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By January 27, 2020:
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Xin Nian Kwai Le !
H A P P Y N E W Y E A R !
Come join First Saturday PDX and friends in welcoming the Year of the Rat over A DELICIOUS BANQUET MEAL including three traditional courses of Peking Duck, a FUN RAFFLE and a SILENT AUCTION.
Happy Dragon Restaurant (503-256-3828) is located at 707 NE 82nd Av between NE Glisan St and NE Oregon St . Parking is available on either side of the restaurant and along NE Oregon St.
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January 25, 2020 - 11 February, 2021 marks the Lunar Year of the Golden Metal Rat. This commences with the Spring Festival on the 25th of January culminating with the Lantern Festival on the 8th of February. (Worth noting is the Lantern Viewing at Lan Su Garden 6 - 9th February)
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Spring Festival is the most festive holiday of the year, as a time to be with family and friends; to cook and enjoy food together. In welcoming in the Lunar New Year, one's home is cleaned and decorated with poetic verses and red lanterns, with the colour red prominent. Outstanding debts are paid off and gold 金 and money 錢 are distributed to employees and younger relatives in the form of red envelopes "hong bao".
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As a highly perceptive animal that can sense its environment and know when to act, the Rat 鼠 is one of the Chinese zodiac’s most auspicious signs - viewed as a sign for wealth and surplus. Being yang this year, the Rat represents the beginning of a new day. Being the first of the 12-year cycle of the Chinese Zodiac, the Year of the Rat is also anticipated to set the pace and direction for the remaining years of the cycle. As a result, our actions in 2020 are especially significant.
The Yang Metal is linked to the sword, the axe, and strong wind – with rigidity, persistence and strength. It is indicative of a year of great determination in developing goals and aspirations and executing them. It will also be a year of discovery and innovation, with lots of creative energy – good for entrepreneurs.
We thank our generous speakers, valued volunteers and loyal and new attendees, wishing all a fulfilling new year with Good Fortune, Prosperity, Happiness, Longevity, Good Health, Success, Kindness, and Adventure.
Our educational program series has been developed in collaboration with PSU’s Institute for Asian Studies, and is free and open to the public. First Saturday PDX current full season schedule and descriptions available HERE.
View our regular monthly location by clicking on the address below for directions:
Portland State University, Academic & Student Recreation Ctr (ASRC), Room 230
1800 SW 6th Ave, Portland OR 97201
Excellent MAX and bus transportation is right by the venue; plan your Trimet trip HERE. There is also a nearby parking structure at SW 6th and Harrison with an entrance on 6th Avenue is also available.
View PSU Parking info:
https://www.pdx.edu/transportation/hourly-visitor-parking
View our regular monthly location by clicking on the address below for directions:
Portland State University, Academic & Student Recreation Ctr (ASRC), Room 230
1800 SW 6th Ave, Portland OR 97201
Excellent MAX and bus transportation is right by the venue; plan your Trimet trip HERE. There is also a nearby parking structure at SW 6th and Harrison with an entrance on 6th Avenue is also available.
View PSU Parking info:
https://www.pdx.edu/transportation/hourly-visitor-parking
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