Do you celebrate Chinese New Year? Our oldest daughter has been teaching in Shanghai for the past several years. She’s sent us some pretty cool gifts and along the way we’ve gotten to learn a bit about Chinese traditions. One such tradition is to give money in red envelopes to friends, family and co-workers when you see them during the Chinese…
I woke up to this text message from our oldest daughter who is teaching in Shanghai: Xin nian kuai le! Gong xi fa cai! Happy Chinese New Year! So I’m passing those wishes on to all of you. Let’s hope that The Year of the Wooden Goat is as prosperous for us all as it is predicted to be! …
Our oldest daughter, the one who is teaching in Shanghai, sent these pretty paper cutouts to hang on our doors for Chinese New Year. The top one is for the Year of the Horse, which begins today. And the bottom one with the fish is hung to bring prosperity. Our daughter shared this explanation with us: “Fish are a sign…