Wednesday, December 22, 2010

"Tung Chik"

Today i.e. 22/12/10 is our Chinese Christmas,called "Tung Chik" in hokkien. Usually the dessert, 'koay ee' (colourful glutinuous rice balls in sugar syrup) is made to symbolize the occassion. "Happy Tung Chik" to everyone who follows this tradition.


Info via wikipedia.org
The Dōngzhì Festival or Winter Solstice Festival (Chinese: 冬至; pinyin: Dōngzhì; literally "the Extreme of Winter") is one of the most important festivals celebrated by the Chinese and other East Asians during the Dongzhi solar term (winter solstice) on or around December 22 when sunshine is weakest and daylight shortest. It will occur on December 22 (East Asia time) in 2010.

This was featured in the Red Cliff movie.

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