Events for 2023

2023 Zongzi Wrapping Class 裹粽子

May 20, 2023

To celebrate the upcoming Duanwu Festival, we held our annual zongzi wrapping class and we had a group of 10 participants. We made savory meat dumplings. It was fun and we were proud of our accomplishment!

2022 DongZhi Festival Celebration Potluck

2022 冬至联欢会

2022 DongZhi Festival (Winter Solstice) was held on December 10th in South Burlington with 47 attendees. We made tangyuan (glutinous rice balls) 汤圆.

Traditionally, DongZhi is a time for the family to get together. One activity during this festival is the making and eating of tangyuan, which symbolize reunion.

Cook & Dine: 3-course meal

Fresh Spring Roll, Hainanese Chicken Rice, Egg Tart

薄饼 、海南鸡饭、蛋挞

November 5, 2022

Our second "Cook and Dine" class was to make fresh spring rolls, Hainanese chicken rice and egg tarts. Although it was a little ambitious, we managed to complete this 3-course meal.

We learn from poaching the chicken and cooking the rice to making three serving sauces. In addition to the main entree, we had a go at wrapping spring rolls and making cookie dough egg tarts. Fresh spring rolls are popular street food in Malaysia, Singapore, Medan and Taiwan. We had 26 attendees and 5 take home orders!

Cook & Dine: Sheng Jian Bao 生煎包

October 8, 2022

We had an awesome evening with our first "Cook and Dine" class as we make Sheng Jian Bao (Shanghai Pan-fried Buns). We had 30 attendees and 3 take home orders!

Very proud out the group as we all managed to roll out the dough, wrapped the buns with intricate pleats, and cooked them. Finally, everyone got to enjoy their labor of love!

2022 Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration Potluck

2022 中秋晚会

2022 Mid-Autumn Festival was held on September 10th in South Burlington with over 70 attendees. We started off with a traditional game: solving riddles 猜灯谜, ended with the lighting of lanterns and a parade 提灯笼，游花园. VCS provided some mooncakes 月饼 for enjoyment!

People have long believed that worshipping the moon and eating together around a round table will bring them good luck and happiness. Chinese sees the roundness in mooncakes as a symbol of reunion and happiness.

Mooncake Making Class 做月饼

August 13, 2022

We had a fun-filled afternoon with our 2022 mooncake making class. Very proud of the group as we all managed to master the skill of making the traditional mooncakes with a crust-to-filling ratio of 3:6.7, where 3.7 is the optimum! Each Participant went home wit 3 different types of mooncakes: traditional mooncake with lotus seed paste, Shanghai style mooncake with red bean paste and snow skin mooncake with red bean paste. We started with dough making, then wrapping and molding, and finally baking the mooncakes.

2022 Summer Cultural Activities: Exploring Chinese Culture with Children, Youth and Adults

2022 Summer Cultural Activities session was held on July 9th in South Burlington with 14 attendees. The activities for this session are "Dumpling Wrapping", "Introductory to Chinese Ink Painting" and "Chinese Paper Cutting". Everyone had a great afternoon and enjoyed their own dumplings during the session. They were also proud of what they had accomplished!

2022 DuanWu Festival Celebration Dinner

2022 端午节联欢会

2022 DuanWu Festival celebration dinner was held on June 4th in South Burlington with 63 attendees. Traditionally, zongzi (glutinous rice dumplings) are eaten during DuanWu. VCS provided samplings of zongzi for everyone's enjoyment. Children were able to enjoy a variety of festival-related activities and face painting with dragon and dragon boat themes. Great fun meeting new and old friends!

Zongzi Wrapping Class 裹粽子

May 21, 2022

The first cooking class of 2022. To celebrate the upcoming DuanWu Festival, we held a zongzi wrapping class in South Burlington and we have a group of 12 participants. Each participant brought their own fillings, while VCS supplied the glutinous rice, bamboo leaves and strings. Some made sweet zongzi and some made savory zongzi. It was a lot of fun!

2021 Summer Picnic

Oakledge Park, Burlington

Finally we are able to have an outing this summer since the pandemic started in March 2020. On July 24th, we had about 50 people attended the picnic at Oakledge Park in Burlington. What a beautiful summer day! Kids splashed out by the beach/rock area and played games in the park, adults catching up with each other. We also took this opportunity to welcome newcomers who moved to Vermont in the past year. It was a great meetup for everyone!

2019 Chinese New Year Celebration

FHTMS, South Burlington

Our annual Chinese New Year celebration was held at the cafeteria of Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School in South Burlington on February 3rd. The celebration includes traditional stage performances and new year luncheon. We had about 270 people attended the celebration to welcome the Year of Pig.