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Thread: On Chinese New Year’s Eve: Women cook! Men eat and drink!
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[quote=CHERRY07,516430]When my grandpa and grandma were alive, we usually celebrated Chinese New Year together with my uncles, aunts and cousins. My mom and aunts were busy preparing delicious dishes on the New Year’s Eve. My dad, my uncles, my cousins and my sister went to visit my grandpa’s parents’ tombs. There we burnt paper money and sacrificed fruits and food in memory of them. When the night fell, we gathered together and had a grand feast to celebrate the Chinese New Year. All men and kids in my big families sat around the table and ate dishes. My mom and my aunts were busy cooking dishes in the kitchen. Cooking is women’s duty in a Chinese family. On some important occasions, women just cook dishes and never enjoy food on the table. After my grandpa and grandma passed away, we still celebrated Chinese New Year together. We gathered at my old uncle’s house and had a grand feast for celebration. My mom and aunts also enjoyed dishes together with us. My old uncle once said that my mom and aunts were busy in the kitchen in a whole year and it’s time for them to have a rest and celebrate the New Year together with us. In fact, my dad was not a chauvinist. He helped my mother prepare dishes for the Chinese New Year Feast. Sometimes, he instructed my mother to fry sweet potatoes, tofu, meat ball etc.[/quote]
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