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thebleedingwoodland · 1 month

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Sama-sama! Terima kasih banyak atas apresiasinya, komunitas The Sims!

我很高興知道我的CC有中華，印尼，亞洲文化更好的代表性 👍

Karena orang Asia itu populasinya terbesar di dunia dan memiliki budaya yang khas di negara masing-masing. Jadi kalian orang Internasional, terutama Barat, juga belajar mengenali budaya, beradaptasi dan menghargai budaya Asia ya.

Reminder that Murfeelee & Dinadine are Western creators from USA, they both are Black girls. They are not Asian.

Consider to use Asian CC from Asian creators for more accuracy. Because Westerners don't know anything about Asian culture besides famous pop culture and they are foreigners who cannot feel the Asian culture.

#appreciation #thebleedingwoodland #the sims 3 #the sims 4 #ts3cc asian #ts4cc asian #ts3cc indonesian #ts4cc indonesian #ts3cc chinese #ts4cc chinese

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thebleedingwoodland · 2 months

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Lelahnya jadi budak korporat....

Ingin liburan ke pantai berlaut jernih...

Semoga terlaksana dalam waktu dekat ini.

Gili Trawangan, Lombok, Nusa Tenggara Barat, Indonesia

🎵: NIKI - Every Summertime

From year 2017

World credit: Sulvadiva Resort by @nilxis

#the sims 3 #ts3 screenshots #ridwan chandra #ts3 island paradise #ts3 indonesia #ts3 paradise #ts3 holiday #the sims #ts3 southeast asian beach #ts3 beach #ts3

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thebleedingwoodland · 2 months

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Selamat Hari Suci Nyepi Tahun Baru Saka 1946 🙏

Menurut umat Hindu, segala hal yang bersifat peralihan, selalu didahului dengan perlambang gelap. Sehingga Hari Raya Nyepi dapat dikatakan mengandung makna hari penyucian diri (manusia) dan alam semesta. Membuang segala kotoran atau segala hal negatif yang telah lampau untuk menyongsong tahun baru (saka).

Source: Makna Hari Raya Nyepi

TS3 - Indonesian Architecture - Pura Gapura Penjor

D E C O R A T I O N

🎵 Background Music: RELAXNATION - Bali Relaxing Music

Bangunan tradisional Bali ini dibuat karena bertepatan dengan bulan ini dimana di tanggal 22 Maret 2023 adalah Hari Raya Nyepi, yaitu hari pergantian Tahun Saka yang dirayakan umat Hindu setiap satu tahun sekali. 🙏

Selain itu juga untuk melambangkan ucapan terima kasih karena saya bertemu dengan banyak teman di kalangan Sims community yang berasal dari Indonesia.

These three traditional Balinese architecture were made because the time was coincide with Nyepi, which is a Balinese “Day of Silence” that is commemorated every Isakawarsa (Saka new year) according to the Balinese calendar (in 2023, it falls on March 22). It is a Balinese celebration mainly celebrated in Bali, Indonesia. (source: Wikipedia) 🙏

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Pura is a Balinese Hindu temple and the place of worship for adherents of Balinese Hinduism in Indonesia.

Poly count: 12K & 8K Price: 18,225

Gapura Candi Bentar (Left Side & Right Side) is a gate consists of two temple buildings that have identical shapes and are placed parallel as the main gate to enter the courtyard area of the house or the outermost gate. Usually, its uses as the main entrance of the temple or place of Hindu worship in Bali. (source: Palm-Living)

Poly count: 3K Price: 8,225

Penjor is a Balinese Hindu religious symbol of prosperity installed on the day of the Galungan ceremony. (source: Wikipedia)

Poly count: 18K & 10K Price: 800

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Base mesh by respective 3D modelers, I decreased the high poly (100K) from original 3D model into less than 20K, added mesh, uvmap, and retexture to finish the 3D models.

Temple Pura Ulun Danu Bratan is by Solaironk from Turbosquid Gapura Candi Bentar is by Syariful M. from 3dwarehouse.sketchup Penjor is by alterego.visual from Sketchfab

Base Game compatible. No Expansion Pack needed.

Do not reupload/make profit/link to adf.ly or donation, no sims3planet, no simsfinds.

Can be found in “Decor> Miscellaneous Decor“ category

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#indonesia #bali #nyepi #hari raya nyepi #ts3cc #ts3cc indonesian #ts3cc cultural #ts3cc asian

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thebleedingwoodland · 2 months

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Selamat Hari Suci Nyepi Tahun Baru Saka 1946 🙏

Menurut umat Hindu, segala hal yang bersifat peralihan, selalu didahului dengan perlambang gelap. Sehingga Hari Raya Nyepi dapat dikatakan mengandung makna hari penyucian diri (manusia) dan alam semesta. Membuang segala kotoran atau segala hal negatif yang telah lampau untuk menyongsong tahun baru (saka).

