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Chinese to burn paper iPads in upcoming celebrations

Tomb Sweeping day is almost here. Something new in China.
Chinese to burn iPads in upcoming celebrations - The Register

Labels: chinese holidays, tomb sweeping day

Chinatown Turkies

About two weeks ago I was in LA ChinaTown and I noticed Sam Woo was advertising a BBQ Turkey for Thanksgiving.

This press release reminded me about it:
Chinatown Merchants Offer a Unique Take on the Traditional Thanksgiving Fowl - PR Newswire

Sometimes its easier just to order a Thanksgiving Feast and warm it up, verses cooking it from scratch. And yes, I am a pretty good cook and have done both. For Thanksgiving I become the main cook :-)

Labels: Chinese Food, chinese holidays

Chinese Halloween & Hungry Ghost Festival

Hungry Ghost Festival is the closest holiday to Halloween that is celebrated in China, which is usually around the August. In the lunar calendar, 14th night of the 7th month. Paper money and other items are burned for the ancestors, food given to them, as well as tomb sweeping.

Article from the Shanghai Daily on how Halloween is being celebrated in China.

In the US this Halloween, which is today we have the following scary items:

Mattel, stores pull more Chinese-made toys - More lead paint issues. 142,000 purple pails.
A Hazardous Bite Out Of Halloween CBS News - Ugly costume teeth made in China are being recalled because of to much lead.
US recalls 440000 lead-tainted Chinese-made toys

References:
Moonbeams, Dumplings & Dragon Boats: A Treasury of Chinese Holiday Tales, Activities & Recipes

Good Luck Life: The Essential Guide To Chinese American Celebrations And Culture

Labels: chinese holidays

Thursday, March 29, 2012