Chris is still baffled by when Spring Festival and the Chinese New Year begin, Jiajia is recovering from eating pork baozi for breakfast, and Charlie and Tommy take cover as fireworks rattle the neighbor hood. Lao Yang shows fancy footwork at the Leaping Horse Lantern Dance and dazzles everyone!

Yes. You know Spring Festival is coming from the loud firecrackers that tell you morning is here! Jiajia practices saying “slob” and “burger” and Charlie forces us to start Spring Cleaning early. 

Today’s show focuses on the origins of the Leaping Horse Dance and the story it tells about life and community. Jiajia also updates us on how his arms are feeling.

Jiajia is aching after the first dress rehearsal thanks to the heavy lantern he has to carry, the kids are excited to be horses, turtles and dragons, and Chris jumps and yelps when JiaJia’s uncle sets off a firecracker behind her. 

JiaJia’s sister sent him a bunch of Wa! paste from Sichuan province, we revisit Guoba and Jiajia tells a folktale. 

Jiajia and Chris frolic in the snow, talk about electric cars and the latest on the Jumping Horse Lantern Dance rehearsals. You can contact us at: [email protected]

Lao Zhan is cooking up a storm leading up to Spring Festival and egg dumplings are on today’s menu. We also talk about honoring JiaJia’s grandparents and burning paper money. 

We talk about our adorable problem child and her shoe fetish, give a dance rehearsal update and celebrate the arrival of the Horse Dance costumes! 

Jiajia and Chris help Lao Zhan prepare rice dumplings for the Spring Festival and JiaJia shares on family dynamics. 

Jiajia gets a new haircut, more about Jimmy O., and Jiajia runs a marathon practicing for the upcoming horse dance!