Comments on: Chinese New Year Eve reunion dinner menu

By: Shake legs, shake legs | The Obnoxious 5xmom

Shake legs, shake legs | The Obnoxious 5xmom — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:27:14 +0000

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By: Lilian

Lilian — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:51:03 +0000

anne – I never say the reunion feast is not important to the Cantonese. Please read carefully wor. I said Cantonese of Taoists faith do not pray on the 29th/30th night but they do it on the second day of Chinese New Year. It is two completely different things, reunion dinner and offerings. It is not long gone at all, it is just people getting lazy. My sisters still do that for their in-laws.

wushu_kid – It is a good chance to be with the old folks before they passed on. But sadly, many children nowadays couldn’t care less.

By: anne

anne — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 12:35:10 +0000

Hi Lilian,

Introduced to your blog by a nephew of yours. I find your posts immensely interesting and your varied themes are what I hold close to my heart too. However, I disagree with your view that the Penang cantonese make food offerings to their ancestors on the second day of cny. ( The reunion feast on the eve is just as significant as its name implies. It is the highlight of every CNY. ) Firstly, food offerings to ancestors are the practice of those who believe in Taoism iirrespective of dialect. Secondly, it has been a long gone practice. Many just make fruit offerings these days. BTW, I am cantonese and a christian too.

By: wushu_kid

wushu_kid — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:16:36 +0000

LL, could’nt agree more. Fewer n fewer of us are holding these family gathering @ CNY especially oversea chineses living in western countries. Keep it up. God will blessed u with good health to carry on.