Source: Makna Hari Raya Nyepi

TS4 - Indonesian Architecture - Pura Gapura Penjor

🎵 Background Music: RELAXNATION - Bali Relaxing Music

Converted from TS3 version HERE.

The Sims 4 For Rent has been released, which is taking place in Southeast Asian countries, I would like to add more touch of Southeast Asian culture, it is culture of my country, Indonesia.

For upcoming Nyepi and Galungan Day 🙏which are Balinese celebration mainly celebrated in Bali, Indonesia.

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(Left Top) Pura is Balinese Hindu temple and the place of worship for adherents of Balinese Hinduism in Indonesia.

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(Right Top) Penjor is a Balinese Hindu religious symbol of prosperity installed on the day of Galungan ceremony

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(Bottom) Gapura Candi Bentar is a gate consists of two temple buildings that have identical shapes and are placed parallel as the main gate to enter the courtyard area of the house or the outermost gate. Usually, it uses as a main entrance of the temple or place of Hindu worship in Bali.

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⚠︎ Pura & Penjor have High Poly Count ⚠︎

Base mesh by respective 3D modelers, I decreased the high poly (100K) from original 3D model into less than 20K, added mesh, uvmap, and retexture to finish the 3D models.

Temple Pura Ulun Danu Bratan is by Solaironk from Turbosquid Gapura Candi Bentar is by Syariful M. from 3dwarehouse.sketchup Penjor is by alterego.visual from Sketchfab

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Can be found on Decorations> Miscellaneous

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#indonesia #bali #nyepi #hari raya nyepi #ts4cc #ts4cc indonesian #ts4cc cultural #ts4cc asian

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thebleedingwoodland · 2 months

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TS4 - Nian Gao

D E C O R A T I O N S

Converted from TS3 version

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Chinese New Year is held on 10 February 2024 (Day 1) for 15 days until end of Chinese New Year is called Lantern Festival / Yuan Xiao Jie / Cap Go Meh held on 24 February 2024.

🧧 恭喜發財！謹祝新年快樂幸福，大吉大利，恭祝健康、幸運，新年快樂！

May you be happy and prosperous! I hope you have a most happy and prosperous New Year, good health, good luck and much happiness throughout the year!

Nian gao, 年糕, is Chinese for "year cake" or "new year cake". This Chinese new year cake is a sweet rice cake that is traditionally eaten during the lunar new year celebrations.

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6 CC:

Nian Gao (from China)

Kue Keranjang --> Nian Gao from Indonesia

Kuih Bakul ---> Nian Gao from Malaysia.

I made versions from Indonesia and Malaysia because both countries have biggest Chinese population in the world outside China.

Kue Keranjang On Plate

Kuih Bakul On Plate

Nian Gao Slices

Can be found on Decoration > Miscellaneous

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#the sims 4 #ts4 #ts4cc #ts4cc download #ts4cc chinese #ts4cc asian #ts4cc cake #ts4cc food #ts4cc dining #ts4cc buy mode #ts4cc cultural #ts4cc decoration

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thebleedingwoodland · 2 months

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TS4 - Chinese Wall Hangings Fu & Long

Converted from TS3 version

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Chinese New Year is held on 10 February 2024 (Day 1) for 15 days until end of Chinese New Year is called Lantern Festival / Yuan Xiao Jie / Cap Go Meh held on 24 February 2024.

🧧 恭喜發財！謹祝新年快樂幸福，大吉大利，恭祝健康、幸運，新年快樂！

May you be happy and prosperous! I hope you have a most happy and prosperous New Year, good health, good luck and much happiness throughout the year!

Hanging the Chinese character 福 "Fu" on doors and walls is one of the most common and important customs when celebrating the Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year.

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5 Wall Hangings:

4 Fú（福）= Good Fortune

1 Lóng（龍）= Chinese Dragon

1 Swatch

Price： $ 8

Can be found on Decorations > Paintings & Posters

(Tips: You can click on object and hold to up and down to make the object higher dan lower on wall)

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#the sims 4 #ts4 #ts4cc download #ts4cc chinese #ts4cc asian #ts4cc decoration #ts4cc poster #ts4cc buy mode #ts4cc cultural #chinese culture

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thebleedingwoodland · 2 months

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TS4 - Chun Jie Shu Hua Ping (Spring Festival Tree Vase)

D E C O R A T I O N

Converted from TS3 version

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Chinese New Year is held on 10 February 2024 (Day 1) for 15 days until end of Chinese New Year is called Lantern Festival / Yuan Xiao Jie / Cap Go Meh held on 24 February 2024.

