About the Exec
Kate is one of the executive board members. Besides minoring in Chinese and Blount, she is studying this major.
What is MIS?
During the lunar new year, people are often gifted something called a "hong bao" for good luck. This is what a "hong bao" is.
What is a red envelope?
This is the month and date of the Lunar New Year for 2025.
What is January 29? (Today!!)
Often fried or steamed, this food is eaten around the world to celebrate the Lunar New Year.
What are dumplings?
Sometimes people in the US bring moon cakes to Lunar New Year celebrations instead of other traditional foods. This is the name of the correct festival where moon cakes are eaten.
What is the Mid-Autumn Festival?
Kyla is the president of CCC. She has this number of siblings.
What is zero?
Besides being called the Lunar New Year or Chinese New Year, this festival is often called this name.
What is the Spring Festival?
Each year is associated with an animal from the zodiac. This is the animal for this year.
What is the Wood Snake?
This food represents family togetherness, is sweet, and is often filled with different types of fillings. It also is commonly referred to as tangyuan.
What are sweet rice balls (glutinous rice balls)?
Eating this color of food is considered unlucky because it symbolizes death.
What is white?
Laila was recently studying abroad. This is the country where she was at.
What is India?
People often dance and sing to celebrate in Chinese culture. However, this festival is most known for this type of dance.
What is the dragon dance?
In the Chinese zodiac, there are only 12 animals which means they rotate depending on the year. This is another "Year of the Snake".
What is 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, or 2013?
This animal is eaten for the Lunar New Year and is often served whole to those eating it.
What is fish?
Party Foul! Doing this during the daytime on the Lunar New Year is thought to indicate laziness for the rest of the year.
What is napping?
Similar to Chinese culture, the executive board respects their elders. These are the names of the two seniors on the executive board.
What is Anna and Miranda?
The Chinese New Year is the longest Chinese holiday and lasts for this number of days.
What is 16 days?
2025 is the Year of the Snake. This is the animal for the 2026 Lunar New Year.
What is the horse?
Popularized in Western culture by the restaurant Panda Express, this traditional dish is mostly served during the Lunar New Year.
What is Orange Chicken?
When giving money as a gift, the amount should be this type of number. If you were to give them the opposite, it would be considered giving bad luck.
What is an even number?
This is the sorority that Kate is a member of.
What is AOII? (Alpha Omicron Pi)
People often eat fish during their Lunar Year celebration because it is meant to bring them this for the upcoming year.
What is prosperity?
This US city is putting on one of the biggest Lunar New Year 2025 celebrations outside of Asia.
What is San Francisco, CA?
This fruit is typically eaten on the Lunar New Year to bring good fortune. It is also gifted to children to place near their pillows to scare off monsters during the Lunar New Year.
What are tangerines (oranges)?
It is not until this day (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc.) of the Lunar New Year celebration that the floors are allowed to be swept and the trash is allowed to be taken out. If you do it before this day, you are carrying your fortune out.
What is the fifth day of the Lunar Year?