One aspect of Chinese New Year is honoring the deeds and memories of the deceased. None of our ancestors are buried in the NY metro area so we never did the whole visit graves, burn incense and money thing. This year, my father and sister came to visit me for Chinese New Year and we made a pilgrimage to visit my Uncle Thomas. Uncle Thomas was my father's older brother and was the first of the siblings to come to America. He and his family settled in VA where he worked designing and building nuclear submarines. I have extremely fond memories of driving past the Mormon Temple to Virginia, eating at amazing Chinese restaurants, chasing after blue crabs before they were put in the pot, and visiting the Air and Space Museum. Uncle Thomas loved football and was a rabid Redskins fan. He was always laughing and would say something really fast that I couldn't understand and laugh again. His sentences were punctuated by deep hearty laughter.
We spent the whole weekend in honor of him. We ate lots and lots of good food - Maryland Crabs steamed with Old Bay and Peking Duck (at a restaurant we think he took us to). We went to visit him, put our hands together and bowed. We spent lots of quality time together laughing. And, we watched the Super Bowl.
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