HAPPY NEW YEAR
Two campus groups rang in
the Year of the Rooster with
celebrations this weekend
BY ROBERT X. FOGARTY
DAILY EMERALD FREELANCE REPORTER
Li Tsui remembers waking with
money underneath her pillow. It
wasn’t the tooth fairy, but some
thing equally delightful; the Chi
nese New Year had finally arrived.
Until she was about 10, Tsui, now
56 and the manager of China Blue
Restaurant, said that on the first day
of the new year, older relatives filled
a red envelope with money
and placed it underneath her
pillow. The good-luck tradition
is called hong buo, and the en
velopes’ contents are often called
“lucky money.” Tsui’s son, Todd,
“got $200 for Chinese New Year,”
but nothing under his pillow, she
said with a grin.
The Chinese Students and Schol
ars Association and the Chinese Stu
dent Association hosted Chinese
New Year events and cultural cele
brations for University students and
Eugene residents this weekend.
More than 300 attended the CSA’s
Sunday night presentation of China
Night in the EMU Ballroom.
Each event included Chinese food
prepared by members of the respec
tive organizations, and Chinese lion
dancing, a typical New Year’s
dance. Members of the CSA per
formed a play about the struggles of
1930s Chinese immigrants to San
Francisco. The CSSA event’s Tai Chi
performance, solo songs, group
songs, group dancing and instru
mental music all garnered applause
from the 250 people in attendance
at the Emerald Baptist Church
on Saturday.
The Chinese New Year, also
called the “Chinese Spring Celebra
tion,” runs according to the Chinese
lunar calendar, and its popularity ri
vals Christmas in Western culture.
This year is the Year of the Rooster.
CSSA Activity Coordinator Yan
Guo, born in 1981, another year of
the rooster, said the rooster symbol
izes intelligence — but he quickly
cautioned people in his lunar year
to act carefully.
“When you are in your own year,
Nicole Barker | Photographer
The Chinese
American
Benevolent
Association
Chinese Lion Dance
Troop performs the
traditional Chinese
New Year lion's
dance at China
Night on Sunday in
the EMU Ballroom.
you should do all your actions with
caution, because it’s very danger
ous, and it’s very easy for you to
screw everything up,” Guo said.
Guo said the Chinese New Year is
a time when families unite and cele
brate; for Chinese students in
the United States, it means a big
phone bill.
“The most important thing is that
we talk to our family by phone or
Internet,” Guo said. “We talk a lot,
because it is very important to re
port your status to your parents or
to your original family.” Guo spoke
to his family for an average of three
hours a day last week, he said.
CSA Program Coordinator Alex
Wang highlighted China Night’s
usefulness for Asian students at
the University.
“It’s just a chance to spread the
Chinese culture. It lets the Eugene
community have an experience of
how we celebrate in Asia, and also
to bring together the Asian students
and give them a feeling of home,”
he said.
The acting, dancing, singing and
eating at CSA’s China Night and
CSSA’s Spring Celebration disposed
of some longing, if only for
two nights.
“It brought me a lot of memories
about my country. I feel very close
to home,” Eugene resident Shu
Ramos-Weng said. Ramos-Weng,
originally from Thailand, has lived
in the United States for about
12 years, and her four-year-old
daughter, Mia, performed in the
CSSA’s finale.
“This is a traditional spring
festival,” graduate student Yupeng
Kong said. Kong’s solo during
the CSSA show drew cheers. As
he clutched the microphone,
his forehead creased slightly
with concentration.
“It’s my responsibility to add to
the festive atmosphere,” he said,
adding that he practiced with a
compact disc and in the shower, al
though he confessed his anxiety did
not disappear.
“My major is not singing; my
major is physics,” he said.
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