So, it's recommended in the adoption world to celebrate the culture you are adopting your child from. I love this idea and I find the Chinese culture fascinating even though I don't know much about it. We decided to start with the Chinese New Year and although we don't have our daughter yet, this was a wonderful time to immerse ourselves in a little bit of Chinese culture and join in this celebration!
The Chinese New Year marks the turn of the Chinese calendar (Lunar) and is also known as the Spring Festival. Customs and traditions circling this holiday include festivals, food, gift exchanges/ red envelopes, fireworks, music and the Dragon Dance! The dragon is a symbol in China that represents good luck.
So tonight we ordered Chinese (I plan to master Chinese food but tonight I needed easy), made dragon masks, crafted homemade fortune cookies, practiced using chopsticks, watched Dragon Dance videos and listened to Jake tell us about his trip to China in 2010. It was a wonderful evening, we all really enjoyed learning about the culture and talking about the country our daughter is born in.
What a great idea. Sharing this blog will help all your long distance relatives (me!) fell like part of the journey. Look forward to reading your next post!
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