你好吗。我叫蒙艾伦。我十二岁。我上七年级。我是西班牙人也美国人。
I'm here to introduce the Chinese Lunar New Year here at WIS. This picture was taken last year, in 2023, when I was first starting Chinese. Now, I'm going for my second year. As you can see in this picture, I am holding up the drawing of a cherry blossom.
The way me and my three other classmates made four of these was simple and is as follows: you put some ink onto a paper and blow it with some handy straws, but not too hard or you'll make a mess! When you're done blowing, you take a finely made pencil, all the way from China, made with goat hair, and carefully draw the beautiful, classic cherry blossom flowers that bloom during the Lunar New Year. And be careful, or you'll make a mess—because, as you can see, I didn't do too good of a job on that!
In addition, on the paper, you can see that there is a red cube with Chinese writing on it, which means "Happy New Year." The way we made this is another story.
Chinese culture, similar to the Japanese cherry blossom symbolism, views these gorgeous flowers as representing the delicate, fleeting nature of life. They are a reminder that life works in cycles and that change is inevitable. Especially during the Lunar New Year, cherry blossoms symbolize a fresh start and a prosperous new year.
Since this was my first Lunar New Year, but obviously not my last, I experienced a landslide of emotions and discoveries—feelings I hadn't experienced since I was small and innocent. I figured out that in China, they really like their food, which explains why our Chinese teacher, Mrs. Nong, always bribes us with some táng guǒ (candy).
Lunar New Year is an amazing way to represent Chinese culture and should always be open for others to discover.
