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Celebratory Travels - Lunar New Year

HannahChu777 December 7th, 2020

Ladies and gentlemen on 7 Cups Airlines, we will be landing shortly. The Local time is 3:00 pm and the temperature is 10 degrees Celsius. For your safety and comfort, please remain seated with your seat belt fastened until the Captain turns off the Fasten Seat Belt sign.

During this time, I will give a brief introduction.

Welcome, everybody! I am your host, Hannah and my job today is to pick up on this leg of our Celebratory Travels holiday tour! Today we'll be making a brief stop at the Lunar New Year celebration!

Lunar New Year is an inclusive new year for all East Asian countries and is most commonly known as Chinese New Year. But, it actually represents the unique forms of Lunar New Year specific to each East Asian country such as Chinese: Chunjie, Vietnamese: Tet, Korean: Solnal, Tibetan: Losar. The name comes from the fact that it begins with the first new moon and ends on the first full moon or 15 days later and is also known as the Spring Festival. It’s still very wintry, but the holiday marks the end of the coldest days. People welcome spring and what it brings along: planting, new beginnings, and fresh starts.

According to the Solar calendar, the moon's random activity means it happens on a different date each year. You can always count on it always falling sometime between January 21 and February 20.

This year it will be on February 12, 2021!

🏮 Each culture has its own unique twist but some traditions that they share are burning fake paper money and printed gold bars in honor of their deceased loved ones. We believe the offerings will bring fortune and good luck to our ancestors in the afterlife.

🧧Children also get red packets or envelopes filled with money from their elders. The color red is associated with energy, happiness and good luck and a little fortune certainly can help with that.

🏮 Similar to how Western horoscopes have 12 zodiacs, one for each month, there are 12 Asian zodiacs as well, but the animal is for the entire year.

2021 is the Year of the Ox. What's yours?

Your animal can decide your career, health, and relationship success.

🎆Finally, we end with a Lantern festival full of dances, parades, and of course, fireworks on the last night. Some examples of dances in the pictures below include Thailand's lion dance and Korea's folk Buchaechum or folk fan dance. Look how colorful and festive! Just like Spring!


Now it's your turn! Tell me:

🧧Have you celebrated Lunar New Year before? If you have, what were some of the traditions you included (including any I didn't mention!)

🧧Looking at the chart above, what's your zodiac sign?

🧧 Are there any aspects of the Lunar New Year that are similar to celebrations you have been part of in the past?

🧧 This event could not have been possible without the amazing YPOC, GS, and R&F teams! If you're not already, go visit these subcommunities (click on the names!) and join them to be notified about more events!

Thank you for joining me for this celebration! Hop aboard 7Cups Airlines and we'll take you to our next stop!

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hopedreamlove December 7th, 2020

@HannahChu777 Hannahhhhh this is such a beautiful, informative post!! You did an amazing job!

🧧Have you celebrated Lunar New Year before? If you have, what were some of the traditions you included (including any I didn't mention!)

I have not, however I hope to celebrate Lunar New Year one day! The Lantern Festival sounds amazing!

🧧 Are there any aspects of the Lunar New Year that are similar to celebrations you have been part of in the past?

Well Bengali New Years has some similarities to Lunar New Years, although the main one I can think of at the moment is red is associated with good things; we wear red on this holiday!

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HannahChu777 OP December 8th, 2020

@hopedreamlove

Thank you so much for letting me do this Hope, it was so much fun!

That's so cool to hear that red is considered lucky in other cultures! I guess red's that magic color hehe. When covid's over you gotta check out the Lantern Festival, it's even terrier in real life. For now, I hope you enjoyed your time on the 7 Cups tour :)

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Actuallynobody017 December 7th, 2020

Thank you for the wonderful post. I came to know a lot about Lunar New year.

We do not celebrate Lunar New year but I'l like to be a part of it oneday.

My zodiac comes out as 🐒

Lunar New year looks quite unique and I would love to be a part of . The food and celebrations look very nice. We celebrate our own new year too and with lots of wishes to everyone.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

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HannahChu777 OP December 8th, 2020

@Actuallynobody017

That's so cool! My zodiac is a goat hehe. If you don't mind me asking, what's your version of a new year look like? :)

Happy Holidays and thank you for sharing!

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Actuallynobody017 December 9th, 2020

@HannahChu777

We wish people generally and give greeting cards. We go to houses to wish people and welcome them over with sweets or dinner. Last year we hosted a family for dinner. It is generally celebrated with some cultural dance and music performance in a society but it depends . We in my family keep it subtle to wishes and gifts and calling people on the phone. It is celebrated on the day but we tend to wish them until the next 2 weeks or so just like any other new year.

Happy new year to you in advance.🎉🎆

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HannahChu777 OP December 9th, 2020

@Actuallynobody017

Ohh i see, it sounds like a very welcoming atmosphere and I can see how minimalism is the way to go and enhances its heartwarming quality. Thank you for your kind wishes and Happy new year to you as well! 🎆

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Flornhope December 8th, 2020

🧧Have you celebrated Lunar New Year before? If you have, what were some of the traditions you included (including any I didn't mention!)

I have not.

🧧Looking at the chart above, what's your zodiac sign?

Looks like a tiger.

🧧 Are there any aspects of the Lunar New Year that are similar to celebrations you have been part of in the past?

No not really. I'm a bit of a odd person I don't celebrate much of anything.

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HannahChu777 OP December 8th, 2020

@Flornhope

Ooh the tiger year will be approaching very soon! 2022 to be exact. A zodiac sign of a tiger means you love to challenge yourself. I'm a goat hehe. Even though you don't celebrate, I really appreciate you checking out this post and reading about another culture. Thank you for sharing :)

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azuladragon34 December 22nd, 2020

@HannahChu777

🧧Have you celebrated Lunar New Year before? If you have, what were some of the traditions you included (including any I didn't mention!): No, I don't celebrate Lunar New Year

🧧Looking at the chart above, what's your zodiac sign?: Dog

🧧 Are there any aspects of the Lunar New Year that are similar to celebrations you have been part of in the past?: No

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HannahChu777 OP December 24th, 2020

@azuladragon34

ooh that's so cool that you're a dog! take with a grain of salt: the zodiac says that dogs are loyal and honest :)

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