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Monday, February 26, 2007

~Happy Lunar New Year~
Part Two

Nian Chu Yi ; First Day of the Chinese New Year

The first day is for the welcoming of the deities of the heavens and earth. Many people, especially Buddhists, abstain from meat consumption on the first day because it is believed that this will ensure longevity for them. Some consider lighting fires to be bad luck on New Year's Day, so all food to be consumed is cooked the day before.
Most importantly, the first day of Chinese New Year is a time where families will pay a visit to their oldest and most senior member of their extended family, usually their parents, grandparents or great-grandparents.
Some families may invite a Lion dance troupe as a symbolic ritual to usher in the Lunar New Year as well as to evict bad spirits from the premises.

Every year, I will visit my paternal grandmother on this day along with all my aunts and uncles. And every year, without fail, Ah Ma will say, "Ji Kor si siang? Orh! Ah Fen ah! Ani dua han liao ah! Zou gang liao buay? Ti si ai gao yin?" (Who is this? Orh! Ah Fen ah! Grow so big liao ah? Working already? When getting married?)
And mother will say, "Gao si mi yin? Ba lu zou gang nia, ah buay tan lui buay sai gao yin! (What married? Just started work only, haven't earn enough money cannot get married!)
Then my relatives will start laughing and start commenting and how much I've changed physically over the year and ask me how's work etc. I really wonder if they're genuinely concerned or just creating conversation.

Anyway, as usual, there will be good food here followed by Blackjack and then to my 4th uncle's house with steamboat dinner and Mahjong + Blackjack.

There will be two mahjong cliques, those above 40, and those below, which I fall in. So the cousins and I, aka the amateur mahjong players will "open" our own table and play mahjong S-L-O-W-L-Y. But still, the money went into my pocket so it still makes me a happy rat in this piggy year!

Do you know?

Good Luck

Opening windows and/or doors is considered to 'bring in' the good luck of the new year.
Switching on the lights for the night is considered good luck to 'scare away' ghosts and spirits of misfortune that may compromise the luck and fortune of the new year.
Candy is eaten to ensure the consumer a "sweet" year.
It is important to have the house completely clean from top to bottom before New Year's Day for good luck in the coming year. (however, as explained below, cleaning the house after New Year's Day is frowned upon)
Some believe that what happens on the first day of the new year reflects the rest of the year to come. Asians will often gamble at the beginning of the year, hoping to get luck and prosperity.
Wearing a new pair of slippers that is bought before the new year, because it means to step on the people who gossip about you.

Bad Luck

Buying a pair of shoes is considered bad luck amongst some Chinese. The word "shoes" is a homophone for the word for "rough" in Cantonese.
A hair-cut is considered bad luck. The word "hair" is a homophone for the word for "prosperity". Thus "cutting hair" could be perceived as "cutting away your prosperity" in Cantonese.

Washing of your hair is also considered to be washing away one's own luck (although mostly hygenic concerns take precedence over this tradition)

Sweeping the floor is usually forbidden on the first day, as it will sweep away the good fortune and luck for the new year.

Talking about death is inappropriate for the first few days of Chinese New Year, as it is considered inauspicious as well.

Buying books is bad luck because the word for "book" is a homonym to the word "lose"

Buying a pair of pants is considered bad luck. The word "pants" is a homophone for the word for "bitter" in Cantonese. (Although some perceive it to be positive, as the word 'pants' in Cantonese is also a homophone for the word for "wealth".)

Ate Apple Pie@ Monday, February 26, 2007