🧧 恭喜發財！謹祝新年快樂幸福，大吉大利，恭祝健康、幸運，新年快樂！

May you be happy and prosperous! I hope you have a most happy and prosperous New Year, good health, good luck and much happiness throughout the year!

This vase symbolizes fortune you may get on New Year: Year of the Dragon.

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4 Swatches

Price: $ 88

Can be found on Decoration > Plants

Back and Top Side view

In-game screenshot

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#the sims 4 #ts4 #ts4cc #ts4cc download #ts4cc chinese #ts4cc asian #chinese new year #lunar new year #ts4cc decoration #ts4cc vase #ts4cc buy mode #red

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thebleedingwoodland · 2 months

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TS4 - Five Hong Bao

Converted from TS3 version

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Chinese New Year is held on 10 February 2024 (Day 1) for 15 days until end of Chinese New Year is called Lantern Festival / Yuan Xiao Jie / Cap Go Meh held on 24 February 2024.

🧧 恭喜發財！謹祝新年快樂幸福，大吉大利，恭祝健康、幸運，新年快樂！

May you be happy and prosperous! I hope you have a most happy and prosperous New Year, good health, good luck and much happiness throughout the year!

紅包

🧧 Hóng Bāo in Mandarin Chinese language.

🧧 Ang Pao in Hokkien Chinese language.

In Chinese New Year, we're Chinese people have tradition of giving Red Envelope with money inside the envelope. The person who give Hong Bao at Chinese New Year event is from married person to unmarried family members.

Wrapping lucky money in red envelopes is expected to bestow more happiness and blessings on the receivers.

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Five Hong Bao with 2 styles: Traditional & Trendy.

1 Swatch.

Price: $ 100

Can be found on Decoration > Miscellaneous

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#the sims 4 #ts4 #ts4cc #ts4cc download #ts4cc chinese #ts4cc asian #hong bao #ang pao #red envelope #chinese culture

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thebleedingwoodland · 2 months

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🚨--Updated 15/02/2024:

Hong Shao Rou (Red Braised Pork Belly)--🚨

Uvmap& Texture Updated. There's baked shadow to make the food and plate look detailed

Colour is less pale, more red.

Kindly re-download again on Download button on post above ^

TS3 - Chinese Cuisine 【中國美食】12 Custom content

D E C O R A T I O N

Don’t believe portrayal of Chinese food in Shang Simla world because Shang Simla is American Chinatown from Western perspective which the food portrayal in that World is Westernized Chinese, not authentic, wrong to us Chinese and general Asian Sims players. There is no such thing as Fortune Cookies in Chinese cuisine. Fortune cookies are American product 100%.

Chinese cuisine is the most oldest and diverse cuisine in the world, including noodles, which was first recorded invented in China from 4,000 years ago, has been existed until modern times.

There are so many dishes in China, because due to many regions and provinces, I cannot include all of them here. I released list of my favourite dishes, which are prominent to Southern China region. Yanwo tang (Swallow bird’s nest soup) is the most expensive one because it provides health benefits: high levels of calcium, iron, potassium, and magnesium.

Title is below of the picture.

Main course / 菜

紅燒肉 Hóngshāo ròu (Red braised pork belly) | Price： §5

四川擔擔麵 Sìchuān dàn dàn miàn (Sichuan hot & spicy noodles) | Price： §5

燕窩湯 Yànwō tāng (Swallow bird’s nest soup) | Price： §55

蒜蓉炒青菜 Suàn róng chǎo qīngcài (Stir-fried Pak Choy with garlic) | Price： §5

牛肉炒麵 Niúròu chǎomiàn (Stir-fried noodle beef) | Price： §5

脆皮燒肉 Cuì pí shāo ròu (Crispy pork belly) | Price： §5

北京烤鴨 Běijīng kǎoyā （Beijing roasted duck) | Price： §22

四川麻辣豬肉拉麵 Sìchuān málà zhūròu lāmiàn (Sichuan hot & spicy noodles, served with pork meat and Pak Choy vegetables) | Price： §5

餛飩湯 Húntún tāng (Wonton soup) | Price： §5

紅燒豬蹄 Hóngshāo zhū tí (Braised pork trotters) | Price： §5

Rice, as staple meal

一碗白飯和筷子 Yī wǎn báifàn hé kuàizi (A bowl of rice with chopsticks) | Price： §2

一碗白飯 Yī wǎn báifàn (A bowl of rice) | Price： §2

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Mesh by Me, Rice & Sichuan mala zhurou lamian photography are by Me. The rest of food textures credits to each owner.

Do not reupload/make profit/link to adf.ly or donation, no sims3planet, no simsdom.

