Chapter 722: Lantern Festival
On Chinese New Year's Eve, San Francisco issued a decree that on February 28 and March 1, 2010, West Coast time, the city allowed citizens to set off fireworks.
The night of February 28 in the United States time is the Lantern Festival for the Chinese.
Speaking of which, the time for Chinese Americans to spend the New Year is different from that in Chinese mainland, the problem is the time difference, the mainland side of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the United States side is daytime, Chinese people can't spend Chinese New Year's Eve during the day, right?
In the same way, the Lantern Festival is also different.
After the game against the Celtics on February 27, the Warriors gave Chamberlain a small vacation, allowing him to rest for two days before returning to the team to play, just to let him go back to spend the Lantern Festival with his family.
Chamberlain was also happy, because this is what he deserved, some time ago when the New Year, the time happened to be February 13th and 14th, it was an all-star at that time, he couldn't miss the all-star home for the New Year, right?
This Lantern Festival is considered to make up for the shortcomings of the New Year and reunite with your family.
Chamberlain brought his parents, grandparents and grandmothers to the villa of the cliff house, and called Hit, the Li brothers and others, plus the dolls Shirley, more than a dozen people were also very lively, in addition, Li Qun invited a few people, Zhang Zilin was on the list, so Chamberlain felt that this festival was also very perfect.
The only thing that was missing was the previous game against the Celtics.
At 99-100, Chamberlain executed the final free throw, which was the most testing time for the big heart, but Chamberlain withstood the pressure and calmly sent the ball into the hoop to drag the game into overtime.
If in the past, the Warriors and the Celtics played overtime, then the latter was lost, and the main force of the Warriors was young people, and the body was more abundant, and it was easy to play the three old giants.
This time it was the other way around, the Warriors' three-back was nothing short of torture, and the third game was the limit to the end, and in overtime, they finally collapsed.
At the start of overtime, Garnett scored 2 points first, in fact, he wanted to attract Chamberlain to block and then make a foul to send him off, but Chamberlain didn't let him get his wish, just interfered.
Chamberlain then responded with a jumper. Garnett then Wallace provoked Chamberlain in the penalty area, trying to lure him into action anyway. As a result, Chamberlain simply gave him a big hat, and roared that Tianzun was disgraced for a while.
The Warriors fought back, and Iverson made a throw. Pierce broke through for a layup, Chamberlain didn't get out of the way for a while, was hit by him, ate a defensive foul, and went off the court with six free throws!
The Celtics celebrated, and the Goddess of Victory finally smiled at them.
And because the free throw time was up, Pierce not only sent Chamberlain off the court, but also hit both free throws, hugging the grass and hitting the rabbit with one stone.
The Warriors attack couldn't be opened, the person who lacked cover on the inside, West hit the iron with a mid-to-long shot, Garnett grabbed the rebound and counterattacked, and the gentleman Lei made a layup.
Iverson made a breakthrough with his last body, and after throwing his shot, he was knocked to the ground, and it took him a long time to get up, and the floor was directly wet with sweat from his body.
After that, Garnett made a backhand layup and roared Tianzun to turn and hook his hand, and the Green Shirts led by five points. Iverson once again tried to break through, and after a foul, he hit both free throws, and the Green Shirts immediately returned with a three-point shot.
The Warriors can only rely on their own ability to make fouls, this time West hit the first free throw, the second free throw is estimated to miss, but he grabbed the frontcourt rebound, but was whistled for a violation.
After that, the Warriors had no chance to turn around, and finally lost to the Celtics 110-116, regrettably losing the game.
Despite the loss, the fans did not hesitate to applaud and cheer, and after the game, the fans in the stadium stood up and cheered for the Warriors.
In an interview after the game, Jun Zilei said with some emotion: "Our opponent is very strong, just like a contest between a hunter and a tiger, and the hunter cleverly chose a chance for the tiger to be seriously injured, but he was still almost eaten by the tiger." β
The Warriors' ability to reach overtime with the second in the East with the third backs is really admirable.
