At Chinese New Year, Every Family Has a Tradition
“On top of a required family feast, families celebrate with centuries-old traditions to bring success with the New Year.” – Grace Cheung, KQED.
“On top of a required family feast, families celebrate with centuries-old traditions to bring success with the New Year.” – Grace Cheung, KQED.
CAAM partnered with StoryCorps to capture oral history interviews about traditions, new and old.
Here are recipes from Cecilia Chiang’s “The Mandarin Way” memoir and cookbook. Whole steamed fish and dumplings are both traditional Chinese New Year dishes, to be eaten on New Year’s Eve, February 7, 2016.
From remembering Tet traditions in Vietnam to Chinese “money dumplings,” here are some vivid Lunar New Year memories and traditions.