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The lives of expats in China during Spring Festival

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The lives of expats in China during Spring Festival

Encounters

2020/01/22
Encounters

Encounters

2020/01/22
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The Spring Festival is the most important festival during the year for Chinese people. It's a time when people return home for a big family reunion. For some, the week-long holiday is even a time for marriage proposals and talk of wedding plans. Encounters...

Highlights

This episode invites listeners into the intimate, sometimes humorous, and always heartfelt experiences of expats celebrating China’s most cherished holiday—not as observers, but as family members, partners, and participants.
02:46
Veronica Hernandez was invited to her in-laws' home for Spring Festival in 2012 and felt warmly welcomed despite limited Chinese
05:44
Handing out hongbao is an important Spring Festival tradition
08:32
WeChat hongbao represents a major shift in how the red envelope tradition is practiced digitally
19:58
Performing on the Spring Festival Gala is nerve-wracking because it's watched by nearly a billion people globally
23:12
'福到' means 'blessing arrives' due to homophonic wordplay

Chapters

What was it like meeting the family for Spring Festival—for the very first time?
00:00
How much can you really help when your in-laws run the whole holiday?
05:44
Why do red envelopes still matter—even when they arrive by smartphone?
08:32
Where do you go when the whole country is rushing home?
14:12
What does 'blessing arrives' really mean—and how do you say it right?
23:12

Transcript

David Moser: This is Encounters, a dialogue that brings you multifaceted life stories you don't want to miss. Speaker 4: We used to all gather in Zilin. My parents and I were both alive then. We used to travel on the overnight train because there was no f...