Gung hei fat choi!
It's Chinese New Year this Sunday! That means celebrations - parties, lanterns, bright colours (especially red), lots of food, new clothes, fireworks and red envelopes. This year, it's my year - year of the pig - along with my fellow piggies, Flighty and Lil Feather! To ensure that you have a lucky year, you might want to follow some of these Chinese superstitions on New Years day:- Don't sweep the floor, as this signifies sweeping away good luck. People who are reeeeally superstitious also don't wash their hair :) (Do it the night before!)
- Wear lots of lucky red (so that luck knows where to find you, I suspect)
- Don't eat meat - this stems from back when people had to kill animals in order to get meat - no violence/cruelty on CNY.
- Cast aside any grudges
- Spend quality time with your family
- Give and receive red envelopes (with money inside) on New Years eve, and keep them under your pillow to be opened on new years morning!
I'll be going down to Wiltshire, where my grandma and my mum's side of the family live. It's my gran's first CNY in the UK with us all, so it should be nice for her!
Whatever you'll be doing, I hope you have a great weekend, and a happy, peaceful and prosperous New Year!
Gung Hei Fat Choi!
Love Pandy xxx
Have a good weekend.
(That was fun to say too.)
I heard it was the year of the Golden Pig, which happens only once every 60 years. Is this right?
Unfortunately I washed my hair in the wee hours of this morning. But I didn't eat meat, even though my friend recommended the roast beef dinner!
I'm a snake, by the way.
I do have a phobia with snakes but I'll make an exception in Olivia's case!
Meh, who'm I kidding? I hate snakes.
Flighty, yay, we're going to have a great year! *giggles* I never thought I'd hear Flighty say 'I'm a pig' ;)
Livster, gung hei fat choi! I was teaching someone to say it on the weekend, and they were hopeless :) It turned into a load of gibberish!
So many snakes around here!
BTW, I've never heard of the yr of the golden pig... is that bad..?
Flighty, wow a milestone birthday, I hope you're going to celebrate! When is it? We shall have to have a blog party for you ;) *flexes balloon blowing muscles*
Liv, hehe.. my mum does too :)
Nikki, you shall have to make up for it this week then ;) I sooo wish I could join you! Happy new yr! xx
I wonder what I should do with my new yrs money..? Saving it is a bit boring.. *thinking of shoos and new trousers*
I had a great CNY in Zhongshan City of China this year with my family and reletives.
what a pity, there wasn't any firecrackers were allowed to be burn in there.
Give and receive red envelopes (with money inside) on New Years eve, and keep them under your pillow to be opened on new years morning!
I always wonder why to keep them under the pillow?
How's the CNY in China town in London, good atmosphere?