Very soon we will have a new reason to gather at the festive table - the Chinese New Year. What date does it fall on this year? What are the main traditions of its celebration? Read in our material
For the average Chinese to hear "Happy New Year!" on the first day of January is as unusual as if one of us were congratulated on Easter in winter.
New Year in China is a celebration of the coming spring, and it falls, according to the lunar calendar, on one of the days between January 21 and February 21. In 2022, the Chinese New Year fell on February 1st, and we have a great reason to celebrate another New Year - and now the real Year of the Tiger
In China itself, tomorrow begins a two-week celebration, when the inhabitants of the Celestial Empire, in labor the code of which there are no holidays by default, it becomes possible to come to visit relatives or go travel.
This whole huge country with a population of 1.3 billion people simply "seething" from mass movements and festivities. We will join the celebration and try to bring Chinese national flavor into it.
The Chinese decorate the tangerine tree and throughout the house they lay out pyramids of citrus fruits. They also give two tangerines to each guest. Go for tangerines!
An obligatory dish in the Chinese New Year is jiao-tzu dumplings.Before the holiday, many families make dumplings in the form of ancient money ingots, and a coin is placed in one of them. Whoever got the coin will be especially lucky in the new year. The recipe for Chinese dumplings is in front of you.
Ingredients: 500 g minced meat, 200 g dill, 1 ginger root 2 cups of flour, 1 onion salt and pepper - to taste, 1/3 cup starch 250 ml cold water.
Cooking method
- Mix flour with starch and sift.
- Gradually pouring in chilled water, prepare the dough, stirring constantly.
- In minced meat, add chopped dill, onion, grated ginger root on a fine grater.
- Salt and pepper the mince.
Sculpting Chinese dumplings should be the same just like ordinary dumplings or dumplings.
Only the edges of the cake, in the center of which the filling is located, need to be lifted and folded in the form of a flower, pinching the edges a little. Yes, do not forget to put a coin in the last Jiao Tzu.
Chinese New Year is red. According to legend, the monster Nian, crawling out on the last day of the old year, is afraid of red. Plus, red symbolizes good luck and scares away troubles - therefore, in the new year, underwear is supposed to be red. We think you got our hint :)
In the new year, the Chinese light in a huge number of paper lanterns and decorate their homes, streets. Surely in any gift shop there are several Chinese paper lanterns.
Another New Year's tradition is to launch paper lanterns into the sky. Run flashlights near a pond, as far as possible from residential buildings and parks, so that a fire does not happen. Even though the Year of the Fire Rooster, troubles with the fire of the festive mood will not add.
If there is a door or window in the southeastern part of your apartment / house, open them in the first minutes of the new year, on the night of January 27-28 to let in abundance. However, if there is a bathroom or a restroom, then the ritual should not be performed.
It is not forbidden to give gifts. Only following the Chinese tradition, in the New Year they give something very, very practical, for example, money in red. envelope or food - olive oil, good coffee, flour, cheese, etc. And no romance - plush toys or frames with photo.
