WORCESTER, Mass. – A Chinese Lunar New Year Party will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 30, at 7 p.m. in the Faculty Lounge, Room 526, of Stein Hall. Sponsored by the Chinese language department, the party is free and open to the public. Please contact Professor Claudia Ross if you wish to attend.
The party will celebrate the Chinese Year of the Snake. Food will be served, including Chinese dumplings, which all are invited to help prepare at 5 p.m. In addition, there will be entertainment provided by Holy Cross students in the College's Chinese program. The highlight of the evening will be a traditional Chinese lion dance at 7 p.m. that will welcome in the New Year.
The snake has positive connotations within Chinese culture; people born in the Year of the Snake are believed to be good-looking, intelligent and successful. The snake is one of the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac; anyone born in one of the following years is a snake: 1917, 1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989 and 2001.
Holy Cross Celebrates the Chinese New Year
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