As a point of departure the question is posted: How do traditional Chinese festivals differ from their British counterparts and why? By studying the similarities and differences between festivals by comparing, for example, Hallowe'en with the Chinese Ghost Month, and St. Valentine's Day with the Chinese Lantern Festival. The research will look back to the 1950s to see how Chinese people have practiced their cultural festivals while living in London and how those practices change as time goes by.
To me such valuable experience is not only about the commonalities and differences between the East and West; for sure there would and will always be differences, yet it's the best part of it! It's the life experience and the journey they have gone through, across the borders, how each human strives to develop her/his own identity and to cherish what they have established, what they love and who they really are now. Listening to sound recordings and videos of those 13 interviewees, some were those Chinese who moved to the UK at early age and have been living in the UK for a long time; some were those mixed marriage Chinese who have shared with us how they celebrate those East and West festivals with their western partners: we can see the effect of mixed marriages on celebrating two cultures; some were those Chinese or half-Chinese born or brought up in the UK. By listening to stories, what we understand is not only individual stories, but the confusion, as well as joy, and shared concern across the human race - our root, wanted to be accepted, to be loved, and the most important, each of one we meet, is an unique individual represents the time of we lived.
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