Comments on: Gongxi Gongxi! http://american-family.org/2006/01/29/gongxi-gongxi/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:57:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jody http://american-family.org/2006/01/29/gongxi-gongxi/comment-page-1/#comment-1513 Jody Wed, 01 Feb 2006 14:24:12 +0000 http://american-family.org/?p=445#comment-1513 Happy New Year! There was a lion dance at my brother and sister-in-law's wedding (also a singer and dancer performing music in Chinese, and a ten-course banquet, and some other stuff I was too muddled by kids to notice) and both the bride and groom had lettuces on their laps before the dragon dance started. Very funny exchange between husband and I, who were sitting with the kids (big mistake that, they were three and completely freaked out when the dragon dance started) right next to the bride and groom: Husband: why are [brother] and [sister-in-law] holding cabbages? Me: Actually, I think they're lettuce. [beat] Husband, completely deadpan: Why are [brother] and [sister-in-law] holding lettuces? So we came home and found a few sites that explained it, including: http://www.chcp.org/lion.html Turns out, apparently, it's the typical way that folks pay the lion dance troupe. Go figure. Happy New Year! Happy New Year!

There was a lion dance at my brother and sister-in-law’s wedding (also a singer and dancer performing music in Chinese, and a ten-course banquet, and some other stuff I was too muddled by kids to notice) and both the bride and groom had lettuces on their laps before the dragon dance started. Very funny exchange between husband and I, who were sitting with the kids (big mistake that, they were three and completely freaked out when the dragon dance started) right next to the bride and groom:

Husband: why are [brother] and [sister-in-law] holding cabbages?
Me: Actually, I think they’re lettuce.
[beat]
Husband, completely deadpan: Why are [brother] and [sister-in-law] holding lettuces?

So we came home and found a few sites that explained it, including: http://www.chcp.org/lion.html

Turns out, apparently, it’s the typical way that folks pay the lion dance troupe. Go figure.

Happy New Year!

]]> By: Sarah Wu http://american-family.org/2006/01/29/gongxi-gongxi/comment-page-1/#comment-1512 Sarah Wu Wed, 01 Feb 2006 03:52:46 +0000 http://american-family.org/?p=445#comment-1512 My Chinese-American MIL is quite a trip so I can relate! It sounds like you've got some great coping techniques though! :) My Chinese-American MIL is quite a trip so I can relate! It sounds like you’ve got some great coping techniques though! :)

]]> By: sweetisu http://american-family.org/2006/01/29/gongxi-gongxi/comment-page-1/#comment-1511 sweetisu Tue, 31 Jan 2006 05:14:30 +0000 http://american-family.org/?p=445#comment-1511 Can't confirm if this hongbao tradition exists for all Chinese. However sons (and daughters) in our family have to give money to the parents on their birthdays and New Years. Can’t confirm if this hongbao tradition exists for all Chinese. However sons (and daughters) in our family have to give money to the parents on their birthdays and New Years.

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