Ya ya ya… Mid-Autumn Festival just finished and I’m writing Ghost Festival (Chinese Lunar Calendar 7th Month). This traditional festival is still celebrate by Chinese in many Countries(Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan…).
Buddhist and Taoists had different understanding in this traditional festival. For Taoists, they believed on the 15th day of Seventh month of Chinese Lunar Calendar, [...]
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Ghost Festival a.k.a Hungry Ghost Month
Why They called it Malacca(Melaka)
I know most of you will say, Paramesware name it when he was resting under a tree(Indian gooseberry) and saw a dog which defeated by a mouse deer(Pelanduk). He considered it was so un-normal and praise the courageous and the fearless of the mouse deer. So, he decided to name the place – Melaka (name [...]
Hakka ‘Lui Cha’ or ‘Ham Cha’
Chinese Hakka usually cooked these foods during 7th day of Chinese New Year. According to Chinese, 7th day of Chinese New Year is ‘Ren Re’. Normally, Chinese Hakka will prepared ‘Lui Cha’ or ‘Ham Cha’ for whole day meal. For your understanding, ‘Lui Cha’ is a tea that consist of Tea leaf, Peanuts and Peppermint [...]
Chinese New Year Eve, is a family members gathering day
No matters where are you working, studying, today is a big day, come back my friends, your family is waiting for you. Yes, Chinese New Year eve is a day where ALL of our family members get around and have a ‘big’ meal. Thats why Chinese called it ‘Tuan Yuan‘ -get ALL together.
Its not because [...]
