Year 2005, the Year of the Rooster - Chinese Festival Recipes

Recipes to help you celebrate traditional holidays such as Chinese New Year, the Dragon Boat Festival, and the Midautumn Mooncake Festival.

• Chinese New Year (February 9th, 2005)

• Symbolic Chinese New Year Food
  Symbolic Chinese New Year Recipes
  
  Learn More about Nian Gao - the sticky cake that is traditionally served to the Chinese Kitchen God
  Nian Gao - Baked Chinese New Year Cake
  
  

• Lantern Festival (February 23rd)
  Recipe: Yuanxiao (glutinous rice dumplings)
  
  
• Tomb-Sweeping Festival (April 5th)
  Although people make offerings of food and wine at their ancestor's graves, there are no special foods associated with this day.
  
  

• Dragon Boat Festival (June 11th)
  Recipe: Zongzi or Tsung Tzu (dumplings made with glutinous rice that is stuffed in bamboo leaves)
  

• MidAutumn (Mooncake) Festival (September 18th)
  Recipe: Mooncakes with red bean filling
  "Mooncakes Get Modern Makeover for Mid-Autumn Festival" - Mooncake manufacturers respond to consumer demands for a lighter, low-cal version of the popular treat.



• Chinese Traditional Holidays Calendar Index
  Dates of Traditional Chinese Holidays in 2005
  
  

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