Friday, January 23, 2009

Year of OX ..

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Base on the Chinese Lunar calendar , today is the 28th of Jan .
traditionally , people will do all the cleaning works for the house today ,
ready themsleves for the New Year Eve .
Since Chinese New Year is ahead , next week would be the holiday of
the Chinese New Year in all Asia region , a very traditional , big event
for all Chinese / Asian . Of course we'll have our long holiday and lots
of celebration for this cheesy festival .
This year is the year of OX base on the order of 12 zodiac , " OX "
represent hard working and patience .
During CNY , you'll see all the street / shopping mall / house ...everywhere
been decorated by RED and other ornaments such as red lanterns in oval shape
/ gold yuenbao ( representing wealth ) / Chinese knots / Chinese idioms /
papercutting /couplets / flowers etc .
JUST like X'mas , it is also a festival for family / relatives . A time for them to
have gatherings and share the happiness and joyful together .
Showing you some decorations near where i worked .

1.)
Choy Shen -- Chinese god of prosperity /
and The head of dragon dance costume .


2.) big plant of chrysanthemum symbolizes longevity ,
Kumquat and Peach blossom symbolizes prosperity .
People said if you take 3 clockwise walks around the Peach
blossom , you will have wealth , health and lovers in the following
years .



4.) HOW can we not mention our " leading role" of the year ?!
the pinky one is cute ...


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Honey, i have to discord about something here...As someone who practiced martial arts for almost 15 years and read about most martial art on this planet...I think you wanted to say : The head of the lion dance...and not dragon, I love that Lion Dance, the Dragon dance also very flashy but not as spectacular as the Lion dance