{"id":10843,"date":"2024-02-09T07:26:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T12:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=10843"},"modified":"2024-02-07T15:03:59","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T20:03:59","slug":"holidays-in-the-movies-lunar-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2024\/02\/09\/holidays-in-the-movies-lunar-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday&#8217;s in the movies:  Lunar New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"313\" data-attachment-id=\"10844\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2024\/02\/09\/holidays-in-the-movies-lunar-new-year\/way-of-the-dragon-poster\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Way-of-the-dragon-poster.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"220,313\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Way-of-the-dragon-poster\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Way-of-the-dragon-poster.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Way-of-the-dragon-poster.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Way-of-the-dragon-poster.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Way-of-the-dragon-poster.jpg 220w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Way-of-the-dragon-poster-105x150.jpg 105w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Way-of-the-dragon-poster-101x144.jpg 101w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Way_of_the_Dragon#\/media\/File:Way-of-the-dragon-poster.jpg\">Way of the Dragon Poster.  Wikipedia.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lunar_New_Year\">Lunar New Year<\/a>, based on the lunisolar calendar, is fabulously visible in the multi-cultural city we live in.  To mark its passing, the way we do with every holiday, we have identified a couple of movies to help us celebrate:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Way_of_the_Dragon\">Way of the Dragon<\/a> (1972):  Bruce Lee&#8217;s only complete directorial film, and Chuck Norris&#8217; debut role will surely put us in the right spirit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fight_Back_to_School_III\">Fight Back to School III<\/a> (1993):  As Richard says, no excuse is needed to re-watch any <em>Fight Back to School<\/em> movie.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lunar New Year, based on the lunisolar calendar, is fabulously visible in the multi-cultural city we live in. To mark its passing, the way we do with every holiday, we have identified a couple of movies to help us celebrate:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[290,21,91],"class_list":["post-10843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-holidays-in-movies","tag-movies","tag-new-year"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10450,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2024\/09\/25\/holidays-in-the-movies-calendar-summary\/","url_meta":{"origin":10843,"position":0},"title":"Holidays in the Movies:  calendar summary","author":"leems","date":"September 25, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Over the past few years we have been cultivating holiday themed watching to get us in the right frame of mind for every holiday. 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