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Posted in Ancient Coins on 09/26/2011 10:14 pm by admin
Chinese New Year Festival As Seen In The United States
The Chinese New Year celebration in San Francisco Chinatown and other Chinese American communities should not be interpreted as direct transplants of Chinese culture.
Due to differences in their social environment and physical limitations, these local celebrations have developed special characteristics of their own. Along with old customs imported directly from China, the Chinatown celebrations also contain adaptations from other cultures in the United States.
Traditional vs. Modern
The first point to be noticed in comparing the Chinatown celebrations of today to that described in the proceeding section is that they have been shortened or simplified.
Chinese American stores in this country do not close for a week to celebrate, nor is likely that a Chinese American could take two weeks off from work.
Therefore, many of the festivities have been adapted for the evenings or the weekends. This includes the social visits, the family dinners, and even the Chinatown parade, which is always held on a Saturday.
In many Chinese American homes, the annual housecleaning is still done at New Year’s time. Spring Couplets can be seen in Chinatown stores everywhere, but these are now bought from the Chinese Hospital as a fundraising effort – an interesting variation on an old Chinese custom.
In addition to the Spring Couplets, the Chinatown lion dances have also been promoted as a fundraising event for the Chinese Hospital. In the earlier days of Chinatown, lion dances were relatively rare.
In the 1920′s, a fundraising program was started whereby lion dancers would go from store to store to dance and wish them luck. In return, storekeepers would give Lai-see packets which were donated to the Chinese Hospital.
Family Associations
Some Chinatown festivities also reflect the earlier history of Chinese Americans. Prior to the present generation, the Chinese American community was essentially a bachelor society. Restrictive immigration laws had made it extremely difficult for Chinese families to emigrate to the United States. As a result, most Chinese Americans in the past were not able to hold family dinners at New Year’s time.
In place of the family banquets, Chinatown developed a unique tradition of Spring Banquets hosted by the “family associations” in certain Chinese restaurants. These Spring Banquets, originally developed to take the place of family dinners, are still held today, even though Chinatown is no longer a society of single men.
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