Friday, January 23, 2009

About CNY!

Chinese New Year is also sometimes called as The Lunar New Year especially by people outside China. Chines New Year starts with the New Moon on the first day of the New Year and ends on the full moon 15 days later. The 15th Day o9f the new year is called the Lantern Festival, which is celebrated at night with lantern displays and children carrying lanterns in a parade. Families will have Reunion Dinners too. To reunite with relatives or family memebers that you have noe seen for a long time!

Traditional Chinese foods eaten and what they signifies:

• Lotus Seed - Signify having many male offspring
• Ginkgo Nut - Represents sliver ingots
• Black Moss Seaweed - Is a homonym for exceeding in wealth
• Dried Bean Curd - Another homonym for fulfillment of wealth and happiness
• Bamboo shoots - A term which sounds like " wishing that everything would be well"

Chinese New Year is coming up soon anyway. Today, as you now, is 23 if January and Chinese New Year is 26 January! It's like 3 days away! It's so fast! I'm not able to tell you much. I'll tell you about My Chinese New Year while celebrating it! Not now of course! But, right now, I wish you all A Happy Chinese New Year!Gong Xi Fa Cai, Wan Shi Ru Yi, Da Ji Da Li, Xue Ye Jin Bu! ( Chuckles) If you don't know whta they mean, I'll explain to you! Gong XI Fa Cai means Wiahing You all the best in being wealthy, Wan Shi Ru Yi means wishing everything will go smoothly, Xue Ye Jin Bu means Hope you'll imporve or excel in your studies and for Da Ji Da Li.. I don't really know what it means! :D But you can ask around! Correct me if I'm wrong!

Zai Jian Peng You Men ( chuckles)- Bye My friends!
Xin Nian Kuai Le! :)
( Be ready for my next entry on My New Year!)