.
- Savor the various CNY tidbits like almond cookies, roasted meats and tarts.
- Take part in the annual “Lao Yu Sheng” for good luck.
- Play cards with the kids/cousins.
- Catch up with relatives that we haven’t seen in a long time.
- Watch the countdown and CNY fireworks on TV .
This week being Chinese New Year I’m sharing a Chinese New Year Song with you.
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bestfoodies
January 24, 2012 at 11:05 am (UTC 8) Link to this comment
It’s hard not seeing relatives….it’s sad that we are all busy or that we live so far apart that we don’t get to see each other…I enjoyed visiting your site!
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Jamie
January 24, 2012 at 11:16 am (UTC 8) Link to this comment
Happy New Year to you. All that talk of oranges is making mouth water. Glad you had a fun day.
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Wendy
January 24, 2012 at 11:19 am (UTC 8) Link to this comment
Your children are adorable. What a great picture to always remember the year of the Dragon!
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Stasha
January 24, 2012 at 1:18 pm (UTC 8) Link to this comment
What a happy song, I want to taste what they are making in the video
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Happy CNY to you and yours. It sounds like such a lovely way to spend a day.
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Recovering Supermom
January 24, 2012 at 1:26 pm (UTC 8) Link to this comment
Happy Chinese New Year to you and your family! It sounds like you had a nice day celebrating.
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Dominique
January 24, 2012 at 10:31 pm (UTC 8) Link to this comment
Thanks for the Chinese New Year wishes. Hope that you have a great week too.
JamericanSpice
January 24, 2012 at 1:36 pm (UTC 8) Link to this comment
I love their costumes and gosh the colors are so beautiful!
You have been busy. Glad you got to participate and enjoyed the time.
Love your video!
Thanks for sharing and linking up with us today!
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Dominique
January 24, 2012 at 10:30 pm (UTC 8) Link to this comment
@Callie,
Thanks for visiting my blog this week. Great to see you around.
Buckeroomama
January 24, 2012 at 6:57 pm (UTC 8) Link to this comment
We don’t do a lot of the traditional CNY things, but we do do the lai see/ang pow bit.
Kong xi fa cai!
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oh amanda
January 25, 2012 at 10:32 am (UTC 8) Link to this comment
Your kids are TOO cute.
Love hearing about your special day!
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