However, Jun Zilei's speech made some people in the Green Shirts very dissatisfied, thinking that he was trying to destroy his own prestige.
In this game, Chamberlain played 38 minutes, cutting down 35 points, 20 rebounds and five blocks. Iverson played 29 minutes with 24 points and four steals, and if it weren't for his continued firepower in the second half, the Warriors would have been miserable.
Chamberlain was flipping through the sports newspaper, and Hitt walked over with the Li brothers and asked, "Z, are you still watching the game?" Did you know that today is an important day? Don't watch the game, come on. β
After listening to the words of the three of you, Chamberlain rolled his eyes and said: "Of course I know that this is an important day, the Lantern Festival, or I came to call you for the festival." β
"What Lantern Festival?" Michael Lee asked blankly, "Isn't it the Festival of Lights?" β
Americans don't understand the famous halls of the Lantern Festival, the Lantern Festival is the-Lantern-Festival in English, that is, the Lantern Festival, and the Lantern Festival is the "Festival of Lights", which is easy for them to understand.
Of course, there is no Lantern Festival in the United States, and this is not a statutory holiday, but there are many Chinese in San Francisco, and the descendants of the dragon have to celebrate this traditional festival, so the city government of San Francisco must also respect this, especially after the strong rise of Chamberlain.
Chamberlain has now become the city's calling card for San Francisco, and in the past, the government allowed Chinese people to set off firecrackers at most, but this year it has expanded the scope to allow Chinese people to set off fireworks.
Fireworks are always more enjoyable than firecrackers, you know, the United States attaches great importance to environmental protection, and the thing of setting off fireworks and firecrackers is absolutely incomprehensible, even if it is their local festival, in addition to New Year's Day (New Year's Day), fireworks can be set off at Christmas, and it is also the government to set off.
Now, because of Chamberlain, in the second half of last year, the San Francisco City Council passed an agenda to allow Chinese people to set off fireworks during the Spring Festival and Lantern Festival.
This was a sign of the rise of the Chinese as an affair that had a great impact on the Chinese community at the time, and San Francisco began to introduce more pro-Chinese policies, which also attracted the Chinese elite.
In fact, what the Chinese want is not preferential treatment, as long as they can have the same treatment as local whites, and can be treated equally and not discriminated against, they will be satisfied.
Chamberlain's Lantern Festival is held at noon, so that they can also watch the domestic Lantern Festival Gala, and in the evening they have a program to attend the Lantern Festival Gala organized by the San Francisco government.
Chamberlain's father used the speaker to play patriotic songs such as "Although I wear a dress, my heart is still a Chinese heart", and they had already greeted their neighbors beforehand and sent food such as Lantern Festival, so it was not a disturbance to the people.
Chamberlain sighed, and wanted to popularize the story of the Lantern Festival to the three of them, at this time Zhang Zilin came over, and the Li brothers smiled slyly and ran over to cater to Zhang Zilin.
Chamberlain said angrily, "Hey, I'm going to tell you a story." β
Hitt glanced back at him disdainfully, and said, "Teacher Zhang will also speak, in this case, we have beautiful women to see, why listen to you." β
At this time, Zhang Zilin was indeed called a beauty, the air conditioner in the villa raised the temperature, and she took off her coat and put on a blue low-necked dress.
I saw a circle of pink turtleneck lace around her pink neck, and the dreamlike lace edge extended down the shape of her breasts. The towering and plump twin peaks hold the blue elastic fabric high and beautiful, and her skirt is slit and extends to the middle of her thighs, revealing the snow-white plump thighs wrapped in white transparent stockings, revealing her sexiness in a conservative way.
In addition, her round and plump buttocks are upturned at an incredible angle, forming a curve of desire with the slender willow waist, coupled with slender and well-proportioned beautiful legs, the charm of the royal sister is the most attractive to a little boy like the Li brothers.