Can be found in “Decor> All“ category

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#ts3cc #ts3cc download #the sims 3 #ts3 chinese food #ts3 asian #authentic chinese food #ts3cc asian #紅燒肉 #模擬市民3 #pork belly #video games food #update

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thebleedingwoodland · 2 months

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🏮Update 14/02/2024: 🏮

Chun Jie Shu Hua Ping (Spring Festival Tree Vase)

Updated texture on tree twig. The twig now connected to the red ball. Old texture is losing texture to connect to the red ball.

Updated texture filesize on channels, multiplier, specular. Only 1 preset, but you can still change 3 channel colors as usual. It is to decrease filesize from 44 mb to 9 mb.

Updated texture on the red balls. No dark lines.

You can see more details on "Read More" below. Apologize for inconvenience and kindly re-download again.

3 channels.

TS3 - Chinese New Year 2024 Decorations Collection

F U N C T I O N A L D O O R & D E C O R A T I O N

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🧧 恭喜發財！謹祝新年快樂幸福，大吉大利，恭祝健康、幸運，新年快樂！

May you be happy and prosperous! I hope you have a most happy and prosperous New Year, good health, good luck and much happiness throughout the year!

Article to read: What is Lunar New Year & What is important on Chinese New Year

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A bit late to post because of my schedule preparing & celebrating Chinese New Year in real life and fixing the shadow for each item that made me have to re-create the CC several times until it got correct. Finally it's done and satisfied that I managed to create so many CC for this short time within 2 weeks, wow. These are my meshes, except the doors are by EA and they are functional.

In this collection, you will get 21 Custom Content:

Chinese Wall Hanging - Fu （福）& Long （龍）each 1 Preset

Nian Gao （年糕）is a sweet rice cake that is traditionally eaten during the lunar new year celebrations.

From China (3 Presets, plate is recolourable 1 channel )

Kue Keranjang, Nian Gao From Indonesia。 Individual (1 Preset) & Stacks on Plate (2 Presets, plate is recolourable 1 channel)

Kuih Bakul from Malaysia. Individual (1 Preset) & Stacks on Plate (2 Presets, plate is recolourable 1 channel). I made versions from Indonesia and Malaysia because both countries have biggest Chinese population in the world outside China.

Nian Gao Slices (3 Presets, plate is not recolourable)

Hong Bao (紅包）(2 Presets with 2 style Traditional and Trendy for Kids/Teenagers/Young Adult)

Spring Festival Tree Vase (2 Presets, 3 channels recolourable)

Octagonal Box of Dried Fruits, Plum Candies, Chocolate compound with shape of Chinese ancient gold ingot (1 Preset, not recolourable)

Legend candy that is "mandatory" to be put on Chinese New Year table: White Rabbit Creamy Candy (1 Preset, not recolourable)

"Fu" sticker on Door. (3 Presets, Doors are recolourable)

-DoorSingleLuxury_Fu -DoorSingleMission_Fu -DoorSingleTraditionalInside_Fu

(No orange fruit, pardon me. You can find orange fruit CC elsewhere available from various CC creators. I don't have time for creating orange fruit. )

Base Game compatible, no Expansion Pack Needed.

Chinese Wall Hanging can be found on "Decorations> Wall Hanging & Posters"

Nian Gao, Dried Fruits, Chocolate, Candies can be found on "Decorations>All"

Spring Festival Tree can be found on "Decorations>Plants"

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#update #the sims 3 #ts3cc #ts3cc download #ts3cc chinese #ts3cc asian #chinese new year #lunar new year #year of the dragon #ts3cc decoration #ts3cc buy mode #ts3cc build mode #ts3 #模擬市民3 #春節快樂 #新年快樂 #ts3cc vase

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thebleedingwoodland · 2 months

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--Update: 12 February 2024. For convenience, Default Replacement Mods were reuploaded on Simfileshare. Choose only one, Gold or Colourful.--

🐉 Happy Year of the Dragon! 🐉

May the Year of the Dragon bring you prosperity, happiness and good fortune!

TS3 - Dragon Cave Colour Mod “Gold & Colourful” TS3 World Adventures

D E F A U L T R E P L A C E M E N T

The 3D model default replacement was failed, so the simple recolour is the only thing that I can offer this week.

These colours are my interpretation of Chinese Dragons. Chinese Dragons, as I described before, are gods who control rain, weather, and seasons; kind, benevolent, powerful, who bring luck and prosperity.

Chinese Dragon is more likely in the same level as Poseidon rather than Western Dragon. Cannot be compared to evil reptile beast like Western Dragon, which interpreted as dark, scary monster breathing fire.

EA’s Maxis The Sims 3 Team gave colour to Chinese Dragon that is actually more fit to Western Dragon, because the team didn’t consult to Chinese person at all.

