Since Chinese New Year is coming in a few days, thought I share a little bit about my holiday and culture.
Below are some typical good luck signs that we put in the house before the new year and it will remain on the wall for the rest of the year. Basically, all the signs have good meanings behind them. Also, tangerines are very important for this holiday; we usually put them in pairs on the tables of each room, hang them on the wall or near the window. It's crucial to get the ones with stems and green leafs, the greens signify fresh start along with the lucky fruit.
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Good info. Thanks for sharing :)
ReplyDeleteMay good fortune brings you happiness and plenty of luck.
ReplyDeleteThank you :)
ReplyDeleteSometimes I feel like the overly-superfluous superstitions associated with the Chinese New Year often inundate people with a plethora of home decors, making them to overlook the more important meaning of the festival: spending quality times with families, relatives and friend. Perhaps it's a holiday decorum, tradition, or belief, and perhaps it's what makes it unique, but just like its western counterparts (Christmas, Valentine, Easter, etc), CNY is becoming too commercialized. I mean if everyone does one less with the impossible-to-recycle-bloodily-pigmented-red-lucky-piece-of paper, would their new year be less fortunate? Considering the millions of people still living under a dollar a day in China, I find it unfathomable that some of them are willing to spend a portion of their savings on a few piece of papers. Call me a nonbeliever, but I would rather spend it on a few more cups of grains, a few more bowls of rice, and a few more time spent of the table together. Anyways...happy Chinese New Year.
ReplyDeleteI know what you are saying. It's part of the New Year tradition to decorate the house with lucky items, but some people over do it and are overly superstitious. The older generation spend more time and energy on the decorative stuff. What ever makes them happy, so it's okay.
DeleteActually lots people I know do use this holiday to spend time with family and visit relatives.
Happy Chinese New Year!