aetna aa wor ame en pet a Acme np Ne et cee Te

Ask these local youngsters abou
After hearing children’s librar

t Chinese New Year’s and you will orobably | learn a fot.

ian Gillian Campbell describe Chinese tradition, they sam-

e dragon masks In all sizes and shapes. +

pled candied fruit and then mad

Kids learn to celebrate —
New Year the Chinese way

Chitiese New Year: fireworks,

parties, : traditional games and
“ceremonies: —

— these kinds of vi-
‘sions come to mind — but they

. don't . materialize in Terrace.
~ Sun’ Nin, or Chinese - New

Year's, actually took place last
Monday — but it was no big af-

_ fair, If celebrated at all, it was'a
“private. occasion for local ~
families of Chinese heritage.

The same is true for many.

other cultural celebrations:

’“Chamishah. Asar bi-Shevat”’,
-the Jewish New Year of Trees, is

‘ celebrated around this time of
-the year but passes unnoticed.
_“Baisakhi’; New Year’s for our

East Indian population, takes
place on Apr. 13 but other than
a special church service it too
will pass.in silence. There. are
other celebrations as well that
parallel that of the Chinese.
Those from countries like Viet
Nam, Laos and Cambodia are
all of Chinese origin and share

-many similar customs. For the

Vietnamese it’s the ‘‘Lunar New
Year Tet Festival’’. Those from
Tibet call it ‘‘Losar”’ or *‘Sham-

-bala Day”’.

This is where the Terrace Li-

brary can make a difference.
‘Last Saturday, under the direc-
tion of. Gillian. Campbell, the
library hosted.a Chinese New
Year celebration for children
eight and-up and everyone en-
joyed a sampling of fortune
cookies, preserved fruits and
stories before creating some im-
aginative Chinese, masks.

At the same time, these chil-
dren learned some interesting
facts. Among the Chinese, New
Year is the most important get-
together of the year — a time to
ensure good luck for the future.
And this year, the year of the

snake, the New Year began on.

the first day of the second new
moon after the winter solstice —

a date which falls between Jan. _

31 and Feb. 20 every year and
traditionally begins a month-
long celebration that has been an
important part of the Chinese
“culture for centuries. In Canada,

the celebration has been shorten- .

ed to about a week,

Much of the celebration has
to do with good luck for the
coming year. Prior to the holi-
day, houses are swept and
cleaned and then these tools of

labor are put away and all

washing also ceases — sweeping
or. -washing- during the celebra-

tion is. considered unlucky be- | !
cause “good fortune may” ‘be ft

swept or washed away.
The color-red is’ ‘found every- --f-

where; evil spirits fear fire, loud

‘ noises, and the color red. New |
‘clothes are worn, old debts are
settled, -. past: quarrels are [é-
solved and a “lion dance’ is.

performed to the’ accompani-

ment of gongs, ‘cymbals and.
firecrackers. And the favorite ©

part for many, “‘Deng Shih’, a
candle-lit family feast at mid-

night called. ‘the Feast of the »

Full Moon‘, says farewell to the
old and greets the new.

This is the gateway to “Yuan-
Tan’ or New Yeat’s Day. The
evening is filled with . well

wishers greetings of, ‘Kung hey,
fah choy’’, or, “I wish you a ~

prosperous New Year’.

And throughout this evening
of merriment, the unleashed en-
ergy of boisterous children can
be heard for miles. It is believed

by the Chinese that the longer -

the children stay awake, the
longer the parents will live.

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