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2012: Welcoming the Year of the Dragon
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Written by David Kim, Writer
As the New Years season for the solar calendar has gone and past, we make way for the Lunar New Year, more widely known as Chinese New Year, taking place from January 22 – February 2.
This year, we will be celebrating the Year of the Dragon according to the Chinese Zodiac. The dragon symbolizes a year of success and fortune.
The majority of our student body at ERHS celebrating Lunar New Year is Asian American. Each ethnic group celebrates the same essentials during New Year. We pay respects to our elders and to our deceased ancestors and we receive envelopes that contain money as a gift.
We interviewed several students from ERHS about their own family’s special traditions during Lunar New Year.
Anna Xue: “[We make] massive amount of dumplings, like hundreds of them.”
Khiem Duong: “Vietnamese New Year is very similar to Chinese New Year, I think all Asian New Year are very similar.”
Dung Nguyen: “There are a bunch of superstitions [with New Year], like you can’t clean in any of the New Year days because it’s like getting rid of the good [fortune].”
With the New Year season drawing to a close, Asians abroad finish off the celebration with the Lantern Festival on February 2. Red lanterns are hung from all buildings and magnificent light shows can be seen throughout the streets, starting off the New Year with a flash.
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