It was Chinese New Year last weekend, which is always a fun celebration in Melbourne. This year, our neighbourhood hosted some amazing festivities during the day, which was super convenient for us. There were delicious Asian food trucks, a stage for various musical performances, a few traditional lion dances, and of course - the return of the huge light-up dragon.
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| CNY in the Docklands |
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| yummy tofu banh mi |
We also celebrated the holiday by keeping some of our personal Lunar New Year traditions, based on traditional Chinese customs:
- Cleaning the house before the new year: typically done to "sweep away evil spirits" and such, I like doing it because it's actually a super useful post-winter-holiday tradition (aka: last chance to get rid of the Christmas tree!).
- Remembering our "ancestors:" we're not into ancestor-worship, but it's a nice opportunity for us to share stories of loved ones who have passed away. I think this will be a great way to preserve memories for our future children, of the family and friends they won't get to meet in person, but are still very important to us.
- Wearing red, the celebratory colour of the Chinese: also a way to "scare away evil spirits and bad fortune," because why not? This is especially useful during years when CNY lines up near Valentine's Day.
CK
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