As we bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, there is great news for U.S. immigration: to celebrate the beginning of the Lunar New Year, California State Senate Republican Leader and Chinese son-in-law Bob Huff (Bob Huff) submitted a resolution to celebrate the Lunar New Year (SCR10) and requested the Senate to vote on it, which was passed unanimously in the Senate session. This is the first resolution in U.S. history passed at the state level regarding the celebration of the Lunar New Year.
Senator Bob Huff stated when submitting the bill to the California State Senate that the date of February 19, 2015, is the upcoming Lunar New Year, a holiday particularly celebrated by Asian communities around the world, including the United States, and millions of residents from Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese communities in California will celebrate the Lunar New Year.
“The Lunar New Year is a day for Asian Pacific families to reunite and celebrate the harvest. SCR10 recognizes this day, which holds special significance for many citizens, and reflects California's richness and inclusiveness of multiculturalism.”
SCR10 contains the following statement: “California is home to over 500 thousand Asian Pacific residents, with the primary ethnic groups celebrating the Lunar New Year being Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese. This year’s Lunar New Year marks the Year of the Sheep in the Chinese zodiac, and these families generally use this special holiday to reunite and welcome the new year.”
The main content of the resolution is to announce and celebrate the Lunar New Year of 2015. It aims to inform California residents about the Lunar New Year and extend congratulations to all ethnic groups celebrating the Lunar New Year.
Senator Bob Huff stated, “Through this celebration, we will demonstrate our commitment to the rich cultural history and the diversity of races, religions, and cultures throughout the California community.”
It is reported that this resolution will be the first proposed by Bob Huff to celebrate the Lunar New Year, and the next step will be to propose related legislation to include the Lunar New Year in the education bill and suggest that schools with a higher proportion of Chinese students can have a holiday for the Lunar New Year.
The relevant person in charge stated that there is currently no content about Eastern culture in the teaching materials of primary and secondary schools in the United States. The main purpose of this resolution is to use the celebration of the Lunar New Year as an optimal entry point, allowing California's primary and secondary school students to start by learning about the Chinese New Year and then be exposed to more Eastern cultures. It is hoped that the new generation of Chinese Americans will not forget the heritage of Chinese culture.
