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This year, the Chinese New Year falls on Wednesday, January 29, 2025. What Is the Chinese New Year Animal of 2025? There are 12 cycles in the Chinese New Year and 2025 marks the Year of the Snake.
In Vietnam, Lunar New Year celebrations often contain spring rolls, mooncakes, and banh chung/banh tet—sticky rice cakes filled with pork and mung beans, wrapped in banana leaves, and boiled.
The seventh day of the Lunar New Year (February 4, 2025) is said to be when the Chinese mother goddess, Nuwa, created humanity. Thus, it’s called renri/jan jat (the people’s birthday).
Tteokguk [2] (Korean: 떡국) or sliced rice cake soup [2] is a traditional Korean dish eaten during the celebration of the Korean New Year. The dish consists of the broth/soup with thinly sliced rice cakes . Eating tteokguk on New Year's Day is traditionally believed to grant good luck for the year and confer one sal (a year of
Nian gao (Chinese: 年糕; pinyin: niángāo; Cantonese Yale: nìhngōu), sometimes translated as year cake [1] [2] or New Year cake [1] [3] [4] or Chinese New Year's cake, is a food prepared from glutinous rice flour and consumed in Chinese cuisine. It is also simply known as "rice cake". [3]
Garae-tteok (가래떡) is a long, cylindrical tteok (rice cake) made with non-glutinous rice flour. [1] [2] Grilled garae-tteok is sometimes sold as street food. [3]Thinly (and usually diagonally) sliced garae-tteok is used for making tteokguk (rice cake soup), a traditional dish eaten during the celebration of the Korean New Year. [4]
The Year of the Snake is here - and millions across Asia and the world are welcoming it, with family, friends, prayers and plenty of food. The Lunar New Year, which coincides with the first new ...
Tteok offered to spirits is called boktteok ("good fortune rice cake") and shared with neighbours and relatives. It is also one of the celebratory foods used in banquets, rites, and various festive events. Tteokguk ("rice cake soup") is shared to celebrate Korean New Year and songpyeon is shared on Chuseok, a harvest festival.