Is it me? Or has CNY lost it's meaning, and really lost all tradition. I was reading something online, and it said that traditionally people would write on paper with a "mo but" and y'know write "fai chun" to put on their doors, or things with actual meaning. Now? It's freaking printed. Is tradition still big in your household? Would you still plan to keep it alive for the next generation? If I asked you right now? What CNY was all about, would you know? Could you answer?
totally, with printed you can get it with lots of different colours and embossed with gold foil and whatnot
Whoa, I didn't know that people print it now. At home, my family still celebrate CNY traditionally. ^^
well, the printed materials are ... an improved version of CNY? That does not mean it has lost it's meaning or tradition. Tradition is still the things you still do during CNY; like decorations (printed or written), clean house, reunion dinners, etc.
of course as with all traditions they get diluted. So CNY becomes more like western new year for many young people, but the older generation are there to remind us of tradition
I know to a certain extent what Chinese New Year means, afterall I learned it in primary school back in Hong Kong. But for the hanging-writing thing, I sincerely think it's a shame to display my horrible chinese calligraphy, otherwise I would write it myself in ink. Serious. Plus, not many practice ink calligraphy nowadays -- that's why the printed ones are so popular -- since everyone got horrible looking handwriting! But I do agree that the tradition has slowly gave way to "a day to collect red pocket" instead of a day to celebrate.
It has lost its touch this year, just because I think it's starting to become another Christmas with all the items on sale in American stores. Though they are printed, that doesn't really matter, but I don't feel the hype like I used to.
Keepin' in touch wit the Asians my brother -coolio another sad thing i read.. hella pple dinning out now... I'll try to find article later.. but pple aint even eatin at homes.. in China as a matter of fact..
well, even if it's not as traditional like before, i feel like still looking forward to every new year holiday
Traditions evolve and grow. Its rules are flexible with interpretation and change. One needs to be flexible to survive.
Seeing as my almost all 28 of my cousins and their parents are in HK and I'm in Canada, it's hard for me to go over during CNY, especially since I'm in school. Too bad we don't get CNY off, cuz my parents told me in HK they got like 2 weeks off during CNY for the eithre traditional procedure, what w/ the food, veggie meal, eat leftovers from first day, etc.
Today all we care about is work not family any more... and also we are getting more westenize.. we are losing our culture..
