My Journal : Chinese New Year

It's the last day of the Chinese New Year. I'm writing the post to share the happiness and how I celebrate my Chinese New Year. Every year almost the same, my family will going back to hometown which is Langkap, Perak. Not much people know about this place because it's a rural area. People here mostly worked as a farmer. The signature view when getting inside my dad's hometown, we can see a huge paddy field.

Every year, we will going back to my grandma's house to have our reunion dinner. My daddy's family is a big family. He have 5 brothers and 4 sisters which now all becoming my uncles and aunty. My grandpa is already passed away when my dad was young. So I didn't see him before. My grandma need to wait all of her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren coming back only can have the reunion dinner. It is a traditional for my family. But the reunion dinner just include son's and family, daughter need to wait until Chor 2 which is the second day of Chinese New year only can coming back. After the reunion dinner, Grandma and uncle will gave us Angpao. My little cousins and nephews will playing the fireworks.

In Chor 2, we will going back to my mom side grandmother house, which is located at Teluk Intan, Perak. The distance between my grandma and grandmother house just 20 to 30 minutes. This day also my grandmother's birthday, we will celebrate with her in Chinese restaurant.

Chor 3, we will going back to grandma's house again to meet my aunty and other cousins. My aunties will prepare Red Vinasse Chicken Mee Suah - 红酒鸡汤面线 for us. This is a traditional food for my cultural. Because I'm a Fu Zhou people. Every family of my grandma's children must learn to cook this to make sure this recipe won't lost in future. The red vinasse also handmade my ourselves. My grandma teaches all people from making red vinasse until how to cook.

After the short gathering at hometown, we will back to KL on Chor 4. Then we will going to Tian Hou Gong for pray.

Family photo for this year.

Line up to make a wish for this year.

My mom very enjoy her new year. XD

In Chor 7, is a human birthday - 人日. My family will celebrate together in restaurant. And here come our first Lou Shang.

With Big Chopstick.

Then in Chor 8 night, we will celebrate for the Bai Tian Gong - 拜天公 at my Daddy's friends house. It's a Hokkien festival, and my mom is Hokien-lang. There also have firework after praying.