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SUMMARY:Lantern Festival 2022
DESCRIPTION:Celebrated on the 15th day of the first Chinese lunar month\, the Lantern Festival traditionally marks the end of the Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) period. This year it is Tuesday\, February 15 in 2022. Traditionally Chinese people will go out to look at the moon\, or send up flying lanterns. In recent years for safety and environmental reasons releasing lanterns has been discouraged and we have seen many younger people replacing that tradition with the flying of brightly coloured drones. Some traditions will never change such as having a good family meal  enjoy time together with family and friends. This year as we are all mindful of the COVID Restrictions we are encouraging people to celebrate at home and to enjoy our online resources.\n\n\nLantern Festival Facts\n\nPopular Chinese name: 元宵节 Yuánxiāojié /ywen-sshyaoww jyeah/ ‘first night festival’\nAlternative Chinese name: 上元节 Shàngyuánjié /shung-ywen-jyeah/ ‘first first festival’\nDate: Lunar calendar month 1 day 15 (Feburary 26\, 2021)\nImportance: ends the Chinese New Year (Spring Festival)\nCelebrations: enjoying lanterns\, lantern riddles\, eating tangyuan a.k.a. yuanxiao (ball dumplings in soup)\, lion dances\, dragon dances\, etc.\nHistory: about 2\,000 years\nGreeting: Happy Lantern Festival! 元宵节快乐！Yuánxiāojié kuàilè! /ywen-sshyaoww-jyeah kwhy-luh/\n\n\nThe Heritage and Importance of the Lantern Festival\n\n  \nThe Lantern Festival is the last day (traditionally) of China’s most important festival\, Spring Festival (春节 Chūnjié /chwn-jyeah/ a.k.a. the Chinese New Year festival). \nAfter the Lantern Festival\, Chinese New Year taboos are no longer in effect\, and all New Year decorations are taken down. \nThe Lantern Festival is also the first full moon night in the Chinese calendar\, marking the return of spring and symbolizing the reunion of family. \n  \nThe Lantern Festival can be traced back to 2\,000 years ago. In the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty (25–220)\, Emperor Hanmingdi was an advocate of Buddhism. He heard that some monks lit lanterns in the temples to show respect to Buddha on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Therefore\, he ordered that all the temples\, households\, and royal palaces should light lanterns on that evening. This Buddhist custom gradually became a grand festival among the people. \nHow Do We Celebrate the Lantern Festival?\n\nAccording to China’s various folk customs\, people get together on the night of the Lantern Festival to celebrate with different activities. As China is a vast country with a long history and diverse cultures\, Lantern Festival customs and activities vary regionally including lighting and enjoying (floating\, fixed\, held\, and flying) lanterns\, appreciating the bright full moon\, setting off fireworks\, flying drones\, guessing riddles written on lanterns\, eating tangyuan\, lion dances\, dragon dances\, and walking on stilts. \n\nThe most important and prevalent customs are enjoying lanterns\, guessing lantern riddles\, eating tangyuan\, and lion dances. \n  \n\n1. Lighting and Watching Lanterns\nLighting and appreciating lanterns is the main activity of the festival. \nWhen the festival comes\, lanterns of various shapes and sizes (traditional globes\, fish\, dragons\, goats! — up to stories high!) are seen everywhere including households\, shopping malls\, parks\, and streets\, attracting numerous viewers. Children may hold small lanterns while walking the streets. \nThe lanterns’ artwork vividly demonstrates traditional Chinese images and symbols such as fruits\, flowers\, birds\, animals\, people\, and buildings. \nIn the Taiwanese dialect\, the Chinese word for lantern (灯 dēng) is pronounced similarly to (丁 dīng)\, which means ‘a new-born baby boy’. Therefore lighting lanterns there means illuminating the future and giving birth. \nLighting lanterns is a way for people to pray that they will have smooth futures and express their best wishes for their families. Women who want to be pregnant