We attended a fun Chinese New Year celebration at our friends' home this weekend!
They have been celebrating this event for many years and have collected quite a few fun decorations.
According to Wikipedia, "Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, marks the beginning of a new year on the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar. It is one of the most important holidays in Chinese culture and was placed on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list in 2024. Marking the end of winter and the beginning of spring, this festival takes place from Chinese New Year's Eve (the evening preceding the first day of the year) to the Lantern Festival, held on the 15th day of the year. The first day of the Chinese New Year falls on the new moon that appears between 21 January and 20 February.
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A paper placemat our friends had at each place setting described the Chinese Zodiac signs associated with different years.
This year, the New Year was celebrated on February 17, 2026.
The Chinese Zodiac sign for 2026 is: Year of the Horse
According to Chinese astrology, Horses are confident, agreeable, and responsible, although they also tend to dislike being reined in by others. They’re fit and intelligent, adoring physical and mental exertion; they’re decisive but also easily swayed and impatient.
Our hosts had prepared a Pork and Vegetable Egg Roll filling--see the recipe they used on this link. We all had fun taking turns to fill and roll the egg rolls to bake. We then had fun eating the hot-from-the-oven egg rolls as appetizers, dipping them in assorted sauces.
Our hosts prepared some delicious stir-fried entrees buffet-style, along with Hot and Sour Soup brought by one of the guests.
Dessert was fortune cookies!
My two cookie fortunes told me I was going to have an adventure in August and enjoy some culinary delights on my trip.
That sounds perfect to me!
Thank you to Bekki and Will for a wonderful party!
Happy Year of the Horse
Good Fortune and Prosperity to all!
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