{"id":5161,"date":"2026-03-04T11:03:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T16:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/?p=5161"},"modified":"2026-04-07T23:21:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T03:21:44","slug":"chinese-classes-welcome-lunar-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/2026\/chinese-classes-welcome-lunar-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Classes Welcome Lunar New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Chinese Classes Welcome Lunar New Year \n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>2026 is the year of the Fire Horse in the Chinese Zodiac.&nbsp; It occurs only once every 60 years, and is believed to be a time of transformation, energy, and dynamic change.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In China, train stations are filled with crowds heading home to celebrate with family, brooms sweep bad luck out of houses, and, in the streets, dragons dance to bring good luck and wisdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here at Carleton, while somewhat less dramatic, our celebrations are no less heartfelt.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can hear the singing from the elevator.&nbsp; Members of our Chinese language classes, along with their friends, conversation partners, teaching assistants, and others are singing \u65b0\u5e74\u5feb\u4e50 (x\u012bn ni\u00e1n ku\u00e0i l\u00e8) under the direction of Mandarin Chinese instructor, Laura Luo.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2026\/04\/Chinese-01.png\" alt=\"Group of students and instructor singing.  All are holding orange sheets of paper.\" class=\"wp-image-5163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2026\/04\/Chinese-01.png 800w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2026\/04\/Chinese-01-512x198.png 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2026\/04\/Chinese-01-320x124.png 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2026\/04\/Chinese-01-768x298.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The room, SP 306, is heavily decorated.&nbsp; Student volunteers spent the afternoon preparing it.&nbsp; Rhyming couplets frame the doorway, red cardboard lanterns hang from the ceiling, and prosperity cats smile down from the walls.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The evening is well-attended by students from all levels of Chinese course along with the regulars from weekly Mah Jong marathons in the Language Learning Resource Centre.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Games of charades follow a welcome message from School Director Dr. Michael Rodgers as well as paper cutting activities, and a modified version of musical chairs that involves mini challenges like \u201cmiming eating stir fried noodles\u201d, \u201cwalk like a little kid\u201d, and \u201cdo a wall-sit for 2 minutes; the latter leaving some students in heaps on the floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2026\/03\/Chinese-Lunar-New-Year-1.jpg\" alt=\"Group of students gathered around the wall.  Max is doing a wall-sit.\" class=\"wp-image-5176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2026\/03\/Chinese-Lunar-New-Year-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2026\/03\/Chinese-Lunar-New-Year-1-512x177.jpg 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2026\/03\/Chinese-Lunar-New-Year-1-320x111.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Things become significantly more animated when the chopsticks relay begins and they don&#8217;t slow down when the Jianzi (\u6bfd\u5b50), a Chinese version of hacky sack involving a feathered shuttlecock, is introduced.\u00a0 Celebrations continue late into the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"cu-section cu-section--white w-screen ml-offset-center px-4 md:px-6 lg:px-12\"><div class=\"cu-max-w-child-5xl space-y-6 md:space-y-10   cu-prose-first-last\"><figure class=\"cu-figure not-prose  max-w-full\"><div class=\"not-prose overflow-hidden bg-white shadow-lg max-w-full rounded-none\"><div class=\"relative none overflow-hidden w-full pb-[56.25%] border border-cu-black-100\"><iframe id=\"kmsembed-1_nivdbnuw\" title=\"Videos Embed\" src=\"https:\/\/mediaspace.carleton.ca\/embed\/secure\/iframe\/entryId\/1_nivdbnuw\/uiConfId\/36153741\/st\/0\" class=\"cu-embed-iframe\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay *; fullscreen *; encrypted-media *\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" sandbox=\"allow-downloads allow-forms allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation allow-pointer-lock allow-popups allow-modals allow-orientation-lock allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-presentation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Many thanks to Mandarin Chinese instructors Laura Luo and Bin Li for organizing the event along with contributions from their enthusiastic students, teaching assistant Maggie Zheng, and many others.&nbsp; Their commitment to learning, engaging with, and celebrating Chinese culture was obvious and led to an enjoyable joy-filled evening for everyone.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And, as the wall banner says, \u201c10,000 auspicious good lucks coming from the east!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can hear the singing from the elevator.  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