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Dear MOCA
Friends,
Lunar New Year
is coming! This year is the Year of the Ox and it starts on
February 12, 2021. Zai jian Year of the Metal Rat!
Since Lunar New
Year is a time for new beginnings and family gatherings, we want to
start celebrating with you—the MOCA family. MOCA proudly presents VIRTUAL
MOCA FEST 2021, the Museum's monthlong celebration of the Lunar
New Year. Let's kick things off with MOCA's list of 8 THINGS TO
DO AND NOT TO DO in the Year of the Ox 2021. This unofficial
list was created by the MOCA team from our respective
experiences.
8 Lunar New
Year No-Nos
1. Do not give
$4 in a red envelope
2. Do not wear
white or black
3. Do not sweep
the floors or clean the house on the first day of LNY
4. Do not get a
haircut during the first lunar month
5. Do not break
tools or other equipment
6. Do not visit
the doctor on the first day of LNY
7. Do not do
needlework on the first day of LNY
8. Do not get
into arguments
8 Lunar New
Year Foods to Eat
1. 10-Vegetable
Dish
2. Rice Cake - 年年高升 nían nían gāo shēng
3. Fish – 年年有余 nían nían yoǔ yú
4. Dumplings
5. Sweet Rice
Ball/Tang Yuan - 团团圆圆 túan túan yuan yúan
6. Longevity
Noodles – 长寿面
cháng shòu miàn
7.
Oranges/Tangerines
8. Cantonese
Sweet Fried Dumplings - Gok Zai / Yau Gok
8 Lunar New
Year Movies to Watch
1. Crazy Rich
Asians
2. Eat, Drink,
Man, Woman
3. Crouching
Tiger, Hidden Dragon
4. Pushing
Hands
5. All's Well
Ends Well
6. Over the
Moon
7. Dear Ex
8. Detective
Chinatown
8 Lunar New
Year Books to Read
1. Interior
Chinatown (2020) by Charles Yu
2. Little
Fires Everywhere (2017) by Celeste Ng
3. In
the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson (1984) by Bette Bao
Lord
4. The
Resisters (2020) by Gish Jen
5. The
Nom Wah Cookbook: Recipes and Stories from 100 Years at New York
City's Iconic Dim Sum Restaurant (2020) by Joshua David
Stein and Wilson Tang
6. Last
Night at the Telegraph Club (2021) by Malinda Lo (Young Adult
and LGBTQ+)
7. Eyes that
Kiss in the Corners (2021) by Joanna Ho (Children's Books,
4 - 8 Years)
8. The
Nian Monster (2016) by Andrea Wang (Children's Books, 4 -
8 Years)
8 Lunar New
Year Gifts to Give
1. Red Envelope
(with a new two-dollar bill)
2. Pocket
Almanac
3. Lucky Candy
4. Coins
Ornament with Tassel
5. Lunar
Calendar
6. Oranges/Tangerines
(吉-luck)
7. Chinese New
Year Flowers-Narcissus, Lucky Bamboo
8. Fruit
Gummies
Browse the MOCA
Shop by Pearl River online for a collection of unique gifts
inspired by MOCA’s exhibitions, and shop online at https://pearlriver.com/collections/museum-of-chinese-in-america.
Stay up to date
at MOCA’s website www.mocanyc.org
or sign up for MOCA’s monthly
e-newsletter.
Follow MOCA on
Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok at @mocanyc; and WeChat at
MOCANYC_USA.
With gratitude,
Nancy Yao
Maasbach, President, and the MOCA Team
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