What would you like to purchase for Thanksgiving?
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What would you like to purchase for Thanksgiving? What's the most hot thanksgiving gifts in your country?
Let's know your local celebration^_^
Let's know your local celebration^_^
24 Oct 2007 18:27
Post 2 of 32
Replying to [germex]:In China , we always impetrate god to give us a good weather so we can get harvest on many festivels but not to celebrate after harvest.
27 Oct 2007 01:11
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Replying to [germex]:
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Now I can't help imaging the fingerflicking things she prepared. In my memory we have ‘laba porridge’ on ‘laba jie’ in my hometown. It’s so strange that I never had this festival when I was grown up. Maybe the custom is varied from place to place. If have chance I desire to visiting you and your aunt someday.
By the way, Mr Germex have you learned some cooking technique from your aunt? You must think I’m a fat girl who likes eating so much… haha I am very slim.
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Now I can't help imaging the fingerflicking things she prepared. In my memory we have ‘laba porridge’ on ‘laba jie’ in my hometown. It’s so strange that I never had this festival when I was grown up. Maybe the custom is varied from place to place. If have chance I desire to visiting you and your aunt someday.
By the way, Mr Germex have you learned some cooking technique from your aunt? You must think I’m a fat girl who likes eating so much… haha I am very slim.
27 Oct 2007 01:32
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Replying to [germex]:
Is the baby in the picture your grandchild?? So lovely !![[em36]](http://img.alibaba.com/images/eng/style/icon/emoticons_charming_girl.gif)
Is the baby in the picture your grandchild?? So lovely !
27 Oct 2007 01:36
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Chinnesse should have a big FIESTA to celebrate the end of the second world war, a time where JAPAN were killing CHINNESSE all over in the phillipiness and ( INDOCHINA)Viethnam. A place where many NORTHAMERICAN soldiers were killed defending the people of CHINA many , many years ago(1945). The people of Japan did surrender to U.S.A. not because the atomic bombs but because they did not want to end in the hands of CHINA.
27 Oct 2007 12:28
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Replying to [ando]:
Por favor no traigas aqui tus opiniones politicas.
Por favor no traigas aqui tus opiniones politicas.
27 Oct 2007 16:57
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Replying to [cindy hu]:
Yep, that's my youngest grandson (though I have a granddaughter who is even younger).
Regarding the food, unfortunately I didn't learn anything from my aunt, though I love good food just like her!
And I do believe that you are slim. For some reason, typically fat people hardly eat, while slim people devour like wolves. And I love to eat a lot...![[em1]](http://img.alibaba.com/images/eng/style/icon/emoticons_smile.gif)
So moon cake seems to be typical dish for that festivity in China. Anything else?
Yep, that's my youngest grandson (though I have a granddaughter who is even younger).
Regarding the food, unfortunately I didn't learn anything from my aunt, though I love good food just like her!
And I do believe that you are slim. For some reason, typically fat people hardly eat, while slim people devour like wolves. And I love to eat a lot...
So moon cake seems to be typical dish for that festivity in China. Anything else?
27 Oct 2007 17:02
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Replying to [germex]:
I got the following on the site "In China and throughout many Asian countries people celebrate the Harvest Moon on the 15th day of the eighth month of their lunar calendar. The date in the Western calendar changes yearly. This year, it falls on September 25.
The Harvest Moon or Mid-Autumn Festival (Zhong Qiu Jie) is a day of family reunions much like a Western Thanksgiving. Chinese people believe that on that day, the moon is the roundest and brightest signaling a time of completeness and abundance. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, children are delighted to stay up past midnight, parading multi-colored lanterns into the wee hours as families take to the streets or city parks to moon-gaze.
It is also a romantic night for lovers, who sit holding hands on hilltops, riverbanks and park benches, captivated by the brightest moon of the year....
The festival dates back to the Tang dynasty in 618 A.D., and as with many celebrations in China there are ancient legends closely associated with it.
In Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore, it's sometimes referred to as the Lantern Festival, (not to be confused with a similar celebration during the Chinese New Year), but whatever name it goes by, the centuries-old festival remains a beloved annual ritual celebrating an abundance of food and family.
Mid-Autumn Foods & Festivities
Traditional foods for a Chinese Mid-Autumn feast are red — for good luck. Lobster and salmon are particular favorites along with apples, pomegranates, roasted peanuts, pomelo, chestnuts, fatt koh (sponge cakes) and moon cakes.
Similar harvest festivals with their own unique traditions also occur during the same time - in Korea during the three-day Chusok or Chu Suk festival; in Vietnam during Tet Trung Thu; and in Japan at the Tsukimi festival.
On the Web, learn more about Harvest Moon festival celebrations in the U.S. and around the world and discover a rich source of food and recipes of the season, festive e-mail greetings, along with the colorful folklore, stories, music, poems and legends associated with the Mid-Autumn Harvest Moon Festival..."
