On Chinese New Year's Eve, the whole families are supposed to gather and eat the "reunion dinner". This “reunion dinner” has a very special meaning to all the Chinese people. The family is the foundation of Chinese society, the annual reunion dinner shows the love and honor to each family member, and this kind of love and honor each other make the family relationship between closer. However, this year, I am away from my family and I am alone in Singapore. So, when the Chinese New Year’s Eve is around the corner, I am almost at a loss. To my surprised, my host family should invite me to join them and eat the “reunion dinner” together.
6:00 p.m. Wednesday
We (I, Qian Hang and Lv Shu min.we are in the same host family) arrived at the Buangkok Mrt station where my host family live around. Then my host family came and took us to his house. They live in an edifice near the Mrt station. Actually, when I entered the house, I missed my own family. Their house is somewhat like my house: both in a high level ,almost the same proportion…
7.00 p.m.
After some talking, we began our reunion dinner. I know my host family has two sons and a grandson, and the younger brother of the wife of their first son also came that day.
Before dinner, because my host family is Nazarenes, they did the pray first. And this is my first time to experience the pray in real life. We all closed our eyes and we put our hands make a fist before our chest. They prayed many things including the food, the wealth and the fortune that the God had given them.I felt their sincerely grateful and thankful deeply ,and I thought I am somewhat be influenced by their pray.
The first dish we ate called”Lao yu sheng”.In my own opinion; I was not really enjoy it because I thought the taste of it was strange, but since my host family and Lv Shu min appreciated it. So, I just considered this as a culture-shock. Different people always has different preference, is not it?
However, the next courses are really delicious. One food was something like Peking duck, and another one is like vegetable soup called “Pen cai” because it included cauliflowers, xianggu .Moreover, we ate fish and “Dong po” meat.
Although all the dishes are not the same as I eat in my hometown every year,but I enjoy the meal with my host family ,I appreciate their kindness to invited me to share their “reunion dinner ”with me.
What an unforgettable and meaningful reunion dinner!
Nice food! And I also had my reunion dinner with my host family. Though it is not at my own home, I still felt the warmth. The family is kind, and the cook is great, he provide us delicious food. I miss the nice food!
ReplyDeleteI spent my eve of CNY in NTU with some friends. it was the first time that I make dumplings on my own. It impressed me a lot and was an unforgettable experience.
ReplyDeleteso you spent the CNY with the host family, really lucky~~ actually , i think we just came here ,and did not really know hot to celebrate the festival by ourselves, and maybe nest year, all of us can be happier by celebrating together ,there are always lots of friends here, which can make us more excited.
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