Hanukkah Feast
光明节快乐！
光明节 - Guāngmíng jié - Hanukkah
哈努卡（节）- Hā nǔ kǎ (jié) - Hanukkah
灯台 - Dēngtái - Menorah
蜡烛 - Làzhú - Candle
光明节陀螺 - Guāngmíng jié tuóluó - Dreidel
哈拉面包 - Hā lā miànbāo - Challah
甜甜圈 - Tián tián quān - Donuts (Sufganiyah)
马铃薯饼 - Mǎlíngshǔ bǐng - Potato Cakes (Latke)
可颂饼干 - Kě sòng bǐnggān - Rugelach
Judaism may not be a main religion in China, but it has a pretty interesting history there, especially in Shanghai, where much of the city’s distinctive 1920s/30s architecture was built by the prominent Jewish Sassoon family. Before that, Shanghai took in Jewish refugees fleeing pogroms in neighbouring Russia in the 19th Century, and later again in the 1930s and 1940s as more families fled Europe in order to escape the persecution of rising fascist regimes. This was in large part because Shanghai was a fairly unique city, in that it didn’t require a visa for immigrants to move in and live and work there. There is a fantastic tour about the Jewish history of Shanghai, which I would highly recommend to anyone visiting the city!
Also, here’s a short video someone made explaining the origins of Hanukkah in Chinese! 光明节快乐/
חַג שָׂמֵחַ!
Ahh this stuff is always so fascinating to me!
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