Saturday, April 19, 2008

ChingMin Festival

ChingMin literally means clean and bright. The arrival of ChingMin marks the Spring season. The day of ChingMin is honored as a national holiday for paying respect to the ancestors. People usually go sweeping the tombs of their ancestors on this day.

My family already went for tomb sweeping of the year earlier, so we worship the shrine at home and make the traditional food- Spring Roll for the day.

Below is the very delicious spring roll I know of. Assorted dishes including sugar, peanut powder, seasonal vegetables, shrimp, and caviar are presented on the table. Everyone makes his/her own roll and enjoys it fresh. The little crunchy brown rolls in the Chinese restaurants called spring rolls were totally American to me :)