Chinese Dragons are traditionally coloured gold and mixed colours. Gold dragon is symbol of wealth, power, and prosperity. The green jade colour is based on compilation of images of Chinese Dragons I saw since I was a child. Green scales skin, orange hair, yellow whiskers & brows, pale deer antlers. I’ve often seen Chinese dragon statue in jade colour, because jade green in Chinese culture symbolizes renewal, longevity, and immortality.

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Known issues: There are traces of miscolour due to horrible EA’s Uvmap overlapping each other maps & exploded to outer uvmap area. Don’t ask me, but ask to EA Maxis’ employee why.

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Made with patch 1.67

TS3 World Adventures EP needed

Do not reupload/make profit/link to adf.ly or donation, no sims3planet, no simsfinds.

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* CHOOSE ONLY ONE! *

[ Download GOLD]

[ Download COLOURFUL]

For additional information:

EA Maxis’ uvmap

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#the sims 3 #ts3 #ts3 mod #ts3 default replacement #ts3 chinese dragon #shang simla #ts3 world adventures #ts3 chinese #ts3 asian

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thebleedingwoodland · 2 months

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TS3 - Chinese New Year 2024 Decorations Collection

F U N C T I O N A L D O O R & D E C O R A T I O N

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🧧 恭喜發財！謹祝新年快樂幸福，大吉大利，恭祝健康、幸運，新年快樂！

May you be happy and prosperous! I hope you have a most happy and prosperous New Year, good health, good luck and much happiness throughout the year!

Article to read: What is Lunar New Year & What is important on Chinese New Year

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A bit late to post because of my schedule preparing & celebrating Chinese New Year in real life and fixing the shadow for each item that made me have to re-create the CC several times until it got correct. Finally it's done and satisfied that I managed to create so many CC for this short time within 2 weeks, wow. These are my meshes, except the doors are by EA and they are functional.

In this collection, you will get 21 Custom Content:

Chinese Wall Hanging - Fu （福）& Long （龍）each 1 Preset

Nian Gao （年糕）is a sweet rice cake that is traditionally eaten during the lunar new year celebrations.

From China (3 Presets, plate is recolourable 1 channel )

Kue Keranjang, Nian Gao From Indonesia。 Individual (1 Preset) & Stacks on Plate (2 Presets, plate is recolourable 1 channel)

Kuih Bakul from Malaysia. Individual (1 Preset) & Stacks on Plate (2 Presets, plate is recolourable 1 channel). I made versions from Indonesia and Malaysia because both countries have biggest Chinese population in the world outside China.

Nian Gao Slices (3 Presets, plate is not recolourable)

Hong Bao (紅包）(2 Presets with 2 style Traditional and Trendy for Kids/Teenagers/Young Adult)

Spring Festival Tree Vase (2 Presets, 3 channels recolourable)

Octagonal Box of Dried Fruits, Plum Candies, Chocolate compound with shape of Chinese ancient gold ingot (1 Preset, not recolourable)

Legend candy that is "mandatory" to be put on Chinese New Year table: White Rabbit Creamy Candy (1 Preset, not recolourable)

"Fu" sticker on Door. (3 Presets, Doors are recolourable)

-DoorSingleLuxury_Fu -DoorSingleMission_Fu -DoorSingleTraditionalInside_Fu

(No orange fruit, pardon me. You can find orange fruit CC elsewhere available from various CC creators. I don't have time for creating orange fruit. )

Base Game compatible, no Expansion Pack Needed.

Chinese Wall Hanging can be found on "Decorations> Wall Hanging & Posters"

Nian Gao, Dried Fruits, Chocolate, Candies can be found on "Decorations>All"

Spring Festival Tree can be found on "Decorations>Plants"

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thebleedingwoodland · 3 months

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Functional Food:

Indonesian: Ayam Penyet, Tempe Goreng (Fried Tempeh), Nasi Goreng, Pisang Goreng

Thai: Som Tam (Green Papaya Salad)

Vietnamese: Gui Cuon (Vietnamese Spring Rolls)

Filipino: Buko Pandan (Sweet Chilled Dessert)

Harvestable: Barlet, Peanut, Beet

Mill Add On 14:

Green Butter Cream

Red Butter Cream

Peppermint Essence

Condensed Milk (Susu Kental Manis)

Pandan Extract

Rice Flour (Tepung Beras)

Prawn Cracker (Kerupuk Udang)

Vegan Gelatin Powder

Sesame Oil

Shrimp Paste (Sambal Terasi)

Tempeh (Tempe)

Vermicelli (Bihun)

The rest are Cola, Soda, Ginger Ale.

Terimakasih! Thank you to @icemunmun-spicy-scalpel for making Southeast Asian food look really tasty, authentic, fit to the game, and that's how EA should make the functional food in-game with quality like this. 👍👍

Indonesian food should be represented more in The Sims 4 For Rent because due to many varieties and much more tastier (it has listed on CNN), and much more famous internationally especially for Nasi Goreng, not just "Kopi Luwak" (Civet Coffee) which is very niche.

