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Ian Segel

The significance of the colors red & gold in Chinese culture - 0 views

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  • The color of Red in chinese culture usually means good luck. So like the red packet which is given every Chinese New Year, is just a symbol of good luck in the coming Year. So it is not wise for you to wear red color shirts when you attend a funeral. Golden or yellow color is traditionally the color used in imperial service. The golden color symbolizes wealth and also happiness. Red is also a color in Chinese weddings, because in wedding they tend to be happy and by wearing red things, will help the couple who are getting married chasing out the bad luck on the day they're getting married. Red in here means good luck, happiness, joy, and for the couple, this red color is regarded an energy as red symbolize
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  • the Fire element in Chinese metaphysics.
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  • In Chinese New Year, they're a custom that the eldest one gives red envelope to the young one, which means on this happy day, they're welcoming the New Year, and give blessing to the young one. Reds, Oranges and Yellows are warm colors that create warm and excitement. As you can see also, in Chinese New Year, they like to give two oranges for every visitor to give a warm welcome. This Red envelope is also a symbol of prosperity in the house.
  • he color of Red in chinese culture usually means good luck. So like the red packet which is
  • given every Chinese New Year, is just a symbol of good luck in the coming Year. So it is not wise for you to wear red color shirts when you attend a funeral. The golden color symbolize wealth and also happiness. In Chinese Metaphysics, Red symbolized the Fire element (shiny element which can chase out all evil). Golden color or sometimes it can resemble a Yellow color, symbolized the Earth element which is the storage money element (wealth) in Four Pillars of Destiny.
  • Ian Segel on 03 Jan 12
     
    The reason why the red envelopes are gold and red.
Caroline Carrothers

10 Lucky Foods - 3 views

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  • Sam Levatich on 24 Dec 11
     
    this is a great top 10 list for luck foods in the new year!
  • Sydnei Parker on 03 Jan 12
     
    While the Western New Year is more about drinking, the Chinese New Year is an opportunity to honor family and friends, and to enjoy some culinary traditions. To learn more, we consulted Fuchsia Dunlop, author of Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper, and Doris Lum, president of the Association of Chinese Cooking Teachers, as well as Rosemary Gong's book on Chinese culture and celebrations, Good Luck Life, to find out what foods we should have on hand to ensure a prosperous and happy year to come.
  • Theresa Banghart on 04 Jan 12
     
    1. Tangerines and Oranges. Displaying and eating these fruits is said to bring wealth and luck. According to the Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco, the tradition stems from the way the Chinese words for gold and orange sound alike, while the word for tangerine echoes luck.
Addie Lerner

Don't Push Your Luck, Celebrate Chinese New Year With Meaningful Foods - 0 views

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  • Addie Lerner on 03 Jan 12
     
    According to Chinese tradition and, some say, superstition, certain foods can bring you luck, fortune and even fertility when eaten around the Chinese New Year. The widely celebrated holiday is so popular that some families go as far as decorating their homes with cherry blossoms and creating centerpieces of red luck money to bring fortunes and luck in the new year.
Jeannot Delugeau

Chinese New Year's Celebration - Chinese Customs - 0 views

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  • Chinese New Year is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays and is celebrated as the Spring Festival
  • The Chinese New Year is based on the Chinese Calendar which complies with the phases of the moon. According to this, Chinese New Year begins on the first day of the first lunar month of the Chinese Calendar
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  • Traditionally the festival is a family event, everybody travels back home to meet the family and to visit relatives and friends, a practice known as "new-year visits" (Chinese: 拜年; pinyin: bàinián).
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  • paper image or a picture of the deity hung throughout the year near the family's stove
  • Traditionally houses are cleaned on the 28th day (of the last month) of the (old) year, prior to the Chinese New Year
  • red trimmings are placed on doorways and windows to scare away the
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  • This practice diverted from hanging peach-wood charms on doors, since peach-wood is considered to keep away ghosts and evil spirits and enhance immortality.
  • bamboo leaves are used to clean the house
  • Cleaning the house symbolises sweeping out any misfortune or traces of bad luck.
  • but new cloth symbolise a new start.
  • New cloth in the auspicious red colour are bought and will be worn for the first time in the early hours of the new year.
  • sweeping the house should be avoided- especially during the first three days-, since otherwise upcoming good luck would be swept out
  • as well a fresh start.
  • bad luck to wash one's hair during the first three days of the New Year as good fortune would be washed out.
  • as the fruit is considered to enhance abundance, prosperity, having children, and good health in the year to come.
  • to start a new year with unpaid debts
  • Lunar New Year is a time for settling debts.
  • a way to show respect and pay tribute to the departed souls.
  • as sharp instruments such as knives and scissors used for the preparation can be put away to avoid the 'cutting' effect of these.
  • is regarded to be bad luck on New Year's Day.
  • 12 animal signs for the years 2008 until 2020.
Sydnei Parker

