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No More Chinese New Year
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hsaeoa



Joined: 13 Jan 2010
Location: Daegu
PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 6:59 am    Post subject: No More Chinese New Year Reply with quote
Rolling Eyes

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2011/02/113_80797.html
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West Coast Tatterdemalion



Joined: 31 Aug 2010
PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 7:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Good grief, Korea. You don't get things your way all the time and you can't force people to call something that YOU want it to be called. Rolling Eyes
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hogwonguy1979



Joined: 22 Dec 2003
Location: the racoon den
PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 7:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
wonder if the Vietnamese get into a tiff about us yanks not calling it "tet"?

highly doubt it

gmafb korea
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nukeday



Joined: 13 May 2010
PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 8:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Bergen County Korean Parents Association in New Jersey.

Sounds like an influential organization!
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definitely maybe



Joined: 16 Feb 2008
PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 8:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I've been in Shanghai and Hong Kong on two separate occasions for the Chinese New Year, and I've been in Korea a number of times. I am married to a Korean, my in-laws are a lot of fun, and Seollal is always memorable. Nonetheless, it doesn't hold a candle to the Chinese celebration. If/When it does, they can start pushing a claim that the title be changed.
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Menino80



Joined: 10 Jun 2007
Location: Hodor?
PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 3:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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We�re just trying to set the record straight that one of Korea�s biggest holidays of the year isn�t Chinese


In the same way that the official name of your country (大韩民国）is not Chinese.

As GOB said: "COME on!"
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Unposter



Joined: 04 Jun 2006
PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 4:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
No reason why Americans can't call it "Lunar" New Year. It would be more accurate.
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sojusucks



Joined: 31 May 2008
PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 4:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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``Chinese New Year is basically understood in the U.S. as a new year for all Asians,�� Kang Woo-sung, vice president of NYU Korean Graduate Students Association, wrote on his blog, KoreaBrandImage.com.

Chinatowns across America kick off large-scale Lunar New Year festivals to invite foreigners and capitalize on the holiday, but Koreans and Koreatowns lack that kind of energy, which in turn results in very low awareness, he explained.



There's the answer- copy the Chinese and be nice about things and invite others to the festivals and celebrations. They actually make a great deal of money off of their friendliness and positive thinking. Instead, it sounds like the Koreans in the USA just want to sulk and be bitter about the name of this holiday. How far is that going to get them?
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sojusucks



Joined: 31 May 2008
PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 4:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
definitely maybe wrote:
I've been in Shanghai and Hong Kong on two separate occasions for the Chinese New Year, and I've been in Korea a number of times. I am married to a Korean, my in-laws are a lot of fun, and Seollal is always memorable. Nonetheless, it doesn't hold a candle to the Chinese celebration. If/When it does, they can start pushing a claim that the title be changed.


Exactly. Nobody is stopping the Koreans in the USA from holding their own celebrations. Make them big and invite others.

Meanwhile, the Chinese really get into this holiday and make it easy for others to participate. In the USA, in the Chinese communities, there are parades, firecrackers, dragons, and lots of Chinese food.
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whiteshoes



Joined: 14 Apr 2009
PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 5:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Well how do you explain to people at home why you didn't have to work this week? I've told everyone it's "Lunar New Year" and everyone knew what I was talking about.

Why would I have "Chinese New Year" off while I'm in Korea?
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WadRUG'naDoo



Joined: 15 Jun 2010
Location: Shanghai
PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 5:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Oh, you mean "Spring Festival."
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definitely maybe



Joined: 16 Feb 2008
PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 6:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
whiteshoes wrote:
Well how do you explain to people at home why you didn't have to work this week? I've told everyone it's "Lunar New Year" and everyone knew what I was talking about.

Why would I have "Chinese New Year" off while I'm in Korea?


That's very true, and