Running in front of Zhang Zilin, the three little guys who didn't have any hair and said with a shy face: "Teacher Zhang, you are really beautiful tonight, I bet you will definitely be the queen of today's ball." So, can you tell us a little bit about the origin of the Lantern Festival? β
When the words fell, Li Qun walked downstairs, as if to compete with Zhang Zilin, Li Qun, who usually likes to face the sky, also made up carefully today.
She was dressed in a plain white cheongsam, her supple hair draped over her shoulders, trembling slightly as she walked. Li Qun already has delicate facial features and white and delicate skin, but at this time, a little powder is applied to his face, which makes him look even more pure and elegant.
The slit of the cheongsam is neither high nor low, just enough to expose the sturdy and slender calves and rounded knees, and the slender white thighs appear and disappear when moving. She walked downstairs with a smile, a pair of slender legs wrapped in thin transparent flesh-colored stockings, pure beauty and sex appeal at the same time.
Hitt patted Bruce on the shoulder and said, "Man, I'd better go and listen to Li Qun's introduction to the Lantern Festival, you guys will play here first." β
Chamberlain whistled, took Li Qun's little hand and turned around, and praised: "Tonight's Lantern Festival queen must belong to you." β
After he finished speaking, he turned his head to look, and just saw two sword-like gazes, Zhang Zilin looked at him unhappily, and his puffing appearance was cute and moving.
But when Li Qun turned his head, Zhang Zilin's gaze suddenly became gentle as water, and she looked extremely ladylike with a shallow smile.
Bruce and Michael stood aside stupidly, looking at Li Qun and then at Zhang Zilin, and they were extremely happy for a while.
The innocent Shirley and the cute doll then walked out, and now the two of them were not enough to have enough eyes.
The noon party focuses on communication and affection, and the evening is the main meal.
San Francisco held a magnificent lantern display in the center garden, with a variety of lanterns, combining Chinese and American elements into one.
Next to Chang'e running to the moon is the handsome smile of Iron Man, the Eight Immortals across the sea and the Fantastic Four look at each other, Zhu Bajie and Sun Wukong are fighting against the Superman Batman combination, and there are also fixed lights in the shape of pandas, American brown bears, and North American red-tailed eagles, which are full of light.
The Chinese ambassador and consul to the United States were the first to congratulate and deliver speeches, report on the great achievements of the country, and encourage overseas Chinese to win glory for the motherland.
The speaker of the California Legislature also came, and there was no shortage of high-level officials in the San Francisco government, and all of them were present to "participate in the grand event".
One by one, the speeches were brief, and the unifying theme was to express their deep appreciation for traditional Chinese culture and praise the Chinese for their great contributions to the diversity of the United States. They know that many Chinese people have ballots in their hands, and even if gongs, drums and firecrackers sound in the sky, they will not cover their ears.
Celebrations are indispensable, after the officials and lords speak, the Lantern Festival parade begins, with lion dances, dragon dances, firecrackers, or garden parties, rows of stalls filled with snacks from all over China; A party was held in the center of the garden, with chorus, small ensemble, allegro, and two-person turns, and the children in the audience were scurrying around, and there were joyful scenes everywhere.
Many blacks and whites also come to watch, and there are lantern riddles on the lanterns, only a small part of these riddles are thoroughly Chinese native culture, and more are closely related to American culture, after all, most of the Chinese present are actually native Chinese Americans.
The party reached its climax when the Lantern Festival queen was selected, as long as you have Chinese ancestry - no matter how much, you can sign up for the election, and Chamberlain is also one of the guests.
Zhang Zilin and Li Qun did not participate, the former is Miss World, participating in this kind of activity is really bullying, the gap between professional models and amateur models has to be counted in light years, just like when Chamberlain and others pretended to be old men to bully people in the street court.
The latter belongs to Chamberlain's girlfriend, who is almost also a fiancΓ©e, and there is a big gap between her popularity and other contestants, and it is also cheating if she runs on stage.
Chamberlain sat in the stands and watched the Chinese beauties up close, and the long-legged beauties walked in front of him, and he was overjoyed to see it.