Hello!
Things are going much more smooth, and the negative atmosphere has
started getting a tiny bit better :) Tomorrow is the Chinese Valentines
Day so Anna, Caralyn, and I decided to make American Valentines for our
co-teachers. It's an origami heart my older sister taught me to make
when I was like 10. We wrote the Chinese Characters for "Happy Valentines Day" on the front (I asked Queeny how to write it). We then wrote it in English on the back.
There's a cool story about Valentines Day here. The legend goes that many many many years ago, the daughter of a great spirit fell in love with a human, but her mother was furious so she built a river to separate them. Every year on Chinese July 7 (which translates to August 23) birds would fly together and create a bridge for the two to meet for one day.
I like the Chinese story behind Valentines Day much better than the American one...haha :)
Hehehe. There's a story for every day of the year if you're interested. The holiday stories were always my favorite though. The Dates will shift every year since they follow the lunar calendar so Valentines day won't always be August 23rd for us. I LOVE Chinese Holidays because they celebrate everything so differently and always with food. :) Hope you get to experience more festive ones before you come home! Love you!
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