Life@ Elastic | Celebrating the Lunar New Year in China
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In China, the Spring Festival Holiday marks the Lunar New Year. It is the largest celebration in the country, a time when red lanterns appear along the streets and fireworks light up the sky. The Spring Festival is also a public holiday, taking place between February 4-11. Most Chinese workers start the holiday at the beginning of February and stretch the time off to between 10 and 15 days to spend time with their families.
The celebration continued Saturday morning when the China team, along with leadership, made a group outing to Gubei Water Town. Gubei Water Town is a two hour drive from our office but well-worth the car time. It’s a historic place known for its canals, the beautiful Mandarin Duck Lake Reservoir (which is reported to be the largest wild duck habitat in Asia), and the Simatai section of the Great Wall.
Developed over two dynasties, the Simatai section of the Great Wall is perhaps the most stunning portion. It is also extremely steep — many people take gondolas to the top. It’s more of a climb, really, but we were up for the challenge. We spent several hours exploring the wall’s famous watchtowers and taking pictures from the cliff edges of the Wall’s fantastic views. Hiking the Wall created quite an appetite and in the evening we had another group dinner to fill those empty bellies and relax.
Selling Elastic products in China is different — sometimes quite different — than selling in the US. Having Aaron, Leah, Joen, Pankaj, and Chongzhe in town was a unique opportunity to bring together some of our trusted partners with Elastic leadership to discuss the unique challenges we face. On Sunday evening, we held an Elastic partner appreciation dinner. We invited ten partners from around the Beijing area to meet Elastic leadership and discuss strategy, potential business plans, and to enjoy a good meal. Partners at the dinner included Unio Beijing, Xiaotong, Digital China, Shenzhen Macro, Shanghai Puxiang, Alibaba and Tencent Cloud. A great crowd!
Looking back on the last year and looking forward to the new one, I see the incredible growth of our team as great success. It takes time to build a team and customer confidence, and we’ve done so at an accelerated pace. Hiking the Great Wall and celebrating the Lunar New Year felt symbolically charged. It helped me to see that we are ready as a team to build something real, take on any challenge, and fully support our customers, partners, and their success — today and into the future.
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