would walk under a hanging lantern praying for a child. \n2. Guessing Lantern Riddles\nLantern owners write riddles on paper notes and pasted them upon the colorful lanterns. People crowd round to guess the riddles. Guessing (solving) lantern riddles\, starting in the Song Dynasty (960–1279)\, is one of the most important and popular activities of the Lantern Festival. If someone thinks they have the right answer\, they can pull the riddle off and go to the lantern owner to check their answer. If the answer is right\, there is usually a small gift as a prize. \n3. Lion Dances\nThe lion dance is one of the most outstanding traditional folk dances in China. It can be dated back to the Three Kingdoms Period (220–280). \nAncient people regarded the lion as a symbol of bravery and strength\, and thought that it could drive away evil and protect people and their livestock. Therefore\, lion dances are performed at important events\, especially the Lantern Festival\, to ward off evil and pray for good fortune and safety. \nThe lion dance requires two highly-trained performers in a lion suit. One acts as the head and forelegs\, and the other the back and rear legs. Under the guidance of a choreographer\, the “lion” dances to the beat of a drum\, gong\, and cymbals. Sometimes they jump\, roll\, and do difficult acts such as walking on stilts. \nIn one lion dance\, the “lion” moves from place to place looking for some green vegetables\, in which red envelopes with money inside are hidden. The acting is very amusing and spectators enjoy it very much. \n  \n4. Eating Tangyuan (Yuanxiao)\nEating tangyuan is an important custom of the Lantern Festival. Tangyuan (汤圆 tāngyuán /tung-ywen/ ‘soup round’) are also called yuanxiao when eaten for the Lantern Festival. \nThese ball-shaped dumplings are made of glutinous rice flour and are stuffed with different fillings such as white sugar\, brown sugar\, sesame seeds\, peanuts\, walnuts\, rose petals\, bean paste\, and jujube paste or a combination of ingredients. They are usually sweet. \nYuanxiao can be boiled\, fried\, or steamed\, and are customarily served in fermented rice soup\, called tianjiu (甜酒 tián jiǔ /tyen-jyoh/ ‘sweet liquor’). \nAs tangyuan is pronounced similarly to tuanyuan (团圆 /twan-ywen/ ‘group round’)\, which means the whole family gathering together happily\, Chinese people believe that the round shape of the balls and their bowls symbolize wholeness and togetherness. \nTherefore\, eating tangyuan on the Lantern Festival is a way for Chinese people to express their best wishes for their family and their future lives. \nIt is believed that the custom of eating tangyuan originated during the Song Dynasty\, and became popular during the Ming (1368–1644) and Qing (1644–1911) periods. \nHow to Celebrate this year\nWe would like to see everyone celebrating safely and in line with government guidelines. This will no doubt mean just being with close family or social bubbles. However this doesn’t mean we cannot still have fun and celebrate as a community. We would like to see homes and even gardens decorated with lanterns and a real splash of colour bringing Belfast to life. Then take a picture or video\, post it to us or online to our social media platforms to show everyone. \n 
URL:https://www.cwa-ni.org/event/lantern-festival-2022/
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SUMMARY:Chinese New Year 2022
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we celebrate the Year of the Tiger. This year we will be bringing you all the colour\, culture and spectacle of our traditional New Year Celebrations Virtually.\nIt has been a challenging year for us all\, but we are hopeful that we have turned the corner and that 2022 will be a brighter and better.\n对于我们所有人而言，过去的一年无疑是充满挑战的一年，但我们并没有失去对更加光明和美好的2022年的期望。\nWe therefore warmly welcome you to our online CNY event on Sunday 6th Feb at 3pm.  You can watch it on Youtube and join us on Zoom.\n因此，我们诚挚邀请您参加我们在 2 月 6 日星期日下午 3 点举行的在线 CNY 活动。 您可以在 Youtube 上观看直播或加入我们 Zoom 以获得更多互动体验。\nWe will have a mix of song\, dance\, music which should get you into the mood of the Year of the Tiger. 在这场活动中将会混合歌曲、舞蹈和音乐，它们将会让您沉浸在虎年的气氛中。\nSo\, stick it in your reminders and see you soon! Please do support us and share widely amongst your family and friends.\n欧巍立\nWilliam Olphert Managing Director\nTopic: 2022 CWA Virtual Chinese New Year Celebration\nTime: Feb 6\, 2022 03:00 PM London\n \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/8835674626?pwd=NEExcGhONjUvYWdiN0tEd2tDK09MUT09\nMeeting ID: 883 567 4626\nPasscode: cwacny\n\nEVENTBRITE:\n2022 CWA Virtual Chinese New Year Celebration 2022虎年北爱华福会线上春节庆典 Tickets\, Sun 6 Feb 2022 at 15:00 | Eventbrite\n\n  \n\n  \n 
