As we grow up, we may not be able to spend as much time as we used to with our families, because we are always busy with school, work, social events, etc. Therefore, it would be a good idea to set one day just for the whole family to catch up, eat, and have fun on a regular basis.
In Chinese culture, family value is very important. Traditionally, Chinese people like to have their family days once a week, usually on Sundays. On a typical Chinese family day, the whole family, including your parents, siblings, grandparents, uncles, aunts, and cousins, will meet and have lunch at a dim sum restaurant. You will need a big table if you have a big family. If you have a really big family, you might even have to book a private room just for lunch, which has 2-3 tables. Can you imagine that?
After lunch, the grown-ups will usually chat or play mah-jong, while the kids will hang out and play games together. During the evening, women, like your mom and aunts, will make dinner together. Family day ends after the family finishes dinner at their grandparent’s home. Then everybody will go home.
Nowadays, Chinese families might not be able to meet as often and do as many activities together as they could because of the change in life style, but people still try to meet and catch up with the whole family every one or two weeks.
I like to have family day once a week. On that day, I completely take off from work and enjoy the day with my family. How about you? Do you like family day? What does your family usually do on that day?
Well our family day is usually set on the 2nd day of Chinese New Year and in our Grandparent's great big house in a small town called Triang in Pahang state. As the population of the family grows, we now need to setup 3 tables for the meals as well! But it's a lot of fun!