Episode 256: Celebrating & Adapting Lunar New Year Traditions from Generation to Generation

For the Asian diaspora, Lunar New Year is the best time of year to reconnect with our family heritage and cultural traditions, while also creating new traditions that are unique to our experiences. Today, we’re focusing on the intersection between American and Chinese & Taiwanese cultures, drawing from our parents’ stories of how Lunar New Year was celebrated in the Motherlands. What did celebrations look like when they were growing up? Which traditions did they choose to pass to the next generation, or adapt to fit American culture so they could “do as the locals do”? And what are new traditions that we want to implement into our own Lunar New Year celebrations?

Helen & Mama Wu’s Steamed Fish Recipe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seDQ7gg9BqI 

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Hosts: Melody Cheng, Janet Wang, Helen Wu
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