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Ring in the Year of the Rabbit with these best Chinese New Year Greetings and Lunar New Year wishes for loved ones, family, friends and co-workers. 100 Lunar New Year Greetings for Luck and Prosperity
Fai chun (traditional Chinese: 揮春; simplified Chinese: 挥春; pinyin: huīchūn) or chunlian (春聯; 春联; chūnlián) is a traditional decoration [1] that is frequently used during Chinese New Year. People put fai chun in doorways to create an optimistic festive atmosphere, since the phrases written on them refer to good luck and ...
Chinese New Year celebration in the 13th arrondissement of Paris in 2009, with fu in the front of the float Fu lantern at the Singapore River Hongbao Carnival during the Chinese New Year in 2006 Chinese New Year decorations at Western Union's headquarters in Englewood, Colorado, with the center character, fu , displayed upside-down
Chinese New Year festivities occur throughout the country, especially in provinces where many people of Chinese descent live such as Nakhon Sawan, Suphan Buri, and Phuket. [144] [145] [146] Observed by Thai Chinese and parts of the private sector, the festival is usually celebrated for three days, starting on the day before Chinese New Year's Eve.
Chinese New Year customs can bring a welcome sense of renewal to a seemingly endless winter. The post 8 Chinese New Year Traditions, Explained appeared first on Reader's Digest.
Chinese New Year's Eve is the day before the Chinese New Year. Celebrating Chinese New Year's Eve has always been a family matter, it is the reunion day for every ethnic Chinese family. It has evolved over a long period of time. The origin of Chinese New Year's Eve can be traced back to 3500 years ago.
A duilian is ideally profound yet concise, using one character per word in the style of Classical Chinese. A special, widely-seen type of duilian is the chunlian (simplified Chinese: 春 联; traditional Chinese: 春 聯; pinyin: chūnlián), used as a New Year's decoration that expresses happiness and hopeful thoughts for the coming year.
Since the Chinese word "盒" (He) has the same sound with "合" (He). "Hehe" (和盒) is actually the name of a fairy of a Chinese myth, who symbolized the mutual love between the married couple. Chinese people hope the rebus of "Wu Fu He He" will bring blissful and harmony life to the married couple.