New Year

Chinese new year is s what makes a family stay together. Several weeks before Chinese new years,they clean their own houses and make offerings to the gods. They will also have lion dances, dragon dances, fireworks, family gathering,family meal, visiting friends and relatives,giving red envelopes, decorating with chunlian. Chinese new year can be explained as the important festivals in all festivals. The Chinese new year happened each year and is celebrated at Mainland China…

My extended paternal family gathers together at Chinese New Year Eve for a reunion dinner, usually in a restaurant close to the home of the most senior family member, my eldest aunt. My family greets each other with New Year’s greetings and blessings. Then red packets is given out by the married couples to the unmarried relatives, they are often given out by the aunts present; uncles would take over that role in the absence of their wife. Red packets could be given out by unmarried middle aged…

during the Chinese New Year which is a very important and special holiday in the Chinese culture. The Chinese New Year follow the Lunar Calendar and is 15 days long. The chinese do special and many interesting traditions during the Chinese New Year. The Zodiac Calendar shows what animal you are and what traits you have given your birth year. Based on the information stated on the calendar, some of the traits are accurate and some are not on the Zodiac calendar. Chinese New Year is a very…

families on New Year’s Eve in Spring Festival. They are also eaten on the day of the Winter Solstice in Northern China. Dumplings are made before midnight and eaten during the last hour of the old year and the first hour of the Lunar New Year. Eating dumplings in the Spring Festival brings good luck. People often wrap a one-yuan, fifty-cent or ten-cent coin in some of the dumplings, as a way of expressing good fortune to those who eat them. This is said to ensure good luck and prosperity in the…

The Chinese New Year is at the beginning of each new year, from February to March; at this time my family get together for the New Years. Several days before the New Year, people begin to prepare. Farmers slaughter pigs, sheep, cocks and hens. City dwellers buy meat, fish and vegetables. Houses need to be cleaned, and couplets are posted on the door. Colorful lanterns are hung at the gate. On the eve of the New Years, people needs to make food. So I make dumplings for my family, and the…

Chinese New Year Chinese New Year is the most important celebration in China; it is a time for families to get together and celebrate. It consists of many different events than the American New Year. There are many traditions of the Chinese New Year that are celebrated by many families, and Amy Tan’s book “Fish Cheeks” does a good job of representing this culture. Chinese New Year is a very important celebration in China that happens every year; it includes many traditions and many different…

number is expected to increase to 1.39 billion in just four years. With so many people occupying one country, there are many different traditions and a very diverse culture. China has over 56 ethnic groups, with the largest one being the Hans. A culture is the way a country’s people act and interact. This usually includes religion, language, food, etiquettes, art, ceremonies, etc. China has a culture that dates back to more than 10,000 years. This has subsequently led to a varied and rich way of…

After spending three years at my high school, I had a chance to know an immigrant to the US. She was born in Vietnam, which is the same country I was born. She came to the US with her family when she was 18 years old. I asked her the reasons why her family decided to immigrate to the US, and she told me both the push and pull factors that bought her family and she to the US. The push and pull factors were environment and economics reasons. In Vietnam, air pollution was a big problem, that…

Often, when New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day Celebrations are mentioned, many Americans tend to imagine fireworks and champagne among other vibrant festivities occurring on December 31st and January 1st. However, while Vietnamese-American families celebrate this holiday, they also celebrate their own unique holiday based on the lunar calendar. Due to my relationship with Gabrielle Nguyen, I have been able to experience the New Orleans Vietnamese community’s rendition of some of the events of…

fit the new modern society. Among one of these old traditions is the quinceanera. This is a coming of age ceremony where a 14 year old girl hosts a celebration of her turning into a women. Within the events some specifics that are including are the passing of the doll, this is where a god parent is chosen and before the girl is officially turned into a women she is given a doll to represent her childhood that she will keep. In other cultures such as the Chinese celebrate Chinese new year. People…