January theme is South East Asian food , harvestables and mill products!

#the sims 4 cc #reblog other people's post #ts4cc #ts4cc functional food #ts4cc harvestable #ts4cc southeast asian food #ts4cc indonesian #ts4cc thailand #ts4cc vietnamese #ts4cc phillipines #the sims 4 for rent #nasi goreng #tempe #tempeh #ayam penyet #pisang goreng #ts4cc asian food #asian food #icemunmun-spicy-scalpel

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thebleedingwoodland · 3 months

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^ Ignore the incorrect grammar on the graphic above, it supposedly says

恭賀新禧 (Gōnghè xīnxǐ) = Best Wishes for Happy New Year

Lunar New Year Update 2019

Lunar New Year Update 2022

✨ There will be upcoming Chinese New Year held on 10 February 2024, which is Year of Wood Dragon. ✨

Recently I opened The Sims 4 game again on Steam --- Yes The Sims 4 Base game is free of purchase on Steam --- Finally I can see soothing and relieving representation of Chinese culture in-game unlike sore eyes disaster what The Sims 3 team had done on Shang Simla for The Sims 3.

Definitely there's something positive on this representation of Lunar New Year updates for 2019 and 2022 that I can give applause to EA👏 , that this company team finally made consultation to actual Chinese (and Korean) people.

Lunar New Year is a celebration of the arrival of spring and the beginning of a new year on the lunisolar calendar. It is the most important holiday in China, and it is also widely celebrated in South Korea, Vietnam, and countries with a significant overseas Chinese population.

Commonly known as the Spring Festival in China, Lunar New Year is a fifteen-day celebration marked by many traditions.

Not just celebrated in China, Korea and Vietnam celebrate Lunar New Year. So yes, we celebrate New Year twice, Gregorian New Year (1 January) and Lunar New Year (10 February, China Year 2575) in 2024.

I can only review about the Chinese New Year stuff part. I can recognize easily there's steamed fish, noodles, and Nian Gao （年糕） . And the most important part of Chinese New Year is....

🧧 Red Envelope （紅包）🧧

🧧 Hóng Bāo in Mandarin Chinese language.

🧧 Ang Pao in Hokkien Chinese language.

Who doesn't love money? You Westerners like money, don't you? On Christmas Day, Westerners have tradition to give wrapped present gift to people.

In Chinese New Year, we're Chinese people have tradition of giving Red Envelope with money inside the envelope. The person who give Hong Bao at Chinese New Year event is from married person to unmarried family members.

Wrapping lucky money in red envelopes is expected to bestow more happiness and blessings on the receivers.

There's addition of Round Table, Red Envelopes on Kumquat Tree and Orange fruit with Red Envelope on box. Yes Chinese culture is all about being prosperous and giving money gift in Red Envelope. I can tell you the representation is very good and authentic to us Chinese people that we can relate.

I can tell you team who worked in this update made consultation to Chinese people, that there are Han Zi (Chinese writing). 無魚不成席 which translates as "No Feast Without Fish" . Fish makes important meal in Chinese dining.

Here is more addition info:

Fish — an Increase in Prosperity

In Chinese, "fish" (鱼 Yú /yoo/) sounds like 'surplus'. Fish is a traditional Chinese New Year dish on the Chinese New Year dinner menu. Chinese people always like to have a surplus at the end of the year, because they think if they have managed to save something at the end of the year, then they can make more in the next year.

Steamed fish is one of the most famous Chinese New Year recipes. What fish should be chosen for the New Year dinner is based on auspicious homophonics.

Crucian carp: As the first character of 'crucian carp' (鲫鱼 jìyú /jee-yoo/) sounds like the Chinese word 吉 (jí /jee/ 'good luck'), eating crucian carp is considered to bring good luck for the next year.

Chinese mud carp: The first part of the Chinese for "mud carp" (鲤鱼 lǐyú /lee-yoo/) is pronounced like the word for gifts (礼 lǐ /lee/). So Chinese people think eating mud carp during the Chinese New Year symbolizes wishing for good fortune.

Catfish: The Chinese for "catfish" (鲶鱼 niányú /nyen-yoo/) sounds like 年余 (nián yú) meaning 'year surplus'. So eating catfish is a wish for a surplus in the year.

Eating two fish, one on New Year's Eve and one on New Year's Day, (if written in a certain way) sounds like a wish for a surplus year-after-year.

If only one catfish is eaten, eating the upper part of the fish on New Year's Eve and the remainder on the first day of the new year can be spoken with the same homophonic meaning.

Fish is an auspicious Chinese New Year symbol.

