Chinese New Year - Tenth Day : 女娲补天 or Nüwa Patched the Sky

The Tenth Day of the Chinese New Year is the day of 女娲补天 or Nüwa Patched the Sky.

Legends has it that on the Tenth Day of the Chinese New Year, a small hole appeared in the sky and the rain fell non-stop. To save the people on Earth from drowning, 女娲 (Nüwa)补天 or patched up the hole in the sky.

On this day, in our family, we all eat 年糕 (niangao) - sticky rice cake made only for Chinese New Year). 

We just slice the 年糕 into thin slices and eat them as they are, fried plain or with egg batter and best of all, fried as a sandwich of yam and 年糕.

Here is a plate of the fried plain 年糕 (niangao) ...

and another plate fried with yam slices... 

 Yummy :-)