This year (1996) while flipping through a volume from a Sinorama series called "Trademarks of the Chinese," I came across an introduction to New Year's couplets and articles about the Chinese New Year. I suddenly had a brainstorm. Why couldn't I, in this place devoid of Chinese people, foods, and thus the New Year's spirit, recreate the New Year of my youth?
今年年初隨手翻開光華出版的《中國人的註冊商標》叢書，發現裡面有介紹春聯等跟春節有關的文章，突然靈機一動，既然此地因無中國人及中國食品，所以沒有過年的氣氛，何不自己來「製造」心目中的春節？