URL:https://www.cwa-ni.org/event/chinese-new-year-2021-2/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Cultural,Chinese New Year 2022
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SUMMARY:Spring Festival (春节 / chūn jié)
DESCRIPTION:February 1st: Spring Festival (春节 / chūn jié)\nThe original name for this day was Yuán Dàn (元旦)\, with Yuan meaning “the beginning.” However\, Yuan Dan is now used to refer to the New Year of the solar calendar. \n\nLunar date\nJanuary 1st (正月初一 / zhēng yuè chū yī)\nSolar (Gregorian) date\nFebruary 1st\, 2022\nActivities & traditions\nFirecrackers start off a day of greetings and blessings between neighbors. There are no specific activities other than celebrating the New Year. The ancient Chinese record and analyze the weather\, stars and moon to predict the fortunes of the year. The practice is known as zhàn suì (占岁).\nFood\nIn addition to food from last night\, people can also celebrate with Tu Su wine(屠苏酒 / tú sū jiǔ).\nSuperstitions & beliefs\nIt is forbidden to sweep or clean on this day\, else good fortune will be swept away.
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CATEGORIES:Virtual,Cultural,Chinese New Year 2022
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210226
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SUMMARY:Lantern Festival 2021
DESCRIPTION:Celebrated on the 15th day of the first Chinese lunar month\, the Lantern Festival traditionally marks the end of the Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) period. This year it is Friday\, February 26 in 2021. Traditionally Chinese people will go out to look at the moon\, or send up flying lanterns. In recent years for safety and environmental reasons releasing lanterns has been discouraged and we have seen many younger people replacing that tradition with the flying of brightly coloured drones. Some traditions will never change such as having a good family meal  enjoy time together with family and friends. This year as we are all mindful of the COVID Restrictions we are encouraging people to celebrate at home and to enjoy our online resources.\n\n\nLantern Festival Facts\n\nPopular Chinese name: 元宵节 Yuánxiāojié /ywen-sshyaoww jyeah/ ‘first night festival’\nAlternative Chinese name: 上元节 Shàngyuánjié /shung-ywen-jyeah/ ‘first first festival’\nDate: Lunar calendar month 1 day 15 (Feburary 26\, 2021)\nImportance: ends the Chinese New Year (Spring Festival)\nCelebrations: enjoying lanterns\, lantern riddles\, eating tangyuan a.k.a. yuanxiao (ball dumplings in soup)\, lion dances\, dragon dances\, etc.\nHistory: about 2\,000 years\nGreeting: Happy Lantern Festival! 元宵节快乐！Yuánxiāojié kuàilè! /ywen-sshyaoww-jyeah kwhy-luh/\n\n\nThe Heritage and Importance of the Lantern Festival\n\n  \nThe Lantern Festival is the last day (traditionally) of China’s most important festival\, Spring Festival (春节 Chūnjié /chwn-jyeah/ a.k.a. the Chinese New Year festival). \nAfter the Lantern Festival\, Chinese New Year taboos are no longer in effect\, and all New Year decorations are taken down. \nThe Lantern Festival is also the first full moon night in the Chinese calendar\, marking the return of spring and symbolizing the reunion of family. \n  \nThe Lantern Festival can be traced back to 2\,000 years ago. In the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty (25–220)\, Emperor Hanmingdi was an advocate of Buddhism. He heard that some monks lit lanterns in the temples to show respect to Buddha on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Therefore\, he ordered that all the temples\, households\, and royal palaces should light lanterns on that evening. This Buddhist custom gradually became a grand festival among the people. \nHow Do We Celebrate the Lantern Festival?