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Great Success: Chinese New Year Celebration Party
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Date: Febuary 5, 2005. Location: UMC in CU Boulder.
Daily Camera News Coverage on Sunday, February 06, 2005, Section 9A.
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http://www.dailycamera.com/bdc/county_news/article/0,1713,BDC_2423_3527350,00.html
Here is the text from the Daily Camery:
Ringing in the Chinese 'Year of the Rooster'
Bohua Chinese School hosts New Year's celebration
By Eric Bontrager, For the Camera
February 6, 2005
For most Americans, New Year's celebrations typically involve
staying up late, Dick Clark and free-flowing champagne.
But in the Chinese culture, it is a time for a major family reunion
and a celebration of the coming spring.
More than 300 people gathered at the Glenn Miller Ballroom on the
University of Colorado campus Saturday to celebrate the Chinese New
Year. The event was a festive affair, complete with dancing, singing
and even some comedy, all to celebrate the beginning of the Year of
the Rooster.
The Chinese New Year is based on a lunar calendar and falls on a
different day every year. Each year is named for a different animal.
This is the Year of the Monkey, but when the new year officially
starts Wednesday, it will become the Year of the Rooster.
"It's the most important day in Chinese culture," said Yuanfu Xie,
who first came to Boulder from China to go to CU in 1987. Xie has
two children and said celebrating the holiday is important because
it allows his children and others to connect with their culture even
while they live in the United States.
This was also the reason for forming the Bohua Chinese School in
1995, which teaches the Chinese language, martial arts and dance
programs designed to nurture interest in Chinese culture.
The school also serves American families who have adopted Chinese
children and those who are interested in the Chinese culture.
Shawn Yu, the principal of Bohua, said the celebration gives
students an opportunity to demonstrate the things they have learned
in their classes.
"We have so many people do this because they want to. Our students
have this passion to show off their talents," Yu said.
The Chinese Student and Scholar Association of CU hosted their own
celebration later Saturday evening.