Year of The Tiger

Eminence Organic Chocolate and Roses Facial $98

Monday-Friday 9am-5pm

Saturday, Sunday and Holidays – Closed 109-2673 Beverly St., Duncan (Thrifty’s Plaza) 250 748-2056 I www.soulescape.ca

Sustainably Harvested Seafood

from Michelle Rose CSF

Michelle Rose Community Supported Fishery www.michellerosecsf.com Year of The Tiger

Chinese Spring Festival is the most important traditional holiday in China .This coming year is the year of the Tiger in the Chinese zodiac.

In China, people have so many traditional activities to celebrate for Spring Festival— Dragons dance, Lions dance,Yangko dance,Singing Opera, Wall on stilts, Shadow play....

Every family is very busy preparing for the New Year— delicious food, clean house, ancestor worship, writing New Year scrolls and pastel on two sides of the doors, writing happiness, love, good luck, joy, good hope, wealth are all the best wishes on the scrolls with the lucky big red paper. people also hang up the beautiful and bright lanterns.

Family together for dinner is the most wonderful moment. To enjoy the dumplings and noodle and lots of other delicious food offered at this important moment, it is sharing unity, love, care, joy, laughter and thanks.

Fireworks celebrate the new year’s first moment, with traditional and fantasy fireworks sounds at the same time; you can see the earth awake with passion .

The elders put some lucky money in red bags for children in the new year’s first day. Children keep those for good luck and love.

People, especially children, wear their new clothes (usually red color ) for a lucky walk outside. People say happy new year and good wishes to each other when they meet.

Happy New Year to everyone.

Weiyang Li grew up in southern China and feels lucky to start her Canadian journey in Duncan with her daughter Abigail.