Eat Chinese New Year's lucky food for fortune and luck - 1 views

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  • Sam Levatich on 24 Dec 11
     
    A nicely written article with good vocabulary (for bin bin!) about lucky new year foods!
  • Addie Lerner on 03 Jan 12
     
    Eat Lots of Lucky Foods for Extra Luck on Chinese New Year Many believe that you will receive more blessings for the coming year if you prepare and eat various lucky foods on Chinese New Year. Food is an important part of Chinese culture, and every family celebrates with the most delicious and sumptuous array of Chinese dishes.
  • Sydnei Parker on 03 Jan 12
     
    Eat Lots of Lucky Foods for Extra Luck on Chinese New Year Many believe that you will receive more blessings for the coming year if you prepare and eat various lucky foods on Chinese New Year. Food is an important part of Chinese culture, and every family celebrates with the most delicious and sumptuous array of Chinese dishes.
Sydnei Parker

Six Lucky Foods for the New Year and Where to Find Them - 1 views

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  • Sydnei Parker on 03 Jan 12
     
    Among numerous New Year's traditions (kissing at midnight, binge drinking, swearing at occupied cabs around 4 a.m.) are those of the culinary persuasion. Here are six foods that, if consumed in celebration of the New Year, will bring good luck. Or so they say. I also think this would be very helpful because it can give us a chance to compare and contract American and chinese "lucky foods"
Jeannot Delugeau

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  • The most exciting and spectacular way of expressing gratitude for the dragon is the dragon dance.
  • The Chinese New Year dragon dance symbolizes the bringing of good luck and success in the coming year for all the human beings on earth
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  • the majority of people depend on agriculture for their livelihood, the timely arrival of rains is a necessity.
  • governors of rainfall.
  • The New Year in Chinatown ends with the lantern festival on the fifteenth day of the month.
  • In the dragon dance, a team of dancers carry the image of dragon on poles. The lead dancers of the troupe lift, dip, thrust, and sweep the head which may display animated features controlled by a dancer. The dance troop mimics the supposed movements of this winged spirit in a wicked and undulating manner.
  • As a result, Chinese communities make every effort to have very long dragons dancing during the New Year.
Nora Lucey

Chinese New Year Greetings. The most popular Greetings for the Chinese New Year - 1 views

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  • Nora Lucey on 04 Jan 12
     
    Chinese New Year Greetings. The most popular Greetings for the Chinese New Year. God of Longevity, Shou, God of Longevity, Shou Xing is usually seen holding the Peach of Immortality, and carrying a peach wood staff. Fu, God of Happiness and Good Luck The Fu star is generally depicted in scholar's dress, holding a scroll.
Ian Segel

