Happy Chinese New Year!
Wishing you a Happy & Prosperous Chinese New Year!
Chinese New Year
Among the various and many celebrations and festivities for the Chinese, Chinese New Year is always deem the most important of all. Chinese families living in different part of the country or the world will make it a point to gather together for Chinese New Year (CNY). This homecoming is very similar to the Western concept of getting together during Christmas.
Chinese New Year is also known as Lunar New Year as well as The Spring Festival. Each Chinese Year is also symbolized by an animal, very much like the Western Zodiac. The animal to symbolize CNY 2007 is The Pig. In 2006, it was the Dog. There are 12 animals in the Chinese Zodiac and each animal will not appear again until 12 years later.
Chinese greetings for Chinese New Year
If you have Chinese friends, do visit them at home during CNY and you will be most welcomed. Make sure you learn a word or two of CNY greetings.
The most common festive greetings for Chinese New Year are:
“Gong Xi Fa Cai” - Have a prosperous new year
“Zhu Ni Nian Nian You Yu” - Wishing you an abundant year
“Sing Nian Kuay Le” - Happy New Year.
Also, you may like to bring two oranges when visiting. Oranges. looking like gold ingots, symbolizes that you are bringing wealth to the family. If the Chinese family is someone that you are familiar with, you may even want to give red packets (containing a token sum of money) to their children. If you have children, you are most likely to recieve red packets for them as well.
Remember to wear bright colors when you visit!
Category: Personal, Malaysia, Visit Malaysia Year 2007