\n\nAccording to China’s various folk customs\, people get together on the night of the Lantern Festival to celebrate with different activities. As China is a vast country with a long history and diverse cultures\, Lantern Festival customs and activities vary regionally including lighting and enjoying (floating\, fixed\, held\, and flying) lanterns\, appreciating the bright full moon\, setting off fireworks\, flying drones\, guessing riddles written on lanterns\, eating tangyuan\, lion dances\, dragon dances\, and walking on stilts. \n\nThe most important and prevalent customs are enjoying lanterns\, guessing lantern riddles\, eating tangyuan\, and lion dances. \n  \n\n1. Lighting and Watching Lanterns\nLighting and appreciating lanterns is the main activity of the festival. \nWhen the festival comes\, lanterns of various shapes and sizes (traditional globes\, fish\, dragons\, goats! — up to stories high!) are seen everywhere including households\, shopping malls\, parks\, and streets\, attracting numerous viewers. Children may hold small lanterns while walking the streets. \nThe lanterns’ artwork vividly demonstrates traditional Chinese images and symbols such as fruits\, flowers\, birds\, animals\, people\, and buildings. \nIn the Taiwanese dialect\, the Chinese word for lantern (灯 dēng) is pronounced similarly to (丁 dīng)\, which means ‘a new-born baby boy’. Therefore lighting lanterns there means illuminating the future and giving birth. \nLighting lanterns is a way for people to pray that they will have smooth futures and express their best wishes for their families. Women who want to be pregnant would walk under a hanging lantern praying for a child. \n2. Guessing Lantern Riddles\nLantern owners write riddles on paper notes and pasted them upon the colorful lanterns. People crowd round to guess the riddles. Guessing (solving) lantern riddles\, starting in the Song Dynasty (960–1279)\, is one of the most important and popular activities of the Lantern Festival. If someone thinks they have the right answer\, they can pull the riddle off and go to the lantern owner to check their answer. If the answer is right\, there is usually a small gift as a prize. \n3. Lion Dances\nThe lion dance is one of the most outstanding traditional folk dances in China. It can be dated back to the Three Kingdoms Period (220–280). \nAncient people regarded the lion as a symbol of bravery and strength\, and thought that it could drive away evil and protect people and their livestock. Therefore\, lion dances are performed at important events\, especially the Lantern Festival\, to ward off evil and pray for good fortune and safety. \nThe lion dance requires two highly-trained performers in a lion suit. One acts as the head and forelegs\, and the other the back and rear legs. Under the guidance of a choreographer\, the “lion” dances to the beat of a drum\, gong\, and cymbals. Sometimes they jump\, roll\, and do difficult acts such as walking on stilts. \nIn one lion dance\, the “lion” moves from place to place looking for some green vegetables\, in which red envelopes with money inside are hidden. The acting is very amusing and spectators enjoy it very much. \n  \n4. Eating Tangyuan (Yuanxiao)\nEating tangyuan is an important custom of the Lantern Festival. Tangyuan (汤圆 tāngyuán /tung-ywen/ ‘soup round’) are also called yuanxiao when eaten for the Lantern Festival. \nThese ball-shaped dumplings are made of glutinous rice flour and are stuffed with different fillings such as white sugar\, brown sugar\, sesame seeds\, peanuts\, walnuts\, rose petals\, bean paste\, and jujube paste or a combination of ingredients. They are usually sweet. \nYuanxiao can be boiled\, fried\, or steamed\, and are customarily served in fermented rice soup\, called tianjiu (甜酒 tián jiǔ /tyen-jyoh/ ‘sweet liquor’). \nAs tangyuan is pronounced similarly to tuanyuan (团圆 /twan-ywen/ ‘group round’)\, which means the whole