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Traditions of East Asia

Lunar New Year, tea ceremony, hanami, chuseok and the ancestors. 266 traditions on EveryParampara so far.

🇰🇷 Seoul, South KoreaTemplestay템플스테이 A program that invites visitors to live in South Korean Buddhist temples and join the daily routines of monastic life.Spiritual · Dinner

🇨🇳 Shanghai, China and 1 moreJiaozi餃子 Crescent Chinese dumplings filled with meat or vegetables, eaten for fortune and feastsTable custom · Breakfast

🇰🇵 Pyongyang, North Korea and 3 moreNaengmyeon냉면 Long buckwheat noodles in icy broth, born in North Korea and eaten most in summerTable custom · Dinner

🇯🇵 Kyoto, JapanKaiseki懐石 A multi-course Japanese dining tradition shaped by tea ceremonies and the seasonsTable custom · Dinner

🇯🇵 Osaka, JapanTsukimi月見 (Tsukimi) / お月見 (Otsukimi) A Japanese autumn festival honoring the harvest moon with seasonal foods and pampas grass decorations.Festival · Dinner

🇰🇷 South Korea and 1 moreDaeboreum대보름 A Korean festival of the first lunar full moon, marked by fires, wishes and feastsSeasonal · Feasts and festival meals

🇨🇳 China and 5 moreChinese New Year's Evechúxī A reunion day for ethnic Chinese families before the Lunar New Year, marked by feasts, rituals, and staying up late.Festival · Dinner

🇨🇳 Suzhou, China and 3 moreDongzhi冬至 A midwinter festival celebrating the return of light with family feasts and dumplingsSeasonal · Dinner 🇨🇳 China and 1 moreReunion dinner團圓飯 A family gathering meal on lunar new year's eve, kept in China and VietnamTable custom · Dinner

🇨🇳 Suzhou, China and 4 moreDongzhi Festival冬至 A winter solstice festival of family reunions, ancestor rites and sweet rice ballsSeasonal · Dinner

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Jiaozi: Bioniclepluslotr, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Daeboreum: hojusaram, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Kaiseki: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Tsukimi: katorisi, CC BY 3.0, source
Templestay: (c)한국불교문화사업단, culturalcorpsofkoreanbuddhism, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Naengmyeon: wjlee4284, CC BY 2.5, source
Dongzhi Festival: Alpha, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Chinese New Year's Eve: Mickey Đại Phát, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Dongzhi: N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

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