Sunday, February 13, 2022
15th day of Lunar New Year
Because of a post of the SG Prime Minister on his upcoming "Chap Go Mei" address, I found out that these words of Hokkien origin means 15th night εδΊζ and it celebrates the end of the new year celebrations and is what I've known for a time as the day that we eat glutinous balls filled with peanut paste. The balls usually float on a clear soup with onions. I never knew why we would we it but just that we did on this day. What does it even mean?? Well Good thing there is internet these days and it can easily be Googled.
I am learning so much more about Chinese culture here in Singapore, through a more intellectual approach with meanings and origins and not the "just follow the tradition" approach in the Philippines.
Very interesting indeed.
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