Happy Chinese New Year 2008

February 7th, 2008 · 6 Comments

Rat Year - Chinese New Year Today is beginning of the new lunar year. It is the year of the rat. We celebrate the new year with dinner together with the family and friends, give hung bao to the kids, and wear clean red clothing.

As we were discussing the traditions of Chinese new year, I found out more things to observe:

Debts have to be paid.
No borrowing.
No cussing.
No stories about death and ghosts.
No reflection of the past.
No crying.
Do not wash hair.
Do not clean the house.

I suppose for one day, I could do all of the above, except paying off my mortgage and car loan. The Chinese always have elaborate ways of doing things, especially during the new year.

So for those who are celebrating the new year today: Gong Xi Fa Chai! Xin nian kuai le!

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6 responses so far ↓

1 J.F.H. // Feb 7, 2008 at 10:45 am

Happy New Year Rudy and Family!

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2 rudyamid // Feb 8, 2008 at 6:32 am

Thanks Jay! We ate pork and long noodles for dinner. Yet another Chinese tradition!
3 Zhu // Feb 8, 2008 at 9:01 pm

新年快乐！

We had 饺子 (jiaozi, raviolis)!

I love Chinese traditions, I remember reading about the origin of the “no cutting hair” one in high school!

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4 rudyamid // Feb 9, 2008 at 8:33 am

Hi Zhu. Yeah, it seems nothing negative should be done on Chinese new year. We haven’t talked about the dragon dance and lighting up fireworks. Just so many more things to do around that day!
5 lina // Feb 10, 2008 at 7:35 am

all I know, Mickey & Minnie is getting more famous this year!
debts to be paid, yeah that’s why all our suppliers chased us like mad before the holidays. crazr pre-CNY for me.

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6 rudyamid // Feb 10, 2008 at 3:45 pm

Hi Lina. I think you’re suppose to voluntarily pay your suppliers before the holidays. I hope you and your family had a great Chinese New Year anyway!