A Chinese Wedding in Sheffield (Part 3)
27 August 2015
Celebrating with Festive Traditions, Symbolic Foods, & Double Happiness In this final part of our wedding story and captures from earlier this year, I’m sharing with you the day of our Big Fat Chinese Wedding. If you haven’t been to a Chinese wedding, they start early, have lots of games and tasks for the boys
Missie Cindz
Embracing Both Cultures
31 January 2014
Today’s Chinese New Year – let’s aim to write & share a ‘brand new’ story today….. Make it a good one (full of colour & ‘do its’, too!) Best of Both: throughout my schooling I was the only ‘Chinese kid’ ~ I used to feel different & wanted to be more English (to fit in);
Missie Cindz
Year of the Dragon
23 January 2012
Happy Chinese New Year! Wishing everyone a happy, prosperous and food-enriched year of the dragon! Red Chinese New Year Lucky Money Envelopes / Lai See / Hongbao – Classic Good Fortune In Chinese culture a red envelope or red packet/red pocket (known as Lai See in Cantonese), is a monetary gift which is given
Missie Cindz
Welcoming the Chinese New Year
11 January 2012
As one New Year ends I’m getting set for Chinese New Year (CNY) celebrations, it’s like Christmas for us chinese people and means $_$!! Cities and towns all over the UK welcome the Year of the Dragon on or near Monday 23rd January, and oh boy, it’s all about wholesome, rich food! Events happening in
Missie Cindz
Chinese moon cakes
11 September 2011
This weekend is Mid-autumn Festival (or sometimes called Moon Festival) and is usually celebrated on around the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese lunar calendar, which is usually when the moon is at its fullest. Missie Mum says “Mid-autumn festival is one of the most important festivals for the Chinese and
Missie Cindz