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  • Traditionally, Red envelopes or red packets (Cantonese: lai sze or lai see) (利是, 利市 or 利事); (Mandarin: 'hóng bāo' (红包); Hokkien: 'ang pow' (POJ: âng-pau); Hakka: 'fung bao'; are passed out during the Chinese New Year's celebrations, from married couples or the elderly to unmarried juniors. It is also common for adults or young couples to give red packets to children. Red packets are also known as 壓歲錢/压岁钱 (Ya Sui Qian, which was evolved from 壓祟錢/压祟钱, literally, the money used to suppress or put down the evil spirit ) during this period.[
  • Red packets almost always contain money, usually varying from a couple of dollars to several hundred. Per custom, the amount of money in the red packets should be of even numbers, as odd numbers are associated with cash given during funerals (帛金: Bai Jin). The number 8 is considered lucky (for its homophone for "wealth"), and $8 is commonly found in the red envelopes in the US. The number six (六, liù) is also very lucky as it sounds like 'smooth' (流, liú), in the sense of having a smooth year. Sometimes chocolate coins are found in the red packets
  • Odd and even numbers are determined by the first digit, rather than the last. Thirty and fifty, for example, are odd numbers, and are thus appropriate as funeral cash gifts. However, it is common and quite acceptable to have cash gifts in a red packet using a single bank note – with ten or fifty yuan bills used frequently. The act of requesting for red packets is normally called (Mandarin): 讨紅包, 要利是. (Cantonese): 逗利是. A married person would not turn down such a request as it would mean that he or she would be "out of luck" in the new year.
  • Ian Segel on 03 Jan 12
     
    Tradition of red envelopes
Ian Segel

What Is the Meaning of Red Envelopes? | eHow.com - 1 views

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  • Red envelopes, which are variously known as red packets, ang pow, lai see or hung bao, are small red paper envelopes that contain money and which are often given as gifts. Red envelopes are a Chinese tradition, but they are seen in many other Asian countries as well. Red envelopes can be offered on a number of different occasions.
  • Features A red envelope can be any shape or size, but are usually the size of playing cards or a little larger. They are often printed with metallic gold ink or with color images. The picture on the front of the envelope will be something perceived as lucky, such as carp, peonies or the Chinese character for happiness. The red envelopes will always contain money.
  • Function Red envelopes are presented as gifts on occasions that range from birthdays to the Chinese Lunar New Year. They can also be presented at weddings, or simply given at the beginning of a new endeavor, such as starting college. In a professional context, Chinese employers will give their employees a year-end bonus in a red envelope.
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  • History The tradition of red envelopes comes from a story about a demon who was vanquished during the Sung Dynasty. A young man with a magic sword defeated a demon that was menacing a town. The grateful town presented him with money in a red envelope to reward him for his deed. The color red is associated with happiness and good luck in Chinese tradition.
  • Money Amount The amount of money given in a red envelope varies wildly. A small amount is given to a young child on his birthday, while a significantly larger amount is presented to a couple getting married. A red envelope presented to a person who is closely related will contain a greater amount of money than an envelope between people who are distantly related. An even-numbered amount of money is seen as luckier than an odd-numbered amount. Beware of White Envelopes White envelopes containing money are seen as unlucky in Chinese culture. Substituting a red envelope when you are dealing with a Chinese client or firm can help prevent an unintentional offense.
  • Ian Segel on 03 Jan 12
     
    History behind red envelopes. what is significant behind the red envelopes, their purpose, the accepted monetary amount put into the envelopes, and features.
Jeannot Delugeau

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  • Lantern Festival is called Yuan Xiao festival
  • first lunar month is called yuan-month
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  • The Lantern festival occurs fifteenth day
  • Qinshihuang was the first emperor to order splendid ceremonies each year to please Taiyi and would ask Taiyi to shower favorable weather and good health to him and his people
  • lanterns and eat yuanxiao
  • According to one legend it was a time to worship Taiyi, the God of Heaven in ancient times.
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  • Another myth associates the Lantern Festival with Taoism. Tianguan is the Taoist god responsible for good luck and fortune. His birthday falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month. It is said that Tianguan is fond of all types of entertainment. So followers organize various kinds of activities during which they pray for good fortune.
  • The third tale about the origin of the Lantern festival is associated with Emperor Mingdi
  • On one day, Emperor Mingdi dreamt about a gold man in his palace. But when he was about to ask the mysterious figure who he was, the gold man suddenly ascended to the sky and disappeared in the west.
  • So Emperor Mingdi ordered the folks of the country to display lighted lanterns during the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar.
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  • Nora Lucey on 03 Jan 12
     
    Chinese Lantern Festival is called Yuan Xiao festival in China because the first lunar month is called yuan-month and in the ancient times people called night Xiao. The Lantern festival occurs fifteenth day after the first moon and is the first night to see a full moon.
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