Chinese New Year begins on February 07, 2008
2008 is the Year of the Rat, which is also known by its former name of Wu Zhi.
Chinese New Year begins on February 18, 2007
2007 is the Year of the Pig (boar), which is also known by its former name of Ding Hai.
The Chinese New Year day is on February 7th, 2008. This day is a new moon day, it is the first day of the first Chinese lunar month in the Chinese Lunar Calendar system. The exact new moon time is at 11:44 on 07-Feb-08 in China time zone.
The Year 2008 (Brown Rat) is the 4705th Chinese year. The Chinese believe that the first king of China was the Yellow King (he was not the first emperor of China). The Yellow King became king in 2697 B.C., therefore China will enter the 4705th year on February 4th, 2008. Also, the Chinese Year uses the cycle of 60 Stem-Branch counting systems and the Brown Rat is the 25th Stem-Branch in the cycle. Since 4705 = (60 *78) + 25, therefore this Brown Rat Year is the 4705th Chinese Year.
| 66 Full House Cold Platter - A platter of 6 full-flavored items including jelly fish, prawns, tofu goose, drunken chicken, sweet & sour baby cucumbers and soy beef tongue |
| Double Mushroom Chicken Soup - whole/half chicken simmered with spices and 2 kinds of mushrooms |
| Steamed Whole Fish - with ginger, scallions in light and refreshing sauce |
| Basil & Garlic Manila Clams - with a touch of chili taste |
| Glazed Shrimp with Young Soy Beans Stir-fry |
| Twin Meat Plate - Thin slices of beef and lamb stir-fried with scallions |
| Lucky Veggie Rolls - Tofu sheets rolled with mushrooms and green veggies |
| Crispy Duck (whole duck) - Full flavored duck lightly fried |
| Sea Cucumber Sautee - Soft & tender sea cucumbers sautéed with snow peas, etc. |
| Shaved Noodles Galore - Hand made noodles stir fried with meats, seafood & vegetables |
| Dessert |
| Cold Platter - A platter of 4 full-flavored items including jelly fish, tofu goose, sweet & sour baby cucumbers and soy beef tongue |
| Double Mushroom Chicken Soup - whole/half chicken simmered with spices and 2 kinds of mushrooms |
| Steamed Whole Fish - with ginger, scallions in light and refreshing sauce (or Whole Fish Braised with Hot Chili Sauce) |
| Basil & Garlic Manila Clams - with a touch of chili taste |
| Crispy Duck (half duck) - Full flavored duck lightly fried |
| Lucky Veggie Rolls - Tofu sheets rolled with mushrooms and green veggies |
| Dessert |
| Cold Platter - A platter of 4 full-flavored items including vegetarian tofu goose, toasted gluten, sweet & sour baby cucumbers and caramelized lotus roots |
| Mushroom & Baby Bok Choy Sautee |
| Corn & Tofu Chowder (Soup) |
| Sour Napa Cabbage Stir-fried with Wide Mung Bean Noodles & Young Soy Beans |
| Kung Pao Veggie Chicken - Veggie Chicken is made of Fried Chinese Donuts stuffed with Taro |
| Veggie Shaved Noodles Stir-fry |
| Dessert |