Stanford Lunar New Year is open to all alumni! Whether it’s your first time celebrating or you've been celebrating your whole life, you are welcome to come as you are, and take part how you wish.
Grab your “festival pass” now, and browse our selection of live events and offerings to be festive at your leisure. Event recordings & more will be on our Stanford Alumni LNY Virtual Scrapbook, where we invite you to add your unique memories, family traditions, & greetings to our alumni community!
Festival Calendar At-A-Glance
Scroll down for more event details and times, and the link to the LNY Virtual Scrapbook.
Click Here to Register for your Festival Pass!
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Fri Feb 5 at 5:00 pm PST (8:00 EST)
Jackie Low's New Year Dumplings Demo!
In this workshop, Jackie Low ‘15 will demonstrate how to prepare and cook a traditional Lunar New Year’s dish - dumplings (vegetarian)! She’ll talk about the significance of foods in the celebration of Lunar New Year and teach people how to prepare, fold, and cook dumplings. You’re welcome to follow along however you would like. (And don’t worry, you have plenty of time to perfect your technique before New Year’s!)
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Sat Feb 6, 3:00 - 4:00 pm PST (6:00-7:00 EST)
Poems and Paintings: Lunar New Year Traditions and Cultures Retrospective
A 60-min time travel to trace the cultural and traditional roots of Lunar New Year through ancient Chinese poems and paintings. Hosted by Dr Tingting Qu, MS '19.
Dr. De-yin Jeng will be introducing two well-known poems related to Chinese New Year and share with all some relevant information about them.
Prof. Ken wei Teh will illustrate 2-3 paintings relevant to Lunar New Year and share a few behind-scene stories of creating these paintings.
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Sat Feb 6, 4:30-5:30 pm PST (7:30-8:30 EST)
Cantonese Social Mixer
A casual social mixer combined with organizers sharing Cantonese culture for the Lunar New Year. All are welcome, especially if you speak or want to learn to speak Cantonese.
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Thu Feb 11, 7:00-8:00 pm PST (10:00-11:00 pm EST)
Star Fruit & Watermelon
You are warmly invited to join us for a bilingual, intergenerational storytelling event to honor the Lunar New Year. Co Tran ‘17, mother Tu-Anh, and grandmother Loc will be sharing two stories from their history - The Star Fruit Tree and How the Watermelon Came to Viet Nam - along with their wishes and manifestations for you as we begin a new year.
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Sat Feb 13 @ 12:00-2:00 pm PST (3:00-5:00 EST)
Festival Finale
Come one, come all! Drop by our virtual street festival to socialize with friends old and new, and get a "taste" of a variety of traditions and special surprises throughout. Breakouts led by fellow alumni will showcase cultural storytelling, musical offerings, and PRIZES that you must be present to win.
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Stanford Alumni LNY Virtual Scrapbook
View & add your own entries! Check back daily for new festive content, greetings and views from Stanford alumni all around the world, and to share your thoughts with our community. Contributing is simple: visit this webpage and use the password to sign in, view, & add messages, photos, links, & more (no separate account setup is required).
Click here to visit the scrapbook!
Password: StanfordLunar