Happy Chinese New Year! 新年快乐
Wishing you prosperity and wealth! 恭喜发财
May the year of the tiger bring you lots of joy, success, peace, prosperity and good health. Have a wonderful celebration with your loved ones. Take care and stay safe!
Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year and the Spring Festival, marks the end of winter and the beginning of spring season in the lunisolar calendar. It is begins with a reunion dinner on the eve, followed by 15 days of celebration.
A popular legend tells of a mythical beast Nian (/nyen/, which sounds the same as 'year' in Chinese), that showed up every year to eat people and livestock. The townsfolk displayed red paper, burned fireworks, lit candles, and wore red clothes to scare away the beast. These traditions have continued until present time.
It is considered auspicious to wear red and to NOT sweep the house on the first day of Chinese New Year. Red packets (with money) are often given by the elders to kids to bring in the new year with well wishes and prosperity. It is favoured to give an amount that ends with 8 as it a homophone for “wealth” and not have a 4 as it sounds similar to “death”.
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