This is the first day of the Chinese New Year here. For the next three days of public holiday, people are going to pay goodwill visits to relatives and friends to bring them gifts, red packets (money for kids) and good wishes. Some of the good wishes are interesting if you consider it literally. Let’s look at some examples using the above good wish posters which people stick on walls at home for the Chinese New Year.
Choi Yuen Kwong Chung: The source of fortune coming in profusely.
Ceok Yup Pink On: Going in and out
and have peace
Dai Gat Dai Lay: Big mandarin big
advantage (Gat= mandarin/luck)
Lone Ma Jing Sun: Dragons and horses
are energetic (a good health wish)
Mang Si Sing Yi: Ten thousand things
winning as planned
Yat Tuen Wo Hey: One heap of
harmonious air
(Get along well wish)
The best part of the Chinese New Year to me is seeing the lion dance. Lion dances are usually staged on the seventh day of the Chinese New Year. Hope that I have the time to watch some.
(These are the southern lions, which differ in outlook as compared with the hairly northern lions. I like the southern breed better)
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