The Spring Festival, or Chinese New Year, or ngien/nìhn/nián, marks the turning of winter into spring in the agricultural cycle. For various diasporic Chinese communities, cultural grounding often means creating and returning to rituals, such as the annual Vancouver Chinatown Spring Festival parade, Hakka kirin and Cantonese lion dance troupes blessing storefronts, and the revisiting of family, kinship, and home. Moving between public sharing and private remembrance, this photo collection weaves together archival and personal images across places, generations, spirits, and ordinary lives, tracing the passage of time and the enduring continuity of culture in creating, representing, and materializing auspicious beginnings.

「春節」，又稱「過年」，延續古老的傳說，亦是農曆中冬春交接、祈望生計好轉的日子。流散各地的華人，大多視春節為重要的文化象徵，珍重當中的傳統儀式，例如雲埠唐人街春節大遊行、客家麒麟及廣東醒獅為商舖添瑞賜福、與親友團聚念百家鄉情。此影集，是平凡人心目中的春節，有公共檔案記錄下的時刻，有個人珍藏的私密追念。當中的故事跨越地域、世代交織、連結生靈萬物、映照尋常百姓的生活。歲月流轉，文化綿延不息。我們相信，難關過去之後，春節會帶來真真切切的吉祥如意。

Eugenio Dominguez @eugin.do

Sean Gunn

Kin Jung

何錦龍 Jin He

林思滴 Rachel Lim

馬勻雅 Melody Yun Ya Ma

伍可名 Minnie Ng

落合貝克非凡 Beck Feifan Ochiai 

黄馬潔莉 Janice Mar Wong

蕭堯博士 Dr. Yao Xiao 

余兆昌 Paul Yee

周紫若 Nat Zhou

Jim Harrison, The Vancouver Courier

乃磨市檔案館 Nanaimo Archives

溫市檔案館 City of Vancouver Archives