How does Canada celebrate the New Year?

Like Chinese people all over the world, Chinese friends in Canada have gradually stepped out of the "New Year" atmosphere and returned to their normal working lives after eating jiaozi. A brief inventory of the Spring Festival in the Year of the Rat shows that more than one million people in China have celebrated the Spring Festival due to the changes in geographical time and space and social environment, and many new things or customs are quietly appearing or constantly being strengthened, surpassing Chinatown and entering the "mainstream". The Spring Festival is not a public holiday in Canada, but it has been paid more and more attention by the mainstream society. On the occasion of the Spring Festival every year, it has become an important agenda for Canadian government officials, parliamentarians and business managers at three levels. Many of them have already said "Congratulations on getting rich" as "full of Cantonese flavor". This year, many local politicians and celebrities took part in the China New Year Parade held in Toronto and Vancouver. Many of them even put on festive Tang costumes and distributed red envelopes to the audience along the way. Canadian Prime Minister Harper added a "video version" to this year's New Year message for the first time, and British Columbia Governor Campbell, where Vancouver is located, also specially held the "2008 Spring Festival Reception" to lead provincial officials to "worship" the Chinese community. From "one person is happy" to "everyone is happy". Canada's New Year's Eve dinner has gradually developed from "single interest" based on families to "multi-interest" based on associations such as "hometown association". Some are "AA system" to reserve special restaurants suitable for their own tastes, and some are "bring your own food for dinner". "Small families" form "everyone", chatting about hometown, life, remembering the past, and staying the same age. In recent years, with the growth of their own strength, various societies are no longer satisfied with having a New Year's Eve dinner together, but begin to hold "Spring Festival Evening". Around the Spring Festival this year, there were as many as 16 Chinese "Spring Festival Galas" in Toronto, many of which were written by various Chinese communities. There is no temple fair to visit the supermarket. In major Canadian cities, there are more and more large Chinese supermarkets, and China's local products are becoming more and more abundant. Before the first month of January, supermarket chains such as Datong Hua and Li Feng have prepared the goods in the special counters for the New Year's goods neatly, including chicken, duck, fish, vegetables, roasted seeds and nuts, seasonings, pickles, rice products, fillings and so on 100 varieties, and increased the supply of cooked food such as roasted meat and noodles. Listening to the cordial hometown tunes, strolling among the dazzling shelves and tasting traditional snacks are really like visiting a temple fair in China. No wonder customers who go shopping at the end of the year are jostling with each other. Interestingly, during the Spring Festival this year, Wal-Mart, a large retailer, also launched "traditional and authentic" Spring Festival products, such as food, greeting cards and decorations, and the "Year of the Rat Shopping Gift Card" printed in Chinese and English. Get up early to watch the Spring Festival Gala. Although many chinese canadians have left China for many years, they still have strong feelings for CCTV's Spring Festival Gala, but because of the time difference, they can only get up early to watch it. Chen Weiping, chairman of the National Alliance Party, the first Chinese political party in Canada, said that he has been doing this every Spring Festival since he immigrated for more than ten years. Although he can watch videos, he might as well watch the atmosphere of 2008 in real time. There is "Gan Kun" in the red envelope. Giving red envelopes to the children of relatives and friends is an important project in Chinese New Year. In Canada, red envelopes contain more than money. At some clubs' New Year dinners, people often dress up as the God of Wealth and give red envelopes to their guests. There is money in it, usually two Canadian dollars of 25 cents. Not much money, just for good luck and celebration. More often, red envelopes are filled with chocolate in the shape of two yuan or one yuan Canadian dollar, which melts in the mouth and is sweet to the heart, which is more popular than giving money. The red envelopes given to reporters by local colleagues Glenn and his wife are even more ingenious and touching: there is a paper boat inside, which says "Smooth sailing" in less neat Chinese.

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