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Chinese New Year fireworks
Chinese New Year fireworks will open the event for the Chinese New Year festival Tory Burch Low Heel . The sound offirecrackers tells people the new year has arrived. People offers the New Year's greetings while they arewatching TV shows, enjoying the fireworks, asking luck at temple or gambling. The most popular greeting isGong Xi Fa Chai (Cantonese pronounces Gong Hay Fat Choy), which means "congratulations and make afortune." The firecracker and congratulations greeting are from the story of animal Nian. "Make a fortune" isto wish people rich Tory Burch Shoes , because Chinese love to talk about money.
Some Chinese family change the new clothes right after midnight or the Rat hour in the Chinese New YearEve. Then they choose the lucky hour from Chinese Farmer's Calendar to worship spirits andcommemorate ancestors with candles, fruit, rice cake, tea, long noodle and candies Tory Burch Bags . The purpose of thisworship to tell spirits and ancestors the new year arrives. In the end of the ceremony, they will open thedoor, select a lucky money direction to explode the firecrackers, which means to get rid of old bad stuff andwelcome the new coming. Some Chinese family give the Red Envelope to children at this time, then thechildren go to bed.
After dawn, it's time to say Chinese New Year greetings to neighbors, friends Tory Burch Shoes Sale , coworkers, and relatives.Before time of telephone, school teachers will go back to school to greet each other. Governmentemployees will go back the office to say happy new year. Now many people say Gong Xi Fa Chai by phoneor send the greeting by e-mail.
On the Chinese New Year day Tory Burch Shoes Discounts , Chinese eat the breakfast without meat from the New Year Eve leftover. Atnoon, they have to worship the Spirit of The House with simple animal sacrifices, vegetables and rice. At theevening, they commemorate and worship family ancestors again with full dinner food.
In the morning, all the children are supposed to wear new clothes, pants, shoes, hat or jacket. Every familyshould prepare many different kind of sweet candies in a tray for people visiting their houses Tory Burch Flip Flops . If a child goeswith adult to visit someone and says Gong Xi Fa Chai, he can receive a Red Envelope. In Taiwan, thepresident, city majors and temples will prepare many Red Envelopes for their supporters. Since the numberof Red Envelopes is limited, people have to go earlier and wait in a long line in order to have a handshakeand Red Envelope.
Chinese New Year day is closed to the early spring. That means it's a beginning of blossom season. Thepopular flowers for Chinese New Year are orchid, narcissuses, peach flower Tory burch flats , chrysanthemum, kumquat,cherry blossoms, camellia and so on. So some people like to visit the flower garden or attend flower expo toenjoy the sight of flowers or bring some flower pots home.
Some Chinese would like to take whole family to countryside to enjoy the beautiful scenery. Some like to goto temple to see the crowd and pray for coming luck. Today, more young people go to department stores tospend their Red Envelope money and shop for the New Year special bargains or go to movie theater withfriends buy Tory burch shoes . Certainly, some are still like to sit by the Mah-Jong table to earn money.
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