According to the lunar calender it's the 28th day in the twelfth month. The Chinese New Year, also called the Lunar New Year occurs at different day every year, depending on the moon phases. This year New Year's Day is on 23th of January. It is celebrated during several days and is the biggest festival in China. During these coming days I will show how me and my family celebrate the Lunar New Year in Sweden, and it'll be a small cultural and culinary trip.
Here's a picture of the lunar calender in January 2012.
Today, two days before New Years Day, it's time to clean up the house. And, of course, prepare some of the food. The following pictures show some things that my grandma already done called zong zi (粽子), banana cake, sugar cake (年糕) and petite sweet pasty.
To the left are Zong zi. The big ones are steamed sticky rice filled with five-season-marinated-pork and mung beans wrapped in lotus leaves. The small ones are the sweet banana cake made of sticky rice with black eye beans and banana. To the right is the meat zong zi unwrapped, sliced and fried.
Left figure shows steamed sugar cake. The name 年糕 (nian gao) means year cake and the pronouciation is very a like "year high" which can be outreaded more success for the coming year.
Right figure shows the petite pastries filled with coconut and peanut.
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