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Post by kungfuzu on Feb 9, 2024 13:25:10 GMT -8
Today is Lunar New Year's Eve. Tomorrow, February 10, 2024 is the first day of the year 4721 according to the traditional Chinese calendar. This will be the Year of the Dragon.
Depending on the dialect, the traditional greeting is;
Gong Xi Fa Cai, Kong Hey Fat Choy, Kong Hee Fatt Choy! (Mandarin, Cantonese, Teochew-as I recall)
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Post by Brad Nelson on Feb 10, 2024 10:44:52 GMT -8
Happy Chinese New Year. I was ironically reminded of this fact because I went to order a luggage tag specialty item for a client. They would have their names imprinted on it, etc. But I was told by the manufacturer that the style of tag I wanted came from China. And it was "Good luck getting anything by the end of the month because of Chinese New Year." A Big "Hong Kong Wo Fat" to you as well. Or something like that.  |
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Post by kungfuzu on Feb 10, 2024 17:07:53 GMT -8
Thanks.
We went to a Chinese restaurant for our New Year's Eve supper and it was great. The restaurant had booked a bunch of tables for a Chinese-style celebration, but they let us come in since we came early and were only three.
This was the most Chinese I have seen in one place since I returned from Asia. I felt at home. Red table cloths, Chinese snacks on tables, women in Chinese dress and raffles.
The restaurant owners are from Beijing and are Christians. I suspected that most of the people in the restaurant were also Chinese Christians and the owner confirmed this to me.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Feb 10, 2024 18:57:39 GMT -8
What an obviously marvelous set of Chinese.
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Post by artraveler on Feb 11, 2024 8:51:49 GMT -8
Happy Chinese New Year. Chinese New Year and Tet have mixed memories for me, some better forgotten. The best was with my best girl in 77 in SF, when it was still a functioning city, we had lunch and later dinner in Chinatown and watched the celebrations into the evening. Fireworks, dragons and the parade. It was the best of times. |
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Post by kungfuzu on Feb 11, 2024 9:52:15 GMT -8
For me it would be the years spent in Singapore and especially Hongkong. Chinese New Year was about the best time to be in Hongkong because so many of the residents had left to go on vacation or visit their "home" cities and towns. (A Chinese tradition) The traffic was reduced, the sidewalks were walkable and restaurants less crowded. The city was quieter and more enjoyable.
We would often have lunch or tea at the Clipper Lounge in the Mandarin Hotel. Lion dancers would do their thing and we would slip an ang pau packet into the Lion's mouth for the dancers inside. Very good times indeed. |
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Post by Brad Nelson on Feb 11, 2024 10:58:04 GMT -8
Love the Lion Dancers.
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