Glutinous Rice Cake — a Higher Income or Position

Chinese New Year cakes

Glutinous rice cake (年糕 Niángāo /nyen-gaoww/) is a lucky food eaten on Chinese New Year's Eve. In Chinese, glutinous rice cake sounds like it means "getting higher year-on- by year". In Chinese people's minds, this means the higher you are the more prosperous your business is a general improvement in life. The main ingredients of niangao are sticky rice, sugar, chestnuts, Chinese dates, and lotus leaves.

Longevity Noodles — Happiness and Longevity

Longevity noodles (长寿面 Chángshòu Miàn /chung-show myen/) unsurprisingly symbolize a wish for longevity. Their length and unsevered preparation are also symbolic of the eater's life.

It is a lucky food eaten on Chinese New Year Day in North China.

They are longer than normal noodles and uncut, either fried and served on a plate, or boiled and served in a bowl with their broth.

Good Fortune Fruit — Fullness and Wealth

Certain fruits are eaten during the Chinese New Year period, such as tangerines and oranges, and pomeloes. They are selected as they are particularly round and "golden" in color, symbolizing fullness and wealth, but more obviously for the lucky sound they bring when spoken.

Eating and displaying tangerines and oranges is believed to bring good luck and fortune due to their pronunciation, and even writing. The Chinese for orange (and tangerine) is 橙 (chéng /chnng/), which sounds the same as the Chinese for 'success' (成). One of the ways of writing tangerine (桔 jú /jyoo/) contains the Chinese character for luck (吉 jí /jee/).

Chinese Dumplings — Wealth

With a history of more than 1,800 years, dumpling (饺子 Jiǎozi /jyaoww-dzrr/) is a classic lucky food for new year, and a traditional dish eaten on Chinese New Year's Eve, widely popular in China, especially in North China.

Chinese dumplings can be made to look like Chinese silver ingots (which are not bars, but boat-shaped, oval, and turned up at the two ends). Legend has it that the more dumplings you eat during the New Year celebrations, the more money you can make in the New Year.

Source: LinkedIn by Manette Chen

As for fashion... I'm not woman so I am not expert about women fashion, I can tell this clothing is not Chinese Qi Pao. My girlfriend and female family members do not wear that kind of Qi Pao. This is more like Ao Dai, Vietnamese traditional dress. There's skirt beneath dress. Source: Wikipedia

The rest of clothing is typical modernized clothing, which is much more realistic because we Chinese when at Chinese New Year gathering we wear red coloured modern clothing and not dress like in ancient times. Usually kids who wear Qi Pao because they are very cute to dress like that.

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Being busy with real life, so I just watched The Sims channel on Youtube, I found youtube video

EA what is this? l Sims 4 For Rent Expansion Pack by Matinee

Ha ha ha.

"Coconut rice"?

What the ****, EA? As a Southeast Asian I never heard of term "Coconut rice"

I asked my real friend from Malaysia, and she was confused with word "Coconut rice" too, she laughed then replied to me, "You mean Nasi Lemak? *laughing emoticon*"

^ Yes, seriously, but I cannot show her chat screenshot due to privacy.

Probably Coconut rice is word invented by Westerners or White Caucasian race. As if the word sounds like "Rice" with grated "Coconut" toppings, which sounds very misleading.

As Southeast Asian, we say dishes that have rice cooked with coconut milk in direct name of the dish, not just "Coconut milk rice" or "Nasi Santan". Malaysians call it Nasi Lemak. Indonesians call it Nasi Uduk. Thais call it ข้าวเหนียวมะม่วง (Khao Niao Mamuang) --> Thai Mango Sticky Rice

Here are pictures of Coconut Milk. For this kind of product it is called "Coconut Cream" because it has little amount of water. 100% legit my own photos I took from nearby minimarket.

By Googling "Nasi Lemak", here is the result:

How could EA, as big massive company make stupid mistake like this? Designer is not just 1 person in studio. There are Intern, Junior Designer, Senior Designer, Supervisor, Art Director. And there are a lot of people in the studio who can supervise and give feedback and advise internally. And yet they cannot Googling "Nasi Lemak" properly. What's the point of Supervisor and Art Director once again? Makan gaji buta? Eating salary without giving effort at all?

EA wrongly represented Nasi Lemak with random rice texture, but then they decided to just "renaming" it with Western/White Caucasian term "Coconut rice" instead of giving update correct Nasi Lemak mesh.

As a designer from corporate who had worked in video game company before, I can tell you this apologize is not sincere and lazy. The proper apologize is supposedly making proper new mesh update of Nasi Lemak.

CC creator, icemunmun, from India, has already created functional Nasi Lemak. CC LINK DOWNLOAD

EA is massive company releasing The Sims as AAA video game titles from The Sims 1,2,3,4 with many expensive expansion packs who brought them massive profit yet they didn't want to spend any effort to give correct proper update with one new mesh.

