It's important to me that this major Asian holiday (equivalent to our Thanksgiving) is naturally apart of our year, but I have struggled with integrating Chinese New Year into our lives with ease. We've tried several different approaches and events, but just haven't found anything that fits us and our values with any satisfaction.
Ring the bells! I think we've found 'our thing' for Chinese New Year!
Isaac was ENTHRALLED and could not sign "more" fast enough!
We spent nearly 4 hours watching performances and demonstrations, making crafts, eating food, practicing calligraphy and squeezing through the sea of people who were all enjoying things we were.
I learned so many new things! Did you know there are FIVE different types of calligraphy? Including equivalents of our script and cursive? There are also Asian aboriginal tribes in Taiwan? There was an aboriginal dance performance that seemed to me to be a lovely blend of Hawaiian and Native American dances.
And then the Kung Fu demonstrations started...Isaac has had a life altering experience! I so wish I was able to capture the look on my boy's face. Pure ecstasy. In a couple more years, lessons may be in our life.
So, this start of the 'new' year, we celebrate with our Chinese friends and neighbors the wonderful culture and people that gave me my son. As they celebrate the Year of the Dog (loyalty and sincerity), we thank our Faithful and True God that there will be a day when ALL tribes and nations will worship TOGETHER at our Father's throne. Oh, what a day that will be!
