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Hope: Forward-looking is a strong characteristic of the Chinese.<\/strong><\/p>\n Hope: Forward-looking is a strong characteristic of the Chinese. Dec 22, 2022 By Foong Pek Yee foongpekyee@gmail.com A person is a year older after eating the first bowl of “tang yuan”\u00a0 (glutinous rice ball in sweet syrup in Chinese ) on Winter Solstice Festival (Dongzhi). “Tang Yuan” which rhymes with reunion also makes the delicacy … Continue reading “A beautiful Spring on the way”<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[86,338,135,337,336,339],"class_list":["post-3596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-people","tag-business","tag-celebration","tag-chinese-new-year","tag-deco","tag-rabbit","tag-winter-solstice"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevillagemyhome.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevillagemyhome.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevillagemyhome.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevillagemyhome.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevillagemyhome.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3596"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/thevillagemyhome.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3629,"href":"https:\/\/thevillagemyhome.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3596\/revisions\/3629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevillagemyhome.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevillagemyhome.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevillagemyhome.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Dec 22, 2022<\/strong><\/div>\nBy Foong Pek Yee<\/div>\nfoongpekyee@gmail.com<\/a><\/div>\nA person is a year older after eating the first bowl of “tang yuan”\u00a0 (glutinous rice ball in sweet syrup in Chinese ) on Winter Solstice Festival (Dongzhi).<\/div>\n<\/div>\n“Tang Yuan” which rhymes with reunion also makes the delicacy a must have for the festival.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nMost of all, the delicacy is\u00a0 affordable and palatable to the young and old alike as family members gather to celebrate.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nToday (December 22, 2022) is the Winter Solstice Festival.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_20221208_195407-1.jpg?resize=462%2C500&ssl=1\")
<\/div>\nAuspicious:\u00a0 CNY deco that focus on all things good<\/strong>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWith Chinese New Year\u00a0 (CNY), also known as Spring Festival,\u00a0 exactly a month away (on Jan 22, 2023), many traders are hopeful that Dongzhi shoppers are also in the mood for CNY shopping.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_20221214_185311.jpg?resize=500%2C473&ssl=1\")
<\/div>\nMy turn: It is Year of the Rabbit starting Jan 22, 2023<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_20221217_090218-1.jpg?resize=500%2C463&ssl=1\")
<\/div>\nVibrant : Red for good luck and traders are hoping business will pick up as CNY draws near.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_20221217_090827.jpg?resize=436%2C500&ssl=1\")
<\/div>\nUpbeat: A trader livens up the festive mood with CNY songs.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\nAt a wet market in Ipoh, traders are selling CNY deco and delicacies side by side with ready -to-eat\u00a0 colourful “tang yuan”<\/div>\n<\/div>\nOne\u00a0 CNY deco trader says business has yet to pick up, and that she has started selling the items two weeks ago.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nShe says people may be more cautious with their spending nowadays.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nNevertheless, she is upbeat that business will pick up as the celebration draws near.<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_20221217_090526.jpg?resize=500%2C331&ssl=1\")
<\/div>\nHope: Never too old to persevere.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\nShe says many young people returning to their hometown to celebrate will do last minute shopping for their\u00a0 family\u00a0 elderly.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThis coming year is Year of the Rabbit – a symbol of peace, energy and joy.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWith the lovely\u00a0 bunny hopping happily, the people are hoping for a good year for all.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_20221217_090958-2.jpg?resize=500%2C357&ssl=1\")
<\/div>\nLively:\u00a0 Plants and flowers are evergreen deco especially during CNY.<\/strong><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"