Wishing everyone a Happy Chinese New Year coming 22nd January 2023!
For anyone who isn't celebrating, I would encourage you to visit your nearest local Chinatown to enjoy and participate the festivities.
新年快乐 , 萬事如意
"There are five possible operations for any army. If you can fight, fight; if you cannot fight, defend; if you cannot defend, flee; if you cannot flee, surrender; if you cannot surrender, die. " Sima Yi
Thank you for the warm wishes! Chinese New Year is my least favourite public holiday and festival due to all the cumbersome traditions and practices. I would usually try my best to do the minimal number of house visits required and I never like giving out red packets to kids/unmarried adults that I hardly met for the whole year, year on year. Just felt kind of fake.
This year would be worse because I need to abstain from all my favourite Chinese New Year goodies due to my ongoing weight loss regime. I hope my aunt-in-law cooks her special mutton curry when I go visit her this Sunday, probably the only thing I can look forward to. Wish me luck!
I can totally relate to the house visits and giving away red packets! For me I escaped several times by going out to the cinema or anywhere else but not home. The only timing which we can't escape is during lunch and dinners.
"There are five possible operations for any army. If you can fight, fight; if you cannot fight, defend; if you cannot defend, flee; if you cannot flee, surrender; if you cannot surrender, die. " Sima Yi
Happy Chinese New Year, I hope you all uhh... do something. I guess.
以其言非吾言者,是猶以卵投石也,盡天下之卵,其石猶是也,不可毀也。
To refute my principle with one's own principle is like throwing an egg against a boulder. The eggs in the world would be exhausted without doing any harm to the boulder.
Have a question about a book or academic article before you buy it? Maybe I have it!
Check out my library here for a list of Chinese history resources I have on hand and my tumblr to see if I have reviewed it!
Hope everyone is having a most excellent Spring Festival! Looking forward to the tangyuan myself...
Some more blood, Chekov. The needle won't hurt, Chekov. Take off your shirt, Chekov. Roll over, Chekov. Breathe deeply, Chekov. Blood sample, Chekov! Marrow sample, Chekov! Skin sample, Chekov! If I live long enough... I'm going to run out of samples.