Seems very official
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I got the following on the site "In China and throughout many Asian countries people celebrate the Harvest Moon on the 15th day of the eighth month of their lunar calendar. The date in the Western calendar changes yearly. This year, it falls on September 25.
The Harvest Moon or Mid-Autumn Festival (Zhong Qiu Jie) is a day of family reunions much like a Western Thanksgiving. Chinese people believe that on that day, the moon is the roundest and brightest signaling a time of completeness and abundance. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, children are delighted to stay up past midnight, parading multi-colored lanterns into the wee hours as families take to the streets or city parks to moon-gaze.
It is also a romantic night for lovers, who sit holding hands on hilltops, riverbanks and park benches, captivated by the brightest moon of the year....
The festival dates back to the Tang dynasty in 618 A.D., and as with many celebrations in China there are ancient legends closely associated with it.
In Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore, it's sometimes referred to as the Lantern Festival, (not to be confused with a similar celebration during the Chinese New Year), but whatever name it goes by, the centuries-old festival remains a beloved annual ritual celebrating an abundance of food and family.
Mid-Autumn Foods & Festivities
Traditional foods for a Chinese Mid-Autumn feast are red — for good luck. Lobster and salmon are particular favorites along with apples, pomegranates, roasted peanuts, pomelo, chestnuts, fatt koh (sponge cakes) and moon cakes.
Similar harvest festivals with their own unique traditions also occur during the same time - in Korea during the three-day Chusok or Chu Suk festival; in Vietnam during Tet Trung Thu; and in Japan at the Tsukimi festival.
On the Web, learn more about Harvest Moon festival celebrations in the U.S. and around the world and discover a rich source of food and recipes of the season, festive e-mail greetings, along with the colorful folklore, stories, music, poems and legends associated with the Mid-Autumn Harvest Moon Festival..."
Seems very official
28 Oct 2007 00:10
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Replying to [germex]:
But one of my friends told me that the tradition varies by region even in mainland China.
People from Beijing would eat crab in the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Duck is the traditional food for People from Fujian, Jiangsu, Sichuan.
Shanxi people favorites Watermelon.
People from Zhejiang likes Weever.
While People from Guangdong is good at eating, they would prepare confectionery, seasonal fruits, Taro and pumpkin.
I have no idea if it makes sense. Welcome any challenge!!![[em3]](http://img.alibaba.com/images/eng/style/icon/emoticons_grin.gif)
But one of my friends told me that the tradition varies by region even in mainland China.
People from Beijing would eat crab in the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Duck is the traditional food for People from Fujian, Jiangsu, Sichuan.
Shanxi people favorites Watermelon.
People from Zhejiang likes Weever.
While People from Guangdong is good at eating, they would prepare confectionery, seasonal fruits, Taro and pumpkin.
I have no idea if it makes sense. Welcome any challenge!!
28 Oct 2007 00:46
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Replying to [germex]:
Moon cake is for mid-Autumn Day. And on that day the whole family are getting together and we have dinner together. Because the round moon means union and we get together to celebrate this festival. For the dinner, my mother cooked lots of delicious food and we have some beer or wine. After dinner we go out to look up at the moon in the sky with the sweet moon cakes in our hands. Haha. Don’t you think that is funny and cool?
Moon cake is for mid-Autumn Day. And on that day the whole family are getting together and we have dinner together. Because the round moon means union and we get together to celebrate this festival. For the dinner, my mother cooked lots of delicious food and we have some beer or wine. After dinner we go out to look up at the moon in the sky with the sweet moon cakes in our hands. Haha. Don’t you think that is funny and cool?
30 Oct 2007 19:55
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Replying to [cindy hu]:
Trademan mentioned duck, and here in the West "Chinese duck" is almost a synonym for excellent food. Anybody wants to share the recipe with us? - By the way, what is "weever"?
And Cindy mentioned "beer or wine". Have you ever had one of the better brands of European beer? I would like to know how it compares in quality.
Regarding wine, when I went to a Chinese restaurant in Nurnberg, German, they served a red, warm rice wine after food. It was delicious!![[em30]](http://img.alibaba.com/images/eng/style/icon/emoticons_drool.gif)
Where could I get that in China, to import it to Mexico?
Dang, here I go again talking about food! Could that be why my waist gained an inch lately?
Trademan mentioned duck, and here in the West "Chinese duck" is almost a synonym for excellent food. Anybody wants to share the recipe with us? - By the way, what is "weever"?
And Cindy mentioned "beer or wine". Have you ever had one of the better brands of European beer? I would like to know how it compares in quality.
Regarding wine, when I went to a Chinese restaurant in Nurnberg, German, they served a red, warm rice wine after food. It was delicious!
Where could I get that in China, to import it to Mexico?Dang, here I go again talking about food! Could that be why my waist gained an inch lately?
31 Oct 2007 10:11