For more than a billion people around the world, Chinese New Year or Lunar New Year is their single most important annual celebration. In 2021, festivities begin on 12 February. On God Forbid, James and the panel take a moment to celebrate and delve into Chinese history in Australia since the gold rush.
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Lunar New Year also known as the Spring festivaldates back thousands of years, with customs steeped in tradition and myth. Some of them arepretty standard like eating and spending time with loved ones.Othersaredistinctive,likedragon processions andflocking to the temple at midnight.
Didyou knowthat proportionally,Australia has more people of Chinese ancestry than any othercountryoutside Asia? During the gold rushesofthe 1850s, thousands of Chinese people immigrated to Australia,and have played asignificantroleinAustralianhistory ever since.
When you think about philosophy,what springs to mind? Perhaps arguments about logic,or Ancient Greeks pondering the meaning of life.You might also draw on Eastern philosophical traditions like Daoism,which hasroots in ancient China.Sowhat do Daoists believe, and why is Daoism sometimesregarded as a religion or form of spirituality?
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