The Mail-Journal, Volume 21, Number 3, Milford, Kosciusko County, 1 February 1984 — Page 19

Happy New Year ... 1984 ar 4682?

BY DEE JAYNES Staff Writer Depending on which calendar you’re using, the year is 1984, or it is the Year of the Monkey . .. 4682. According to the Chinese calendar, the new year officially begins on Thursday, Feb. 2, and will be celebrated by millions of people throughout Asia. ' The Chinese Nevy Year’s celebration was founded on belief in a traditional legend. The Chinese people believed that in ancient times one of their gods became angry with the people of the world and asked the Jade Emperor in heaven to destroy the world. According to the legend, when the other gods heard of this, they quickly sped to heaven to ask mercy for humanity and to urge the gods to visit earth, and judge the people for themselves. Thinking that they were doomed, the people of the earth stopped all their work and began a great feast and celebration which lasted for nearly a month until they were sure the gods interception had been successful and the earth was safe from destruction. This began the yearly celebration of the New Year, or Spring Festival. The New Year celebration may vary from one part of China to another, according to John Wong, Warsaw, and Yang Xi, talented violinist and Grace College student. The people living in the rural villages of the north tend to commemorate the New Year with a more traditional celebration, complete with dragon parades and pilgrimages to Buddhist shrines. In larger cities, such as Canton and Peking, the people usually restrict their celebrations to

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family gatherings for dinner and reflection. John Wong, a native of Canton, recalled the New Year celebrations of his youth as being a time for a new outfit of clothes and a good luck red envelope of money. ‘‘Of course,” he said, “I have lived in the United States for 30 years. Things have changed very much since I lived in China.” Mr. Wong came to Warsaw in 1965 and he and his wife Shirley are the parents of four children, John E. Wong, Joseph W. Wong, David L. Wong, and .Lana Wong. Three months ago their first grandchild. Tara, was born. “One of the biggest Chinese New Year celebrations is held in Hong Kong,” he added. “I have relatives there and I would like to visit them some time at New Year.” Although Mr. Wong and his family have visited China in the past few years, they have not had the opportunity to visit during the time of the New Year. Yang Xi’s recollections of the New Year are more current. He arrived in the United States from China in August, 1983, to further his musical education and is a student at Grace College at the present time. The Walter Groesbeck family of Winona Lake is sponsoring Yang Xi and is helping him improve his command of the English language. Yang Xi says he comes from Chengdu, a city in China that is, in his words, “not large." What he means by not large, he explained, is that only about one millions persons are living there. The New Year celebration in Chengdu begins four weeks prior to the actual day and builds in intensity and activity each week. “There are two parks in my city," he said, “and each year for the New Year, there are lights placed all around the park.” He

READY FOR NEW YEAR — John Wong of Warsaw looks at a Chinese calendar which shows the February new year. (Photo by Dee Jaynes)

went on to say that throughout the park ice sculptures are designed with lights placed inside to reflect colors through the ice. “This is one of the beautiful ways we celebrate the New Year,” he sddecl Yang Xi said that the red envelope, recalled by Mr. Wong, is still a part of the modern New Year festivities. “Red is a lucky color in China,” he said, “but only for special things.” Walter Groesbeck explained that in China, red clothing is not worn, and visitors wearing the color are subjected to stares. According to Yang Xi, the reason for this is as old as the New Year celebration itself. “If you wear the red color,” he said, “or put it on the outside of your door, the people think you are using up the luck.” Another token of “good luck” at New Year, is the special rice ball filled with sweets that is made to symbolize the family being together during the coming year. Older family members insist that only happy, pleasant subjects be discussed on New Year’s Day, believing that the events of New Year’s Day will reflect the coming year. “The young people don’t believe in this,” Yang Xi smiled, “but we must respect the old ones’ wishes.” One difference between the New Year’s Mr. Wong remembers, and Yang Xi’s description has to do with the political and cultural changes China has undergone during that 30 year period of time. Three decades ago, the family unit would have included several brothers and sisters, while today in Communist China, couples are asked to limit their children to two. One tradition that has remained intact, despite all the changes within China, is the large family meal. No matter what a family’s size, the meal remains the same . . . huge! “My mother begins cooking and preparing several weeks before New Years,” Yang Xi said. “Sometimes my brother and .1 help her, but mostly she does it all alone.” Mr. Wong compared the New Year’s feast to an American Thanksgiving dinner. “Everyone tried to have all the favorite dishes on New Year’s,” he recalled, “and everyone ate too much ... just like here!” The Wong family here in War-

saw will celebrate this Year of the Monkey much like they have celebrated in the past. There will be no dragon parades down Center Street, or lighted ice sculptures in the parks, but there will be the dinner. Yang Xi has been asked to be a guest at the family’s New Year’s Eve dinner and that should help the young visitorjeel more at home. However you should decide to celebrate it ... Happy New Syracuse gives notice it does not discriminate This notice is published pursuant to the requirements of Section 51.55 of the Revenue Sharing Regulations, as published in the Federal Register on October 17, 1983. Section 51.55 prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals because of their handicapped status. The town of Syracuse advises the public, employees and job applicants that it does not discriminate on the basis of handicapped status in admission or access to, or treatment or employment in, its programs and activities. The town of Syracuse has designated Jennifer. L. Hughes, clerk-treasurer, as the contact to coordinate efforts to comply with this requirement. Inquiries should be directed to Miss Hughes at P. O. Box 35 Syracuse or call 457-3216 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.ip. Jack Anglin named vice chairman Jack Anglin of Clunette Elevator Co., Inc., Leesburg, has been named vice chairman of the new Indiana Grain and Feed Association. Tom Gilmore of Delphi was elected chairman of the Indiana Grain and Feed Association and Jack Howard of Logansport was elected chairman of the Indiana Plant Food and Agricultural Chemicals Association on Thursday, Jan. 19. All wepe selected during the closingbusiness session of the two trade organizations’ annual state conventions, which ran concurrently at the Indiana Convention Center and Hyatt Regency Hotel, Indianapolis. More than 2,200 persons attended the three-day conventions as well as the 11th annual Indiana Agri-Business Exposition in the Convention Center’s Exhibition Hall. The Expo, which attracted approximately 130 exhibitors, is sponsored jointly by the two trade associations. Light bulb burns hole in the floor Susan Sharp, Wawasee Heights, Syracuse, contacted Syracuse Fire Department, at 3:58 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, after smelling smoke. Syracuse fire officials state children had a light bulb next to the floor in the basement to see to play ping pong. The light bulb burnt a small hole in the floor and padding. When firemen arrived the light bulb had been removed and the fire was out No damage was estimated.

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