Keeping The Essence Of Tradition.

I grew up hating my Chinese traditions. Growing up I felt like so much of it didn’t make sense to me like learning my mother tongue, using chopsticks properly, women being seen as a “good woman” only if she were domesticated, keeping the rules of festivities, and all that other things in between. I was lost as a child, I grew up in a moderately progressive household. Both my parents were educated in the UK and had been exposed to Western culture. They raised me with Western influences, and I grew up appreciating the West more than my own culture. I saw the ways of my people as non-progressive, outdated, and inferior to my Western upbringing. I prided myself as a “failed Chinese” and it did draw a lot of negative comments from relatives, especially during festivities. <a href="https://medium.com/@allykay88/keeping-the-essence-of-tradition-e58c400f0bb5">Learn More</a>