Jan
23
2012
Today, in celebration of the 2012 Spring Festival, we attended our parish’s Chinese Inculturated Family Mass which has been the parish’s practice for some years now. What is a Chinese Inculturated Family Mass? It’s a Catholic Mass – complete in form and substance. But some sections, especially the choice of songs, are sang in Mandarin. …
Jan
22
2012
Today is Chinese New Year’s Eve and it is a time of waiting and celebration as we welcome in the Year of the Water Dragon. Of all the animal signs in the Chinese zodiac, only the Dragon is mythical and has never been seen by human eye. This is probably one reason why the Chinese …
Feb
11
2010
Chinese New Year is always celebrated by the Chinese on the 7th day of the 7th month according to the Lunar Calendar. This year, 2010, that day falls on still another big event – Valentine’s Day. To celebrate the New Year, Chinese families usually buy glutinous rice cake (locally called tikoy) to give out to …
Jan
25
2009
Just a few pictures to show you the small decor at home to celebrate the Year of the Ox. KIONG HEE HUAT CHAI! GONG XI FA CAI! KUNG HEI FAT CHOY!
Jan
22
2009
January 26 ushers in the Chinese New Year — the year of the Earth Ox! Here in the Philippines, we celebrate it just as, or more noisily, than the Western New Year. Binondo, most especially, will be the center of fireworks and firecrackers, lion dances, family dinners and the ever-present tikoy. Tikoy is made of …
Jan
17
2009
Ever since my boys were young, this mother had to be “tortured” annually whenever Chinese New Year came around because I had to help all of them make one Chinese lantern each. Their school, being Chinese-Filipino, used the lanterns made by the students to line the hallways. So, it came as a great relief to …
Feb
18
2007
I wonder why all Chinese New Year signs and greetings here say “Kung Hei Fat Choi”. This is the Cantonese way of saying “Happy New Year”!!!!! In a country where the majority of Chinoys hail from the southern Chinese province of Fujian, we should be greeting each other the Fookien way, which is Gong Xi …
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