nzorient Posted January 17, 2009 Report Share Posted January 17, 2009 Chinese New Years is coming up and I want to wish everyone a prosperous and lucky 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palerider Posted January 17, 2009 Report Share Posted January 17, 2009 Happy New Years!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr T Posted January 17, 2009 Report Share Posted January 17, 2009 so do we need to have TWO new years resolutions then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzorient Posted January 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 LOL ... only if it makes you a better person Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightynancy Posted January 19, 2009 Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 Happy New Year to you, nz! My daughter's class is making Lion and Dragon heads for their celebration at the end of January. There is much speculation on who gets to be the heads of the creatures, and who dances along behind! They have learned to count in Chinese, and they're learning some simple phrases as well. She just did a report on the Ancient Dynasties...she loves studying China! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heavenguard Posted January 25, 2009 Report Share Posted January 25, 2009 Wow, mightynancy, that's really cool. I think it's really great that we can not only accept and tolerate other cultures, but be taught about them and how to take part in celebrating together. Personally, I really don't care about Chinese new year much myself (I'm Chinese, born Canadian), but I appreciate that people who aren't Chinese by heritage can really get into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightynancy Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 I have always wanted to learn a non-western language, but the Asian languages weren't on my list! My daughter is another story, though - it's fun to hear her try out her Chinese. My daughter's birthday is on the western New Year's eve, but we threw a Chinese New Year party for her a few years back. The Chinese New Year traditions are much friendlier to children than the Western: red envelope, or drunken debauchery? I'll take the red envelope! LOL My daughter has a classmate whose parents are immigrants from China, and the classmate's mother is the one teaching the language class. Two days ago, they had a Chinese lunch, made by the same woman. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemidakota Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 Chinese versus the adopted Gregorian calendar....which one? Agh! Who cares...we celebrate each day of life and live to its fullest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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