family gathering together happily\, Chinese people believe that the round shape of the balls and their bowls symbolize wholeness and togetherness. \nTherefore\, eating tangyuan on the Lantern Festival is a way for Chinese people to express their best wishes for their family and their future lives. \nIt is believed that the custom of eating tangyuan originated during the Song Dynasty\, and became popular during the Ming (1368–1644) and Qing (1644–1911) periods. \nHow to Celebrate this year\nWe would like to see everyone celebrating safely and in line with government guidelines. This will no doubt mean just being with close family or social bubbles. However this doesn’t mean we cannot still have fun and celebrate as a community. We would like to see homes and even gardens decorated with lanterns and a real splash of colour bringing Belfast to life. Then take a picture or video\, post it to us or online to our social media platforms to show everyone. \n 
URL:https://www.cwa-ni.org/event/lantern-festival-2021/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Cultural,Community
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210218
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SUMMARY:Day of the Horse (马日 / mǎ rì)
DESCRIPTION:Nüwa created the horse on the 6th day. \n\nLunar date\nJanuary 6th (正月初六 / zhèng yuè chū liù)\nSolar (Gregorian) date\nFebruary 17th\, 2021\nActivities & traditions\nAfter the “break five” of the day before\, people can truly begin working again. People will also send the spirit of poverty away (送穷鬼 / sòng qióng guǐ)\, supposedly a frail-looking man who liked to drink thin porridge and purposely turned his clothing into rags\, by burning scraps and offering banana boat candles.\nSuperstitions & beliefs\nIt is believed that the god of bathrooms (厕所神 / cè suǒ shén) will visit to check the sanitary conditions\, so every household will use this day to clean.
URL:https://www.cwa-ni.org/event/test/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Cultural
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210216
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210217
DTSTAMP:20260412T161644
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SUMMARY:Break Five (破五 / pò wǔ)
DESCRIPTION:After praying to the god of wealth\, markets and stores are able to open again. Women can also go out and give New Year blessings. \n\nLunar date\nJanuary 5th (正月初五 / zhēng yuè chū wǔ)\nSolar (Gregorian) date\nFebruary 16th\, 2021\nFood\nDumplings (饺子 / jiao zi) are eaten to bring in wealth. Traditionally\, it should be eaten for five days straight. The rule isn’t followed too strictly anymore\, but every household will have dumplings at least once.\nSuperstitions & beliefs\nSome say that taboos and activities forbidden on other days can be performed on the 5th. Others say it’s unfit to work on this day.
URL:https://www.cwa-ni.org/event/test-event/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Cultural
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210215
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210216
DTSTAMP:20260412T161644
CREATED:20210212T184650Z
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SUMMARY:Day of the Sheep (羊日 / yáng rì)
DESCRIPTION:In Chinese mythology\, the world was created by Nǚwā (女娲). Sheep were created on the 4th day. \n\nLunar date\nJanuary 4th (正月初四 / zhēng yuè chū sì)\nSolar (Gregorian) date\nFebruary 15th\, 2021\nActivities & traditions\nThe god of wealth is prayed to on this day. Offerings include three types of meat\, fruits and wine. At midnight\, people will welcome the god in by opening the windows and eating and drinking until daybreak.\nFood\nThe welcoming of five gods (接五路 / jiē wǔ lù) requires three tables of food. The first has kumquats and sugarcanes for a sweet life and successful road; cakes are on the second table. The third table has the main course of whole pig\, whole chicken\, whole fish and soup.\nSuperstitions & beliefs\nIt’s forbidden to slaughter sheep on this day. Fair weather is a sign that the sheep will be healthy this year and the family will have a bountiful harvest.
