{"id":3975,"date":"2021-02-12T09:29:48","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T14:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/center-global-education\/?p=3975"},"modified":"2021-02-12T14:05:54","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T19:05:54","slug":"lunar-new-year-memories-traditions-and-how-its-changed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/center-global-education\/2021\/02\/12\/lunar-new-year-memories-traditions-and-how-its-changed\/","title":{"rendered":"Lunar New Year: Memories, traditions, and how it&#8217;s changed."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Lunar New Year holds a special place in the hearts of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">many\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">people around the world.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Leo Tan, a UTC international student from the Shandong province in China, has celebrated this holiday <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">throughout his\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">life.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0We wanted to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">get a\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">first-hand perspective of<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">this<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">long-standing<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">tradition,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">so we asked him to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">give his\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">account of th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">is<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">annual\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">celebration.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Here\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">is\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">his\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">personal\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">reflection\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">of what it\u2019s like celebrating the Chinese New Year and how this holiday has changed for him throughout the years.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0[<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Leo&#8217;s perspective is unique to his personal experiences and doesn\u2019t represent every country or region\u2019s way of celebrating the Lunar New Year.<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">]<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"880\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:98,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/center-global-education\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/12\\\/lunar-new-year-memories-traditions-and-how-its-changed\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:204256842}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 880px; 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I can still remember years ago when my dad spent hundreds of Chinese Yuan on a single piece of firework, and I thought he was crazy. Due to the anti-pollution law, only a small portion of people still follow this tradition. I wish people can still be able to set off fireworks during the Spring Festival. My best memory of the Spring Festival is that I received a set of toy<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0from my uncle-in-law when I was four. Kids usually don\u2019t receive any gifts during the Lunar New Year except\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">for\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">cash.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">How has this holiday changed from when you were young to how it is celebrated now?<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Before smartphones became\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">popular<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">, we always went back to my grandparents\u2019 house and s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">t around the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">table every Lunar New Year, having dumplings and watching the Spring Festival special night show.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Nowadays<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">, people don\u2019t give much attention to all the traditions; they focus on their cellphones instead of their families.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lunar New Year holds a special place in the hearts of\u00a0many\u00a0people around the world.\u00a0\u00a0 Leo Tan, a UTC international student from the Shandong province in China, has celebrated this holiday throughout his\u00a0life.\u00a0We wanted to\u00a0get a\u00a0first-hand perspective of\u00a0this\u00a0long-standing\u00a0tradition,\u00a0so we asked him to\u00a0give his\u00a0account of this\u00a0annual\u00a0celebration.\u00a0Here\u00a0is\u00a0his\u00a0personal\u00a0reflection\u00a0of what it\u2019s like celebrating the Chinese New Year and how this&hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/center-global-education\/2021\/02\/12\/lunar-new-year-memories-traditions-and-how-its-changed\/\"><span>Continue Reading <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1187,"featured_media":3976,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3975","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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