Friday 22 Dec 2006

冬至 (Dōngzhì) aka Winter Solstice

Hello~ Hello~

Today is Winter Solstice for the Chinese. I’m glad I can remember :) I missed out this special occasioan for the past (many many) years. This is so not cool for Chinese like me. ;(

 Thanks go to Jessie and Olivia who remind me. Those ppl are more sensitive or be awared of traditional Chinese celebration. Me? I definitely know Chinese New Year because of ‘Ang Pow’ (Red Packets that comes with $$$), I would found out when is “Cheng Beng” after 1 week, I probably know when is MoonCake Festival.. But, most of the time, I eat the moon cake earlier, and I would totally forgotten when is the real day after. I am clearly a lousy Chinese when come to remembering these special occasions. I need a 2007 Chinese Calender!!

冬至 is the time when all the family members get together. Here, I don’t have any relatives, but I decided to call my close buddies Jo and Rob to come over my house at 11-ish (pm) to eat 湯圓 (Tangyuan). They are as close as my family in Perth.

I don’t know the traditional 湯圓, so I bought some from local oriental grocery store. ;) My grandma thought me long long long time ago..how the hell I supposed to remember lar? *lousy chinese me*

 

 

 I’ve got some ginger as well. Wanted to buy pandan leaves..but couldn’t find some. Bah!

 

 

 Boil some water, add ginger and sugar, followed by 湯圓.

Ta dah~!!!!

 

 

Red Bean Paste

Sesame Paste

HEAVENLY YUM~!!!

Wishing you all Happy Winter Solstice! and Enjoy your 湯圓 as much as I do~! Woohoo

Understand Chinese: more info about 冬至 and 湯圓 on Wikipedia:

Dongzhi ; Tangyuan

 

Cynthia | Special Occasion, Cooking, Chinese/Mandarin

8 Responses to “冬至 (Dōngzhì) aka Winter Solstice”

  1. # Ben on 22 Dec 2006 at 8:40 am

    *poke poke tang yuan~*

    hehehee happy winter solstice~~ :D

    why you so naughty one? poke the tangyuen? :D

  2. # day-dreamer on 22 Dec 2006 at 10:13 am

    Wah… tempting me when I don’t have tangyuan this year…

    Happy, 冬至快乐！

    Go get some!!! =) yum yum

  3. # wuching on 22 Dec 2006 at 1:36 pm

    Happy Winter Solstice!

    Happy Belated Winter Solstice!

  4. # Hijackqueen on 22 Dec 2006 at 3:13 pm

    Malasnyaaaaaaaa…. but better than none hor. The tangyuen nice or not? Next time must try those pre-pack one.

    Merry Christmas to you too :)

    Merry Christmas to you ~!!! The tangyuen very nice. Seriously, you should try that. :)

  5. # L B on 22 Dec 2006 at 7:41 pm

    Happy Solstice!!! Those Balls look yummy… *opens mouth wide*… Faster!!! Can’t hold the pose for much longer!

    Ekekek…holding . 3..2..1.. holding still eh?

  6. # L B on 22 Dec 2006 at 8:50 pm

    *still holding the pose*

  7. # fish fish on 22 Dec 2006 at 11:59 pm

    Me too. But my mom will always call to remind me all the Chinese festival on that day. Didn’t eat any Tang Yuan this year.

    You can have it next year FF. :) Cheers~!

  8. # lyn on 24 Dec 2006 at 3:02 am

    I just managed to have TANG YUAN today too!!!

    But nothing as canggih as yours…

    My one is just the simple one…but then, love tang yuans…

    guess we’ll all one year older again…:)

    That’s brilliant! At least you had some thou.

    I love having tang yuan..guess that’s the best part. But the worst part is….reminding me old one yr? Hahah

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