Message from @kaetaa
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I prefer to focus on myself for now and sort that out later
Problem: chink is unhappy that she can't visit her family for CNY because she has exams. Should I:
a) surprise her with taking her to a Chinese social event nearby that has some weird concerts on CNY night, one of the singer is even Taiwanese
b) invite some of her chink friends who can't go back either, to our home, cook altogether and have a CNY stlye dinner here
or another suggestion?
give her a red packet
yes that, too
chink should be happy with money
that's all you need
I have a few Taiwan dollar left from last holiday and I will give it to her with some of those weird envelopes from the China shop
b + red packet
do taiwan celebrate chinese new year?
who else celebrate chinese new year except chinks
Korea
if you mean the lunar new year, then I think viets celebrate it too
thank you for the input
I will invite her friends + red packet
So for mainland Chinese New year traditions there aren't many. Pop fireworks, eat a lot of food, give money to kids in red envelopes
Invite people over to eat. Watch the new years gala on Chinese tv (there are online live streams)
You pretty much spend a whole week never leaving home. Stock up on food before hand
Put up a bunch of red shit outside your front door
Stuff that says lucky and money etc.
Boom chinese new year
ye but if you put it like that, that's every holiday
>christmas: pop fireworks, eat a lot of food, give money to kids
@kaetaa you can replace Chinese New Year with Christmas and fine-tune it a little bit and it would work, too
It’s pretty funny actually
See Christmas is basically a party because it might be the last time you see parents/grandparents before the real cold sets in
And it was a historic time for them to die
China does it later in the year because they wouldn’t have to feed those people in a feast
That got grim pretty fast
they rather celebrate that the old people are halfway through the critical time
Yeah there's not much cultural stuff with Chinese New year, it's just a standard holiday to see family.
But they go all out
It's the time of year to impress your family
To show how much money you made
So buy the extra fancy food not because it tastes good but because it's expensive
So ironically I had some of the worse food ever during CNY last year because people will buy the most expensive stuff, so the people selling really cheap shit will put it in a nice box and sell it for loads
Again, I understand I'm explaining most products, but it's especially bad during CNY
Why are Chinese girls so good @porco
theyre not really lol
not most of them, at least