'Dong Zi'

[Guest ViciousKitty74]

Dong zi in chinese means Winter is Here.

 

Its actually means the 1st day of Winter.

 

The english translation is Winter Solstice.

[GuiNNeSS]

Ok. Who has the dates for it for year 2007?

[BlurLing]

22nd december

[åæçˆ]

heard that those who gg to pray to tai shui.. also muz b4 22 dec 07....

 

well, a year passed

[Speedpass]

Ok. Who has the dates for it for year 2007?

 

My wife was born during Dong Zhi so it easy for me to remember . Anyway , its 22nd dec .

[B20]

heard that those who gg to pray to tai shui.. also muz b4 22 dec 07....

 

well, a year passed

 

ya... but for wad sia... bai tai shui on the last day on the yr... den the next day can bai again for next yr... lol...

[åæçˆ]

ya... but for wad sia... bai tai shui on the last day on the yr... den the next day can bai again for next yr... lol...

 

cos if this year .... those who fai tai shui will have to pray in the beginning of the year... to avoid any troubles ... and at the end of the year.... passed.. pray again to thank the god for blessing for the yr..

 

u still owe them for the gratitude if nt prayed wor..

[GuiNNeSS]

tomorrow.....

 

pretty little glutinious rice balls in ginger soup.

[Constructicon]

Can't believe it...this thread still ard and got resurrected every year. How time flies.

[Cyanide14]

Anyone knows for 2008 which of the 12 horoscope will fan tai shui?

[GuiNNeSS]

Anyone knows for 2008 which of the 12 horoscope will fan tai shui?

 

Organise a team to pray at tai sui temple? Maybe on the 2nd day of CNY, meet at KKFC, go to the temple behind the Geylang Police Station to pray and then go Geylang to ride around and makan?

[YahooRider]

I dun pray to temple but eat can jio me

I on for eating .. jio me ar

[GuiNNeSS]

Its coming around again.

 

And this time, I prepared powdered black sesame & even red bean paste from Daiso. Got the food colourings, glutinous flour & raw brown sugar. Now waiting to get the ginger and the pandan leaves!!!!!

 

Even got a couple of tupperwares from Daiso, so I can pack them for you fellas who will dare to defy death by eating my attempts at cooking/making them.

[panclanrider]

Sure anot...

No takers dare to try and defy death, huh?

Hehehe...

:hungry:

[Silverelf]

Wow!! The preparations are sure starting early! I just have plain glutinous rice balls at home. Standard red and whites ones.

[GuiNNeSS]

Its easier to defy death by riding reckless on the road, then to eat my glutinious rice balls

[Silverelf]

Its easier to defy death by riding reckless on the road, then to eat my glutinious rice balls

 

I'm not sure that is good advertising!

[panclanrider]

I've tried & successfully defy death with a piece of metal in each of my four limbs.. So that qualifies me to try your gultinous rice balls?

[GuiNNeSS]

Ok, I will pack one bowl of them for you. Ginger soup ok right? Should I save them in the fridge for you?

[GuiNNeSS]

Pan,

 

because you say you willing to 'die' trying out my glutinious rice dumplings. I set aside this portion my attempts at making them, for you.

 

They are now chilling in the fridge.

 

The small white, green and red ones are plain. The big red is with some red bean paste in them, and the big green is with dried cranberries. The soup is just plain pandan leaves with very little amount of ginger. No sugar added yet.

 

I wasnt able to start doing the sesame paste ones, because the sun came up and was shining straight into my laundry area where I was doing the dumplings on top of the washing machine. (Thats another story to tell about it, but otherwise, no worries. I dont use powder laundry detergent, so its unlikely I contaiminated the dumplings powder with washing powder )

[GuiNNeSS]

Resurrecting this thread.

 

In Hong Kong, apparently winter time is a great time to take a lot of tonic soup. Because its said that this is the period where you do not sweat, so all the goodies are gong to stay in your body and be ready for strengthening your body for SPring.

[MR BIKER]

if it falls on the 22 dec this year, then its the day i am coming back from Japan. gosh

[matthias76]

I listen to Miss VK's advice. Been drinking tonic soup these few days.

[matthias76]

Happy Dong Zhi everyone!!

[wait4me]

VK , please me for us , so that we can celebrate how time flies

and also your 10 year old thread ...

 

 

u should have 10 years of tang yuen experience liao