After the New Year, there are obviously more Chinese elements in the United States. Princeton's Chinese school is holding activities in the library again, and the two grandsons have a beautiful play.
There will be red lanterns hung on the spot, there will be lion dance performances, and you can also write Spring Festival couplets on the spot. There are several large bowls with different shapes of candy on a long table, which can be eaten with chopsticks. Chinese folk music erhu, pipa, and sometimes also played. The old man played with empty bamboo in the domestic park, and the grandson had an addiction for the first time.
Over the years, I have been running on both sides of the ocean, and I have truly experienced more and more overseas Chinese elements. First of all, there are a lot of Chinese, and people who can meet Chinese faces everywhere they go are really not lonely at the end of the world. As for the Chinese community like Flushing in New York, it is no different from the old town of Nanchang, and even the ** labels on the stalls are written in Chinese characters. Princeton has a dedicated Chinese school, and even in elementary school, there are Chinese classes. Like my grandson is in preschool at Morris Hawk Elementary School. It's not easy to get there, and immersive Chinese learning is the biggest highlight. I have taught my grandson some Chinese characters, and I am now very praised by my teachers.
There are many festivals in the United States, some of them will have holidays, some will not, they just engage in activities, some of which are traditional Chinese festivals, such as the Spring Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival. The grandson is the protagonist in the kindergarten activities, because he is a Chinese face. The daughter-in-law was also called to introduce how to eat mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Some foreigner children also specially asked the teacher for leave, saying that they wore red clothes at home, and the whole family wore them, and they celebrated the New Year of Chinese.
The world is like this, when a country is strong, its culture and customs will spill over, it will spread far and wide, and outsiders will be willing to learn and imitate. I think that in a few years, over time, there will be more and more Chinese elements around the world, and people will be able to speak Chinese conveniently, just like English now; Chinese festivals will be the trendy, such as Thanksgiving and Christmas; It will be fashionable to dress up in Chinese, just like jeans that can be seen everywhere. Our border fence will also be set high to prevent a large number of foreigners from smuggling, just like the U.S.-Mexico border.
Feng Shui takes turns, as long as you bury your head and work hard and don't toss, who says that this day will be far away?
2024.02.05 Nanchang.