Happy Chinese New Year !!

Xin Nin Kuai Le = (Happy New Year)

Just a short entry about Chinese New Year, 

Wish Happy New Year to all peoples who celebrated it, esp to all my friends.

Wishing peace, happiness & prosperity for this year 

Information about Chinese New Year:

The oldest and most important festival in China is called the Spring Festival. Many people call it the Chinese New Year. No matter what you call it, it is a time of celebration for millions of Chinese people all over the world.

The Spring Festival celebrates the Earth coming back to life and the beginning of plowing and planting. Because the Chinese use a lunar calendar, the date of the Spring Festival changes each year. It takes place at some time during the end of January or the beginning of February. This year it falls on January 26, 2009.

The Chinese calendar has a 12 year cycle and each year is named after an animal. People born in each of these years are said to have certaincharacteristics. The year 2009 (year 4707 on the Chinese calendar) is the Year of the Ox. People born in the Year of the Ox are said to be dependable, patient, methodical and calm, hardworking, materialistic, and ambitious.

To prepare for the New Year, Chinese clean their houses, repay any money they owe, get their hair cut, and buy new clothes. They decorate their houses with signs that wish peace and luck for the coming year. These signs look like the ones to the right and left of this story.

On New Year's Eve the Chinese light up their houses and gather together for a family dinner. Special foods are served. Most people stay up late and set off fireworks late at night to scare away evil spirits. Another tradition is the handing out of red packets which are decorated paper envelopes containing money.

WISH SOMEONE HAPPY NEW YEAR IN CHINESE:

Cantonese:
Gung Hay Fat Choy! (may prosperity be with you)

Mandarin:
Xin Nian Kuai Le! (Happy New Year)

                 

-assalamualaikum-

-itu sahaja-

- sila tinggalkan komen anda- tQ

-thanks coz sudi baca-

- Bagi la komen sikit-

- terima kasih-