carebear:

At least you did that once.

My parents did not place any importance in my marriage celebration as they apparently had a big quarrel during their celebration so they did not want us to be like them. So we could do anything we liked for our celebration and we chose to do nothing!

janet_lee88:

carebear:

Kneeling down is a form of respect in the chinese culture.

However it may not be a good idea to force the kids to kneel down as not all of us are brought up that way.
Mine is such a family where we do away with tradition.

I don't have this tradition in my family. So it doesn't make sense for my kids to do that. The only time I knelt was when I served tea to my parents on my wedding day.

carebear:

Kneeling down is a form of respect in the chinese culture.

However it may not be a good idea to force the kids to kneel down as not all of us are brought up that way.
Mine is such a family where we do away with tradition.

verykiasu2010:

ya lor, because of you lor ..... :rotflmao: :siam:

verykiasu2010:

schweppes:

[quote=\"verykiasu2010\"]so the tradition is not dead, and my family not the only one so 'old fashioned' huh ......

*gasp*

vks2010 :yikes: u mean u also make your mommy angry the previous year, every year, har??!! :siam: :evil: :evil:

schweppes:

verykiasu2010:

so the tradition is not dead, and my family not the only one so 'old fashioned' huh ......

*gasp*

vks2010 :yikes: u mean u also make your mommy angry the previous year, every year, har??!! :siam: :evil: :evil:

verykiasu2010:

so the tradition is not dead, and my family not the only one so 'old fashioned' huh ......

schweppes:

ksi:

My take is do it if you feel comfortable with it and because you want to do it like schweppes. It should invoke a nice feeling in you, not a negative one.


In the case in that school, if it is just the teacher's whims and fancy and if the children are not willing, it would not be right to force them. In any case, it would be an insincere greeting from them, so how could the teacher feel good about it, I wonder? If the teacher is doing it by asking them to do it as a demo and a teaching point of traditional cultures, then it is a different thing as it is a demo. So we do not really know what happened in the class unless the reporter is diligent enough to go and interview more students from this class, then we will have a better idea.

We do not do it at CNY anymore as a family tradition because my PIL are modern-thinking people as they always claim. They might feel insulted if we were to do it as it would make them not-so-modern people.

Thanks ksi. My post was in response to vks2010 thread title and not in response to the article. Was just sharing my own experience.

My parents are pretty modern too, so they wd not expect us to do it. But really to each his or her own family. No right or wrong. Doesn't mean that if don't kneel means not respectful.

Like I mentioned earlier, maybe make my mommy so angry with me the previous year, that's why must seek her forgiveness :oops: :oops:

ksi:

My take is do it if you feel comfortable with it and because you want to do it like schweppes. It should invoke a nice feeling in you, not a negative one.


In the case in that school, if it is just the teacher's whims and fancy and if the children are not willing, it would not be right to force them. In any case, it would be an insincere greeting from them, so how could the teacher feel good about it, I wonder? If the teacher is doing it by asking them to do it as a demo and a teaching point of traditional cultures, then it is a different thing as it is a demo. So we do not really know what happened in the class unless the reporter is diligent enough to go and interview more students from this class, then we will have a better idea.

We do not do it at CNY anymore as a family tradition because my PIL are modern-thinking people as they always claim. They might feel insulted if we were to do it as it would make them not-so-modern people.