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Foreigners also enjoying a Chinese New Year
By Zhou Yang and Pan Zheng |
January 25, 2009, Sunday
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WITH the Spring Festival around the corner, red lanterns appeared on streets and the inverted Chinese character "fu" appeared on doors. The character implies good fortune is coming. Walking in the streets of Anting Town, people can always see a lot of foreigners. According to approximations, 800 foreigners live and work in Anting. This number has increased 50 percent in the past five years.
Through the urbanization of Anting, more and more foreigners are willing to settle here. Even during the Spring Festival, they prefer to stay in Anting and enjoy a Chinese New Year.
Kim Yong Gane came from South Korea and now is the general manager of Shanghai GL Electronics Co Ltd. He bought a new house in Spring Garden of Anting and his son studies at Anting Experimental School of Shanghai International Studies University. Learning that Chinese people always send best wishes to each other during the Spring Festival, Kim asked his Chinese language tutor to teach his son some Chinese blessings. After three classes, his son is now able to say "Wish you best luck in the New Year" and "Wish you good fortune" in Chinese without any difficulties.
Indian technology expert Mahesh Shinde works at Leoni Co Ltd (Shanghai). He is now living in Yulan No.4 Residential Area at Anting Town with his wife and daughter. When he learned that there is an English club in the community, he joined it immediately and has made many friends there. During his vacation this summer, he went back to India and convinced his parents to visit Shanghai. The family reunites in Shanghai and celebrates the Chinese New Year together. On New Year's Eve, the members of English club gathered in his home, bringing him plenty of gifts such as Spring Festival scrolls and paintings. The residents' committee also cooked some dumplings for them, which moved him deeply.
Andrew Hoerhager's family is a typical German one and they live in German-inspired Anting New Town. They decided to enjoy the New Year's Eve dinner at German restaurant "Shouly's Bistro," where they gathered with other Germans.
Hoerhager said that although they were eating the German food and drinking the German brandy, they were enclosed in the Chinese atmosphere to celebrate the Chinese New Year. All the feelings are unique and different.
Through the urbanization of Anting, more and more foreigners are willing to settle here. Even during the Spring Festival, they prefer to stay in Anting and enjoy a Chinese New Year.
Kim Yong Gane came from South Korea and now is the general manager of Shanghai GL Electronics Co Ltd. He bought a new house in Spring Garden of Anting and his son studies at Anting Experimental School of Shanghai International Studies University. Learning that Chinese people always send best wishes to each other during the Spring Festival, Kim asked his Chinese language tutor to teach his son some Chinese blessings. After three classes, his son is now able to say "Wish you best luck in the New Year" and "Wish you good fortune" in Chinese without any difficulties.
Indian technology expert Mahesh Shinde works at Leoni Co Ltd (Shanghai). He is now living in Yulan No.4 Residential Area at Anting Town with his wife and daughter. When he learned that there is an English club in the community, he joined it immediately and has made many friends there. During his vacation this summer, he went back to India and convinced his parents to visit Shanghai. The family reunites in Shanghai and celebrates the Chinese New Year together. On New Year's Eve, the members of English club gathered in his home, bringing him plenty of gifts such as Spring Festival scrolls and paintings. The residents' committee also cooked some dumplings for them, which moved him deeply.
Andrew Hoerhager's family is a typical German one and they live in German-inspired Anting New Town. They decided to enjoy the New Year's Eve dinner at German restaurant "Shouly's Bistro," where they gathered with other Germans.
Hoerhager said that although they were eating the German food and drinking the German brandy, they were enclosed in the Chinese atmosphere to celebrate the Chinese New Year. All the feelings are unique and different.
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