{"id":3184,"date":"2015-02-20T09:56:52","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T14:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/40.87.96.138\/beerbar\/?p=3184"},"modified":"2015-02-20T09:56:52","modified_gmt":"2015-02-20T14:56:52","slug":"02-20-15-happy-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hisshosushibeer.bar\/my\/2015\/02\/20\/02-20-15-happy-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"02.20.15 &#124; Happy New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hisshosushibeer.bar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/02\/11.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hisshosushibeer.bar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/02\/11-1024x783.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"669\" height=\"512\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3987\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nHow lucky are we to kick off our blog with a recap of our festive Chinese New Year celebration?!<br \/>\nEager faces gathered Thursday afternoon at Hissho HQ to kick off the Lunar New Year celebrations. Hisshonians, one by one, received traditional red envelopes for good fortune in the new year.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/hisshosushibeer.bar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/02\/2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hisshosushibeer.bar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/02\/2-840x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"669\" height=\"816\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3988\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nTraditionally, red envelopes are passed out during the New Year celebrations and almost always contain money \u2013 the amount of which should be of even numbers!<br \/>\nThen, with accompanying loud drums and cymbals, a dragon weaved its way in and out of the crowd. Hisshonians placed more red envelopes into the Dragon\u2019s mouth to bring on a little more good luck for the new year!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/hisshosushibeer.bar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/02\/3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hisshosushibeer.bar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/02\/3-1024x1003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"669\" height=\"655\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3990\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5rKdTYEhGL8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nThe Dragon (and Lion!) dances are very common during Chinese New Year celebrations. Some believe the loud drums and cymbals combined with the frightening faces of the dancing Dragon or Lion can push bad or evil spirits away. Some more elaborate dragons can employ dozens and dozens of performers!<br \/>\nAfter the dragon went back to his lair, we played a Chinese New Year-themed game of \u201cbackwards charades.\u201d For this, we split into four teams and each team designated one representative who would attempt to guess which Chinese Zodiac animal their team was trying to act out in \u201ccharades.\u201d As you would expect, this resulted in lots of laughter, random animal answers and more craziness.<br \/>\nAfter the laughter subsided and a winning team was declared, we all enjoyed a wide array of sweet desserts, smoothies and fresh coffee to finish ringing in a sweet new year! It was a fun afternoon filled with laughter, good fortune and smiles!<br \/>\nDid you celebrate Chinese New Year? Tell us what you did for your celebrations!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/hisshosushibeer.bar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/02\/4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hisshosushibeer.bar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/02\/4-769x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"669\" height=\"891\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3991\" \/><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How lucky are we to kick off our blog with a recap of our festive Chinese New Year celebration?! Eager faces gathered Thursday afternoon at Hissho HQ to kick off the Lunar New Year celebrations. Hisshonians, one by one, received traditional red envelopes for good fortune in the new year. 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