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‘It’s In Our Genes’: Gainesville Chinese Find Ways To Celebrate Lunar New Year During COVID-19
By Zhe Zhang
February 12, 2021
The most important festival in the Chinese calendar, a holiday also celebrated by Koreans, Vietnamese and more Lunar New Year comes this Friday. In Gainesville, many persist in finding creative ways to celebrate under the new restrictions.
“Celebrating the Lunar New Year is an excellent opportunity to show how we love one another,” Hongjun Li, pastor of Gainesville Chinese Christian Church, said. “We want to show it through making dumplings, which is a typical tradition to create the atmosphere for the Lunar New Year.”