I was back home in China celebrating Chinese Lunar New Year with my parents for the first time in 5 years. Fireworks outside the window were so loud that I could feel the floor was shaking. My parents and I were sitting on the couch and stared at the TV screen. No one was talking. This Chinese New Year was different from what it was like when I was a kid. When I was still in Elementary school, I looked forward to Chinese New Year the most. There were so many cool things about Chinese New Year. My parents would be so busy that they forgot the fact that I had a huge load of homework to finish. I could have hours of free time to spend playing video games. My grandma would make tons of food that were beyond delicious. My parents …show more content…
Every year, Masters from all kinds of entertainment fields gathered up and offered their best performances to the audience. The magic show especially grabbed my interests as a kid. Afraid of missing any single movement the magician made, I would almost stick my nose against the TV screen, in hope to find out how the magician performed such a mind-blowing magic.
Since adults believed firing fireworks would bring good fortunes to the new year, the sky would be covered with fireworks during the night before Lunar New Year. My dad was a firm believer of such a superstition and enthusiastically joined the firework party every year. The day before Lunar New Year, my dad would take me on a trip looking for new fireworks. We always picked the biggest one we could find on the market. As the clock approached 12 pm, the firework party started. The silence of the night would be interrupted by the first sound of fireworks. Following the first sound of firework, thousands of fireworks shot up the sky and exploded into many colorful, beautiful patterns. My and I would also light up our firework to join the party. As a kid, the sight was as splendid as it could ever get. As the time approached 12 pm, the fireworks had only gotten louder than before. I stood up to get myself ready to light our fireworks. My dad looked at me curiously, and asked: “Where are you going?” Before I was about to tell him that I was getting myself ready to light our firework, I realized that we did not
`The Hmong New Year is a cultural celebration that occurs annually, in the months of November and December, in areas where large Hmong population exists. In this speech, I am going to share the three main components that make up the celebration of Hmong New Year, such as the culture of the food, tradition clothes, and the activities that are involved.
They wouldn’t get to eat as much food. They wouldn’t be enjoying their precious time with their family. Instead they would be working hard in the fields to earn a sufficient living wage. But Chinese New Year was a time when they felt they were on top. They thought that they were living the high life. They “all looked forward to, the one time when we would be guaranteed wonderful food, was the Chinese New Year.” It was one joyous occasion that helped them to endure their destitute lives.
family get together that I was lucky enough to attend. Instantly I knew that there was something
There are many important traditions that were kept until this day. From generations to generations, the Lunar New Year was kept the same and we did not change anything about it or how we celebrate it. But the Lunar New Year, it is not only celebrated in the Vietnamese culture. It is also celebrated in many other Asian cultures, such as Korea and China. Korea celebrates their New Year on the same day as the American New Year is celebrated. I can tell that the most well known and popular holidays in the Viet culture is the Lunar New Year. Vietnamese culture called Lunar New Year as Têt. “In the Vietnamese old cultural beliefs, families believe that their activities during Têt must involve happiness, joy, and good luck.” Many families would have to prepare themselves ahead of time. Others would tell their children to behave on the day or week to avoid bad luck for the whole entire year. Vietnamese family take this old beliefs very seriously because it helped and motivated us that we have good lucks by our side throughout the year. That is why even before the beginning of Têt, families must prepare by cleaning and even painting their home in anticipation of spring, settle old debts and disputes, and pledge to behave nicely and work hard in the New Year. People also traditionally buy new clothes to usher in the New Year. Family goes visit our ancestors, like going to temple to pray or grave. The night before the New Year, families perform a ritual where incense sticks are burned, inviting the spirits of their ancestors to join them in celebration. “This is also a time to bid farewell to the family's Kitchen God (Ong Tao), who then returns to heaven to report on the family's behavior in the past year to the Jade Emperor.” This old belief will continues to spread throughout the country to new generations and will never be forgotten. During a Korean New Year, family comes together to celebrate. Family does
For instance, their house had to be thoroughly cleaned. Trash was not allowed in the house this day in fear that the family would have trash in their life all year long. Traditionally, new red clothing was laid out for each person and had to be worn. Red envelopes placed under pillows contained an even amount of money. A feast prepared on New Year 's Eve was available on New Year 's Day. However, cooking was not allowed on the first day of the new year. Fu, the red Chinese symbol of luck, was placed upside down in their doorway to allow luck to flow into their home.
I like watching magic shows because it gives you a chance to see something new and incredible. It was always fun and amazing to watch people defy the world's laws. It was stated in a text of an article “At the end of 3 minutes, by which the audience was bursting for air...Houdini appeared dripping but triumphant.” This happened when Houdini basically started drowning himself, but still managed to survive. It amazes me that people can do such incredible things, all these amazingly insane things are the reason you get entertained by watching. That's why so many people come back to watch more tricks. The insanity of what these amazing magicians do blows your mind away. That why most people like watching magicians and escape artists escape from reality. That's why I, for one, like magic
New Years is an exciting holiday in many countries. It marks a new period of time with the pure and pristine beginning for individuals. Every country has a unique cultural celebration and specific traditions depending on where you live. However, there is a big difference between how Asian people and Western people celebrate New Year. The three most noticeable differences are in the preparation, travel and length of the holiday will be last.
Likewise, guidebooks rarely mention the Christmas and New Year's Eve fireworks. Taking advantage of Uruguay's lax rules about personal fireworks, people from all over town set them off at midnight. The result: 360 degrees of sound and color.
You personally have your favorite holiday here, but for the Chinese the Lunar New Year is hands down the most important festal to everyone.
A good way to ring in the Year of the Rooster is to play two amazing Chinese New Year slots. One is Chunjie from Endorphina and the other is Fire Rooster from Habanero. Both games have amazing Chinese themes and bonus features.
When my father came home and got down from his buggy and hitched the horse, the fire was still burning in the road beside the house. I went out to meet him. He handed me his shotgun and looked at the fire. "What 's this?" he asked.
As I had mentioned, Chinese New Year is the longest and most important festivity in the chinese Lunisolar Calendar. Ancient Chinese New Year is a reflection on how the people behaved and what they believed in the most. In the celebration of the Chinese New Year, people
Each year has an animal sign and the “New Year day [is known as the] division of two animals” (“Chinese Zodiac”).
Looking back at ancient civilization, fireworks, elaborate performances, or decorations had not been invented or developed. These rituals that are associated with the tradition today were added throughout the years. It was because of time that people started incorporating ideas that were added on along with the festival. Therefore you were lucky and fortunate to spend Chinese New Year with
The New Year is upon us once again, ready or not. This holiday seems to me the one that provokes the most thought and reflection, which is a good thing really. We all need to assess where we are in our journey of life and make adjustments. For the Christian, this is especially important. Ephesians 5:1-2 reminds us to "Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God." The past year has been a great learning year for me in the area of relationships. I 've learned a lot about myself, others, and especially about how much God loves ME! Some of what I learned was very disappointing as I saw so much selfishness in relationships. I know that I am guilty of it too sometimes, but I just recognized it more, and saw the repercussions many times. Those consequences are painful and the effects are trickle-down. It has made me really think about Love a lot more and how Love as God intended it to be should be evident in our lives ALWAYS, and not just when it 's convenient for us. God spoke to me about His Love through my dog, Tracker. Yep, this is the Tracker story that I 've been meaning to put out there. This isn 't exactly how I thought I 'd convey it to everyone but as time has passed and I think about it even more, I know without a doubt that the truth that God impressed upon me that night is what is most important about the story. Tracker is an