Chinese New Year TLM
Were Chinese New Year Masses a thing before Vatican II? Nowadays inculturated Masses are popular, where red vestments and stick incense are used, usually with the rite of ancestral veneration after Mass. Granted that Lunar New Year isn’t a liturgical celebration, can we presume that Masses for it in the Old Rite were uncommon? I am aware inculturation was evident during pre-conciliar liturgies, with Chinese-influenced art and vestments, but am unable to find information online about the celebration of CNY in Tridentine liturgies. I’ve also heard that an indult exists for the usage of red vestments for Chinese celebrations at (Novus Ordo?) Mass. would anyone be able to provide a source?
Were Chinese New Year Masses a thing before Vatican II? Nowadays inculturated Masses are popular, where red vestments and stick incense are used, usually with the rite of ancestral veneration after Mass. Granted that Lunar New Year isn’t a liturgical celebration, can we presume that Masses for it in the Old Rite were uncommon? I am aware inculturation was evident during pre-conciliar liturgies, with Chinese-influenced art and vestments, but am unable to find information online about the celebration of CNY in Tridentine liturgies. I’ve also heard that an indult exists for the usage of red vestments for Chinese celebrations at (Novus Ordo?) Mass. would anyone be able to provide a source?