TEAM TRADITIONS THE EXCHANGE WINTER 2023 Yihan Cao Katie Gu Associate Partner Strategy Manager, AppExchange Product Designer, AppExchange Nationality: Chinese Nationality: Chinese What does the Lunar New Year mean to you? What does the Lunar New Year mean to you? Family reunion time (including lots of meals Family gathering, good food, fireworks togethers); celebrate the new year Can you tell us about some of the traditions? Can you tell us about some of the traditions? • Countdown to new year • We will wear red! • Fireworks at midnight • Family reunion meals together • Not sleeping on that day • Fireworks to celebrate the new year • Family making dumplings together • Red pocket money to receive (my family tradition • Wearing new clothes on first day of new year is that you can keep receiving red pocket money • Saying “happy new year” and getting red pocket until you start working) money from family • Visiting the elderly family members’ homes to wish Do you have any special dishes that you eat? them well in person • Must wear something new on the first day of Dumplings and roasted peking duck new year • Clean the house and decorate with Chun Lian (good wishes poems in red paper to glue on the windows or doors) • Get a haircut before the new year • On the fifth day of the new year, we celebrate Welcome Day for the God of Wealth • On the 10th day of the new year, we have another festival called Yuan Xiao Jie/Lantern Festival, where we will eat Tang Yuan Do you have any special dishes that you eat? I think each family has their own special Lunar New Year dish. My family’s is braised pork belly with bamboo shoot. Whether you bring in the Lunar time filled with traditions, family, and What makes you most proud of your heritage? New Year with a cheerful “Xīnnián lots of delicious food. We wanted to My heritage taught me to always be respectful to hăo,” “Chúc Mừng Năm Mới,” share what this holiday means to the others and appreciate “Saehae bok mani badeuseyo,” AppExchange team and how some of the family. or in one of the myriad other us celebrate. We hope you enjoy this languages and cultures that festive time of year with your family, mark the occasion, it’s a happy friends, and larger community. 13