Happy Lunar New Year!
Are you looking for something to do to celebrate Lunar new year? Join the Manitoba Chinese Youth Committee (MCYC) this Chinese Lunar New Year activity to learn about, and celebrate Chinese culture! This year, for Chinese New Year, the MCYC will be hosting a family friendly Cooking and Crafts experience with emphasis on traditional Chinese food items. If you enjoy foods, sweets, crafts, or history, you’ll have lots of fun with us.
What we’re doing
- Teaching everyone how to make Chinese dumplings (vegan option available). Each voucher reserves the ingredients for 8 dumplings!
- Teaching everyone how to make Tanghulus (candied fruit skewers) with a variety of fruit options such as grapes, kiwi, strawberries and more!
- Arts and crafts creating Chinese decorations associated with Lunar New Years such as paper lanterns, snakes, dragons and more.
Event Schedule
- 2-7 PM: The entire event. Throughout this time, the arts and crafts will be constantly available with knowledgeable volunteers helping teach anyone who’s interested on some paper crafts!
- 3-5 PM: The tanghulu making experience! Throughout this time, we’ll have a volunteer teach how to make candied fruit skewers, also known as tanghulus. We’ll handle all the dangerous stuff, and there will be constant help available!
- 5-7 PM: Throughout these two hours will be the dumpling making experience! Similar to the tanghulu experience, we’ll have volunteers give step-by-step instructions (cooking class style) on how to make delicious dumplings. We’ll pre-emptively prepare the filling and dough so you don’t have to. There’s also a vegan friendly option!
About Lunar New Year
The Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, is the most important traditional holiday in Chinese culture. It marks the beginning of the new year based on the lunar calendar and is a time for families to reunite, honor ancestors, and welcome new beginnings.
Dumplings are a traditional dish during the Lunar New Year, symbolizing wealth and prosperity. Their shape resembles ancient Chinese gold ingots, and it is believed that eating dumplings will bring good fortune in the coming year.
Tanghulus are candied fruit skewers that are often enjoyed during the festival. They represent happiness and good luck. The bright red color of the candied coating is considered auspicious and symbolizes joy and celebration.
Additional Information
Registration Closes by the end of day February 1st! If you are seeing this and forgot to register, you may still show up, but we cannot guarantee enough ingredients/materials for your chose experience!
Don’t speak Chinese? Not a problem! We have both native English speaking and Chinese speaking volunteers at the ready! The MCYC strives to be a home for anyone interested in the culture (including the foods)!
Want to register? Great! You’re at the right place! Scroll down (or click here) to find the booking information. You can pay either online (via Stripe, read more), or in-person (select option via drop-down menu). Even if you’re not planning on participating in the paid cooking activities, we kindly ask that you book in advance so we have a grasp on how many people we are to expect to coordinate resources. After registration, please check your junk/spam folder for confirmation emails from us!
Only interested in one portion of the experience? No worries! just show up for the allotted time based on our schedule above!
By purchasing a voucher for either the dumplings or tanghulus (candied fruit skewers), you are purchasing a seat during the respective workshop. The workshop includes all the necessary ingredients and tools for making the tanghulus and dumplings.
Regarding refunds: We will be able to offer refunds up until the end of January 31st! Please see our refund policy for more details and to request a refund.
If you have any questions, you can reach us via our contact page! Any messages sent there will be directly sent to a executive member to which they will be able to reply!
Furthermore, if you know someone who has volunteered with the MCYC, ask them for a coupon! MCYC members (including volunteers, executives and advisors) all get family and friend coupon codes they are free to distribute! If you are a member of the MCYC, check the post about the discounts for more information!
A special thanks to the Winnipeg Chinese Cultural & Community Centre for sponsoring this event by providing their space!
We’ll see you there!