Lions and Firecrackers and Kung fu, Oh My!

We are almost finished with the shows for Chinese New Year (CNY).  It’s hard to believe in 2 days we did over 30 performances.  I’m not sure why I am always surprised, because this has been our tradition… this is our culture.

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Lunar New Year

268. A Lunar New Year Hodgepodge

Celebrate the Year of the Tiger with us on our hodgepodge Lunar New Year episode. Oscar and I discuss Lunar New Year and our Wah Lum traditions. We also discuss how we are evolving as humans, covid19, drunk driving, philosophy, and resolutions.

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Chinese New Year

ICYMI: 218. Chinese New Year traditions and new year goal setting

The Year of the Rat is the first zodiac sign in the Chinese zodiac cycle. According to the Chinese zodiac story, in the competition held by the Jade Emperor to decide the zodiac animals, the quick-witted rat asked the diligent ox to take him on a ride to cross the river and jumped down before the ox crossed the finish line, so the rat won the race and became the first of the zodiac animals.

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Chinese New Year

97. Happy Chinese New Year of the Pig!

What does New Year mean to you? As I wrote in previous blogs, the New Year doesn’t start for me until Chinese New Year. Chinese, or Lunar New Year, is always filled with firecrackers, loud drums, kung fu, and lion dancing.

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53. Chinese New Year Wrap Up

Happy New Year!  After a week of celebrations, I am exhausted and happy to be finished with most of our shows.  This year, we welcomed the Year of the Dog.  While most of Asia takes a week long vacation for the Lunar New Year, Wah Lum works over time.   Oscar and I sit down to discuss the ins and outs of Chinese New Year celebrations, Wah Lum Style.  We recorded this episode on Facebook LIVE, so we apologize if we are jumping around a bit in this episode.  We enjoyed interacting with our audience as we answered listener questions and reacted to comments that were being posted throughout the podcast.

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