I feel kind in the Spring Festival in Guangzhou

Liang Fengmei family (interviewee\’s picture)

New Year\’s New Year

\”It\’s as kind to eat with family members.\” Speaking of the experience of eating a group meal with colleagues in a hotel in Guangzhou in the Spring Festival in Guangzhou in 2019, Liang Fengmei, a overseas Chinese from Madagascar, was very excited. \”The boss also sent us all sent us. Red envelopes, this is the first time I have received the red envelope in the Spring Festival! Whenever I hear the elders saying \”our ancestors are Chinese\”, she was very excited.

This year is the fourth year of Liang Fengmei in China. Liang Fengmei is now a senior and studied at the Chinese School of Chinese College of Jinan University. He is currently preparing to graduate thesis. \”I like Guangzhou very much, and I hope to stay in Guangzhou in the future.\” Liang Fengmei said.

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On the first day of the New Year in 2019, Liang Fengmei saw the lion dance team performance. \”A person wearing a big head laid a fan in front of the lion and led the lion.\” Liang Fengmei introduced. The lively gongs and drums reminded Liang Fengmei the scene similar to the Spring Festival in Madagascar. Whenever the Spring Festival, the Madagascar Chinese Overseas Chinese Association watched dragon dance performances in a square and celebrated the arrival of the New Year with family and friends.

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Recalling the Spring Festival in 2019, this is the first year in Guangzhou. That year, she received the first red envelope of the Spring Festival. At that time, she was part -time in a restaurant in Tianhe District, Guangzhou. On the evening of the 30th year, the boss asked the employees to get in advance and prepare for them for a group dinner. Everyone sat around the round table, and the boss\’s family sent a red envelope to each employee.

When Liang Fengmei received the \”Li is\” sent by the boss, it was particularly excited: \”The boss is good to us, just like his family.\”

Reserve the custom of sending red envelopes, but it rarely uses red envelopes as part of the Spring Festival. \”On my birthday, my family will give me a red envelope.\” Liang Fengmei said, Chinese in MadagascarIn the overseas Chinese group, the red envelope still represents the blessings between relatives, symbolizing the elders\’ love for juniors.

Guangzhou \”New Year\”

The annual dinner of the Spring Festival is also an indispensable part of the Chinese overseas Chinese in Madagascar. Liang Fengmei\’s grandparents\’ ancestors were in Foshan, Guangdong. They were the most hand -made Cantonese cuisine and inherited this craft to future generations. On the annual group of annual dinner, there are white -cut chickens, fish, braised pork … all follow the practice of traditional Cantonese cuisine.

\”I like Cantonese cuisine and Guangzhou snacks. I don\’t like it.\” Liang Fengmei said. Speaking of Guangzhou\’s food, Liang Fengmei brightened her eyes. Radish cakes, dried steaming, shrimp dumplings … Liang Fengmei listed several tea dots that he liked, such as several treasures.

\”The eggs are crispy and fragrant.\” Liang Fengmei said that the eggs that had eaten in Guangzhou, like the taste of her aunt in Madagascar, \”the taste of home\”, \” Essence

There are more than 2,000 students who stay in Jinan University like Liang Fengmei this Spring Festival this year. The school also specially set up a series of experience courses for the excellent traditional culture of China, and the canteen and library continue to open.

I hope to be a French teacher

A large, upside -down word \”blessing\” is posted on the door of Liang Fengmei\’s dormitory. Liang Fengmei said that in the home of Madagascar, the custom of paste couplets and \”blessings\” still retains.

\”I only knew after I returned to China, the word\” Fu \”was posted backside, and the meaning was blessed.\”

In the summer vacation of 2018, Liang Fengmei took the initiative to propose to return to return Foshan Le went to visit relatives and went to her ancestral house. The outer wall and wooden gates built by the blue bricks tell the traditional style of Cantonese -style. \”It\’s like a museum.\” The ancestral house still retained the old furniture and items, which made Liang Fengmei feel kind and novel.

Although the ancestors have left their hometown for three generations, Liang Fengmei and their younger brothers still retain Chinese nationality. Liang Fengmei hopes to be able to settle in Guangzhou after graduation, and will be a French teacher in the future.

Author: Li Huiying

Source: Guangzhou Daily