The feasting and celebration of the year of the Dragon has begun! Chinese New Year is a festival that celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar. Outside of China, in various countries across the world, the festival is marked in a variety of ways – with parades, elaborate banquets, exhibitions, etc. As with all celebrations, food plays a huge role and is symbolic.
I’ve written before of how incredibly blessed I feel to have been born and lived in a country that is culturally rich and ethnically diverse. The immersive experiences and the access, whether to part take, admire, or learn, are incomparable. Each year I try to make something to mark the occasion and this year was no different. I made one of my favourite Chinese treats that takes me way back to my childhood; to loved ones, family and friends who have transitioned; and to a place, a church razed to the ground more than a decade ago that has since been rebuilt – Sacred Heart Church.
