From the child very early age, every New Year's Eve night, Mr. Zhou will be quietly stuffed into a red envelope under the pillow the child, the child is excited, woke up the next morning, the first thing always to dig a red envelope under the pillow. Zhou said that the children lucky money at least
studying in the U.S. after graduation to work in New York, Jesse (Jessie), Miss, has not returned to China three years, and this arrangement back in the New Year, good friends and family good to get together.
to go home and New Year, Jesse began two months before the Spring Festival planning, booking air tickets, buy gifts. Jesse carefully prepared to give everyone a gift: the gift of the parents are European and American brand coat, a gift grandmother UGG is a pair of warm slippers and cotton scarves, perfume gift aunt, cousin brought her back a pair of Nike shoes. These gifts spent a total of $ 2,000, each is carefully selected, contains a deep affection.
auspiciousness in this life but also in the red pants on
Last year, Ms. Chen gave birth to a lovely girl, is the baby for the first time this year, the Spring Festival, not to mention that Dayton Ms Chan's grandfathers and grandmothers are the first generation Chinese immigrants, Chinese American children are born, the elders remember that every traditional festival in China, while the younger generation are all over the U.S. holiday. But no matter how different generations, there is sure to have two festivals, one for the U.S. Thanksgiving, one is Chinese New Year, the two holidays are happy days, so the most attention. Ms Chan said, we fear the elders worked hard, the proposed New Year's Eve to the restaurant to eat, but elderly people insist on eating at home. This fusion of Dayton hearty dinner around the flavor of each dish in addition to delicious, more importantly, there is a good moral. For example, the fish symbolizes
Ms. Chen is an interesting combination: she herself came from southern China, her husband was born and raised in the United States, father native of Shanghai. Every New Year's Eve, father always do family dinner table, a total of ten dishes, take a Although the family lived for many years in the United States, but this tradition has been preserved. No matter how busy, always take all the children of elderly people called around, we sat to have dinner together.
New Year's Eve night, a bunch of relatives will go to Mr. Chow to eat dinner at home. Chow although the Northeast, but the wife is a southerner, so the New Year in their home north-south flavor fusion dishes, but be sure that ultimately the traditional sauerkraut stew vermicelli Dongbei. Zhou came to the U.S. more than ten years, still retains some of the traditional Chinese New Year customs, for example, before the knock heads in the ancestral portrait, the children lucky money, kids to see Chinese New Year parade, fireworks and so on.
Chow the Northeast, a child born in the U.S.. Spring Festival each year, Chow gave the child some money, buy new clothes, children 12 years old this year is the year, which Mr. Zhou specifically in accordance with Chinese traditions and customs to the children to buy a red pants, Geely,
the first day, son and daughter at his parents home New Year, Ms. Chan bought specifically for the baby costume, red jacket, Little Red Riding Hood, ready to dress up the baby, so that elderly people met with favor . In addition, Ms. Chen to the elders and children are prepared envelopes to the children of brothers and sisters, husbands, everyone has some money, and elderly people will give their grandchildren each a red envelope.
Jesse's cousin, also in the U.S. study is said to go back to the Spring Festival this year. Jesse said that his cousin be prepared to spend $ 1,000 to participate with their parents Xin Matai (Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand) tours. In addition to family reunion, Jesse would like to go back and look at changes in the country, after all, not been back for 3 years, China should occur a lot of new. Miss Jessie asked, ready to bring anything back? She said not ready yet, New York was everything, maybe it'll take a family portrait.
students back home want to spend more time with their parents
supermarket, Chinese New Year are busy purchasing. (United States, (United States, A grand Chinese New Year, no less than the Western Christmas. Overseas Chinese New Year, way different. Many students choose to return the New Year; the older generation of Chinese children were able to go home looking forward to eating a dinner; Chinese parents give children red envelopes, with children watching the parade, fireworks ... ...
Jesse Changsha, Hunan, Changsha New Year's custom is spicy hot pot, in order to save trouble, usually a large group of people to the restaurant for dinner. New Year's Eve night, Jesse reunion dinner at home at least 20 participants, including uncles, aunts, uncles, cousins and so on. Jesse is the only child, very little time with them over the past few years, this time she had a wish, that is, spend more time with the elderly. She was ready to travel with their parents, given the Chinese Spring Festival traffic peak, she chose to compare home hot springs near Zhangjiajie.
called the children around the family dinner table to do
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