This year, the students of Developing Virtue Girls School embraced the season with supreme enthusiasm and joy toward the community. They first arrived at the Tower of Blessings to visit the elderly nuns. The students sent forth their greatest blessings by performing traditional Chinese New Year songs and greeting the nuns with heartwarming smiles. Seeing enjoyment written all over the nuns’ faces, the students truly felt honored to be present at the moment.

After a sumptuous banquet prepared by devoted kitchen staff, the students strode toward the high school building, where exquisite red posters were displayed. Hosted by sophomores, the event was successful and exciting. The DVGS students assembled in the school’s Chan hall, filling the atmosphere with continuous chatter and laughter. The activities were organized into four stations, along with four groups of students.

After sprinting around for a while, the students were then rewarded with a voluminous amount of delicious food at the second station. The students were introduced to the symbolization of essential traditional Chinese New Year dishes, which included steamed, homemade dumplings, radish cakes, pineapple tarts, and tangerines.

Dressed in scarlet-red, Chinese New Year is always a time of giving warm wishes and celebrating the past and coming year. Yet this year’s celebration was especially buoyant. The food, the greetings to nuns, the games, and the conversations connected the students in an inexplicable way. Their dreams might come true when pigs fly, but this year, the New Year spirit made even the most ambitious dreams seem attainable.