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迎新春怀旧年
农历新年又来了。在80年代初期，农历新年并不是很普遍。根本没有庆祝节目，游行和极少的新年货品在商店及超市。近来几年，华人团体逐渐扩大，农历新年也越来越普遍了。游行，麒麟舞及庆祝节目到处可见新年气氛在各华人超市特别浓厚。到处可找到传统的新年货品和利是红包，多姿多彩的新年糖果，花和水果。
当我在1980年初抵美时，我一直认为我所怀念的是农历新年的气氛。可是当农历新年逐渐地恢复的时候，我仍然感觉到似乎还少了一样东西。那时候我才领悟到我所怀念的并非新年气氛而是我的越南芽荘过新年的感觉。我怀念新年前一个礼拜在封闭潘佩珠街上的年市；我怀念在芽荘市场的小型庆祝节目；我怀念啓明学校年底的“大扫除”；我更怀念在两星期年假之前的兴奋。
无可否认地，我怀念我在越南芽荘庆祝农历新年的甜蜜回忆。幸好我仍然拥有一班要好的啓明同学在洛杉磯一起庆祝农历新年。
Dennis
Phan 潘家墉
1971/1974 团结班校友
笔于美國,加州, 洛杉磯 2010.01.31
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ENGLISH VERSION )
Once again, the Lunar New Year is coming to us. In the early 80’s,
the Lunar New Year was not very popular. There was no festival, no parade
and very little New Year merchandise displayed in stores and
supermarkets. However, as the Chinese community gets bigger in recent
years, the Lunar New Year becomes more and more popular. There are
parades, dragon dances and festivals to celebrate the New Year. The New
Year atmosphere is even more obvious when we step inside Chinese
Supermarkets with traditional New Year merchandises such as red envelope,
colorful New Year candies, flowers and fruits.
I thought I missed the Lunar New Year atmosphere when I first came
here in the early 1980. However, after the Lunar New Year gets more and
more popular recently and the New Year atmosphere gradually restored, I
still found something missing. I then realized it was not the New Year
atmosphere that I was missing. I was missing the feeling of celebrating
the Lunar New Year in my hometown Nhatrang,
Vietnam.
I missed the closure of Phan Boi Chau Street one week prior to the New
Year just for the New Year Market; I missed the mini festivals in Cho
Dam; I missed the school “big clean up” day before New Year time off; and
I especially missed the excited feeling in school one day before the big
2-week off to celebrate the New Year.
I surely miss the sweet memories I had when I celebrated the Lunar
New Year in Nhatrang. Fortunately, I still have a good group of Khai Minh
classmates to celebrate the Lunar New Year together in Los Angeles.
Dennis
Phan 潘家墉
Class of
1971/1974
Los Angeles, California,
U.S.A., 08 February
2010
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