30 Lunar New Year Questions to Ask Nai Nai and Ye Ye

The questions

30 Lunar New Year questions to ask your family

Three of these go in the book to start. Swap in any you like, or write your own.

For Nai Nai and Ye Ye12 questions

Tell me about New Year when you were little. Who cooked the reunion dinner?
What did your mother make every New Year that we still eat?
What did New Year look like in the town you grew up in?
Tell me about the day you two met.
What was your first New Year far from home like?
Who in your family gave the biggest red envelopes?
What did you wear for New Year as a girl?
Which year of the zodiac were you born in, and does it fit you?
Which dish do you want us to keep making? Talk us through it.
What do you wish for each of us this year?
What do you hope the grandchildren grow up to know?
Which New Year do you remember best, and why?

For the whole family10 questions

What has Nai Nai taught you?
What is your favourite New Year memory with the family?
Tell us about a time Ye Ye made you laugh.
Which New Year dish can you not do without, and who makes it best?
What do you wish Nai Nai and Ye Ye for the year ahead?
Who do you want to thank this year, and what for?
Which family tradition would you keep forever?
What made you laugh this year?
Who could not be at the table this year, and what would you tell them?
What are you hoping for in the year ahead?

For the children to ask8 questions

What did you do with your red envelope money when you were my age?
Were you ever scared of the lion dance?
What was your favourite New Year snack?
Who gave you your first new New Year clothes?
What did you want to be when you grew up?
Tell me about a pet you had growing up.
What do you think I will be like when I grow up?
What is your favourite thing we do together?

Two ways to do it

Nai Nai's stories, or everyone's wishes for the new year.

One person's story

Nai Nai's life story

Once the dishes are cleared, Nai Nai gets the phone and the first question. Twelve on this page are written for her, and she can talk for as long as she likes.

Tell me about New Year when you were little. Who cooked the reunion dinner?
What did your mother make every New Year that we still eat?
What do you wish for each of us this year?

Start Nai Nai's story

Everyone's wishes

The family's New Year wishes

Everyone in the family group records a wish for Nai Nai and Ye Ye before the dinner, and the wishes play at the table on New Year's Eve.

What has Nai Nai taught you?
What is your favourite New Year memory with the family?
What do you wish Nai Nai and Ye Ye for the year ahead?

Start the family's book

Record Nai Nai and Ye Ye right there at the table in the Chorus app! After New Year it prompts you with their next question every week or every month.

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Family books people made

I am so glad I took the time to do this, my nai nai loved it so much and said it was the best present she has ever gotten. Just a super gift!!

Sarah D.

recorded her nai nai's life story

Ba cried....and my ba never cries! It was so easy to collect the stories. Super support too!

Emily M.

made a book for her ba with her sisters

Chorus, thanks so much! I'm not technical and found this so easy. The book is a family heirloom now.

Mary C.

made a book for her po po and gong gong

The podcast link is brilliant - you just get things you couldn't get in a book like laughing or the background in a recording! I am so happy we have this for all the grandkids.

Chris O.

recorded his ye ye's life story

SUPER idea. In a world where we're all so disconnected, capturing all the things we mean to each other is just priceless. Make the time, do it!

Kate B.

made a book for her ma and ba

Here's what you keep.

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Amy

her daughter

A photo from Amy of two friends laughing on a picnic rug

Ma, I am wearing the red jumper you knitted. Everyone at the office asked where it was from and I said my mother made it...

Next up, Jason, her grandson

Hear it

Their stories in their own voices

Nai Nai's answers and every wish the family recorded play from one link, in the order they came in.

What has Nai Nai taught you?

Wei

her son

Nobody at our table picks up chopsticks before Ba does, and that's your rule, Ma.

Scan to hear Wei

Read it

A book to read online

A book online that you can send digitally or print at home!

A Chorus hardcover with Our New Year wishes on the cover

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A hardcover for Nai Nai and Ye Ye to keep

We print the book and deliver it to your door.

What makes it easy

We've made it easy for everyone to join in!

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Amy

her daughter

Gong Xi Gong Xi

Yao Lee and Yao Min

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Add a song to their message

Each person can pick a song that goes with their message. It plays from their place in the podcast and prints on their page.

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One link for everyone

They can each record a message on their own phone. Nobody needs an account.

Voice, video or writing

Everyone can answer their own way, with a voice note, a video or a few written lines.

Scan the page and hear their voice!

A code under each message plays the voice from the book. You can switch the codes off if you'd like the page without them.

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Everyone can chip in

Turn on chip-in and everyone can put money towards the book.

The free Chorus app

Record Grandma or Grandad on your phone

Grandma might never open a link, and that's ok! Sit down together, ask her one of the questions and hold up your phone while she talks.

Also in the app

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Mei Ling

My mother hid one coin in one dumpling for luck, and whoever bit on it had a good year. I bit on it once, when I was nine.

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Change anything before it prints

You see every page before it prints, so you can fix a word, swap a photo or take a page out.

Mei Ling, voice note6:48

Lily, video1:14

Amy, voice note2:03

Keep every recording

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Collect every voice and every photo for free, then choose how you keep it.

The voices

$45

Their own podcast. Every recording is tidied as it comes in, and one link plays them all.

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The book

$99

The podcast, plus a book online that you can send digitally or print at home.

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The keepsake

$115

The book printed as a hardcover and delivered to you, with everything above. Delivery is included.

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Questions people ask

When is Chinese New Year 2027?

Saturday 6 February 2027, the first day of the Year of the Goat, with the reunion dinner on Friday 5 February. Order the printed book by Friday 15 January to have it at the table.

What do you say to your grandparents at New Year?

Wish them good health, shen ti jian kang, and that everything goes their way, wan shi ru yi. Then tell them one thing they taught you. The 30 questions on this page give everyone a place to start.

Can family in Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia all take part?

Yes! The link works in any country, and every voice plays in the one podcast.

Can Nai Nai answer in Mandarin or Cantonese?

Yes. People record in whatever language they speak at home, and you can type the words out on their page before it prints.

Can someone write their message instead?

Yes. Anyone can type their message instead of recording it, and add a photo with it.

What does it cost?

It doesn't cost anything to collect the messages. When the book is ready, you choose the podcast, the book online or the printed hardcover. We deliver the hardcover to you and the delivery is included.

Start a New Year book

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The whole family's New Year wishes for Nai Nai and Ye Ye go into one book!