URL:https://www.cwa-ni.org/event/day-of-the-sheep-%e7%be%8a%e6%97%a5-yang-ri/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Cultural
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210214T140000
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SUMMARY:Chinese New Year 2021
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we celebrate the Year of the Ox with our motto ‘Strong as an Ox’. This year we will be bringing you all the colour\, culture and spectacle of our traditional New Year Celebrations Virtually. So plan to join us for the first ever Online New Year Event \nLike many organisations we are doing things differently this year\, and are moving our traditional Chinese New Year Celebrations online. You can watch live\, or join the virtual audience via zoom as we bring the celebrations to you. So sign-up\, sit back and sing along as we showcase the very best in local and Chinese talent.  \nThis is an exciting new development for the Chinese Welfare Association which has led and organised the New Year Celebration in Northern Ireland for many years. Over these years we have been privileged to host some of the best Chinese music\, dance and theatre to Northern Ireland and have organised events in the City Hall and Titanic Building bringing the festival right to the very heart of Northern Ireland. This year we will be bringing it right to the heart of every home with the use of new technology. It is an amazing opportunity to give people who would otherwise never see our celebrations the opportunity to take part. It is also interesting to see this festival which is over 3\,500 years old being hosted online in a new virtual format. \nChinese New Year\, also known as the Lunar New Year or the Spring Festival\, is the most important among the traditional Chinese festivals. The origin of the Chinese New Year festival can be traced back to about 3\,500 years ago. If you are interested in the origins of the Festival\, check out our History of Chinese New Year. \nThe links below will allow you to enjoy our event in a number of ways. And it will be shown live on YouTube and will be available to watch again after the event. The events starts a 2.00pm on Sunday 14 February 2021\, and promised fun for all the family. \n \n  \nTo Register Click Here\nTo View Live Click Here\n  \n 
URL:https://www.cwa-ni.org/event/chinese-new-year-2021/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Cultural
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210214
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210215
DTSTAMP:20260412T161644
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SUMMARY:Day of the Rat (鼠日 / shǔ rì)
DESCRIPTION:According to folktales\, this is the day that rats marry. \n\nLunar date\nJanuary 3rd (正月初三 / zhēng yuè chū sān)\nSolar (Gregorian) date\nFebruary 14th\, 2021\nActivities & traditions\nPeople will leave some grains and crackers in corners to share their harvest with the rats. They will then go to sleep early in order to not disturb the “wedding.” This way\, the rats will not disturb them during the year either.
URL:https://www.cwa-ni.org/event/day-of-the-rat-%e9%bc%a0%e6%97%a5-shu-ri/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Cultural
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ORGANIZER;CN="Chinese Welfare Association":MAILTO:office@cwa-ni.org
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210213
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210214
DTSTAMP:20260412T161644
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SUMMARY:To the in-law’s (迎婿日 / yíng xù rì)
DESCRIPTION:In northern regions\, the events are held on the 3rd. \n\nLunar date\nJanuary 2nd (正月初二 / zhēng yuè chū èr)\nSolar (Gregorian) date\nFebruary 13th\, 2021\nActivities & traditions\nOn this day\, a married daughter must bring her husband and children to her parent’s home. She must bring a gift bag of crackers and candies\, which her mother will divide between neighbors. This simple gift shows that “it’s the thought that counts” and expresses the daughter’s longing for her hometown.\nFood\nLunch is eaten together and the daughter should return to her husband’s home before dinner.
URL:https://www.cwa-ni.org/event/to-the-in-laws-%e8%bf%8e%e5%a9%bf%e6%97%a5-ying-xu-ri/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Cultural
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ORGANIZER;CN="Chinese Welfare Association":MAILTO:office@cwa-ni.org
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