As if they already know they made mistake and decided to not wanting to spend any more effort because

They already gained massive profit from international sales... and don't care much about players from Southeast Asian countries including Malaysian that their content depicted wrongly in-game as they thought Southeast Asian players are not profitable enough compared to USA and European players.

Ignorance about Asian culture, instead of hiring Southeast Asian people as staff/source person who are willing to give authentic information. They non-Asian people must be thinking that "Nasi Lemak and Coconut rice are the same thing because contains coconut!!"

Yes I know EA studio who created The Sims 4 content is from U.S.A. Here I need to tell you something, U.S.A. people: We Asians, including Europeans, took food very seriously. Food is culture. If you U.S.A people depict our food wrongly, it means you insult our culture. I heard many Europeans complained about U.S.A people who don't take European food culture very seriously. What if USA flag is wrongly depicted by other flag such as Australian flag or Malaysian flag? I bet you USA people are very offended, right?

People tend to learn something from media, movies and video games. Because many Westerners don't know Nasi Lemak, they will think Nasi Lemak looks like porridge like what depicted in-game. Despite White Caucasian of British colonizer had colonized Malaysia, yet many White Caucasian people still don't know what Nasi Lemak looks like.

This is not first time EA misinterpreted Asian culture. EA has wrongly misinterpreted Chinese culture very badly in Shang Simla world.

Thank you sister Martinee for daring to speak up about this issue.

What EA depicted as "Nasi Lemak"

Looks like baby porridge I ate because I was sick.

#nasi lemak #malaysian #southeast asian #hahaha coconut rice what is that westerner?#the sims 4 for rent #electronic arts #the sims 4 #santan #asian sims players #united states of america #innacuracy in video games #asian representation

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TS3 - Chinese Dragon Lamp from Sims 3 Store Gold & More Recolours

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這份禮物為即將舉辦的2024春節。

Gift for upcoming Chinese New Year 2024.

祝您龍年快樂、步步高升、財源廣進！

🧧 May the Year of the Dragon bring you prosperity, happiness and good fortune! 🧧

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Buyable Object not default replacement

Enhanced version of EA's Chinese Dragon Lamp from "Year of the Dragon Set" 2012 Chinese New Year set from Sims 3 Store.

This is standalone object, Base Game compatible, no Expansion Pack needed, not default replacement.

Adding more specular so the statue appears more shinier.

8 presets: 6 non-recolourable & 2 recolourable (3 channels).

Non-Recolourable:

Recolourable (3 channels):

Same mesh as EA's. Vertices= 598, Poly= 658

Price: § 88

I recoloured the EA's default statue (red), because the most common colour for Lóng （ Chinese dragon） is gold. Gold is the most common colour for Chinese Dragon sculptures, second is green. Whoever designer worked in EA Maxis San Francisco when creating this object clearly didn't consult to Chinese people first or never seen Chinese dragon sculptures in their lifetime.

Can be found on Lighting > Table Lamp

[ Download ]

Original EA's from Store if you want to see comparison:

Year of the Dragon Set LINK

Congratulations, you live well and officially old from playing The Sims 3 from year 2012. Chinese Dragon comes back again in year 2024. Have a good fortune in Hóng Bāo 🧧 you received, or if you are married, get prepared to share some fortune in Hóng Bāo 🧧 for your unmarried family members. Hahahaha.

#the sims 3 #ts3 #ts3cc download #ts3cc chinese #ts3cc asian #ts3cc chinese dragon #ts3cc lamp #ts3cc buy mode #ts3cc sims 3 store #chinese culture #accurate chinese dragon sculpture #gold #green #happy chinese new year #2024 #春節快樂 #龍年快樂 #Year of the Dragon #ts3cc

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thebleedingwoodland · 3 months

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*Adding more Southeast Asia representation for The Sims 4: For Rent Expansion Pack*

The Sims 4 Indonesia Culture (Fanmade Stuff Pack) by Waronk & Cepzid

CC Download link

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Gokil sih ini!

Ada warung tenda, truk tahu bulat, bisa jajan bakso gerobakan, makanan indonesia banyak yang bisa dibeli di sini, truk tahu bulat & sepeda bisa dibawa pula!!

Sangat autentik Indonesia & kreatif!

@waronkccs-blog @hanalinori (Cepzid)

Check out their mods, they're very talented modders in The Sims 4 community. Thank you very much for sharing your content!

#the sims 4 #ts4 #reblog other people's post #ts4 mod #ts4 indonesian culture #waronk #hanalinori #cepzid #tahu bulat #indonesian food #southeast asian #the sims 4 for rent #bakso

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