Posted in Cultural, Stories, tagged 4, 8, chinese culture, chinese new year, chinese number, cny, Cultural, culture, customs, fa cai, gong xi, gong xi fa cai, hong bao, new year, nian, number, spring, Stories, story, traditions on January 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ask around any Chinese about numbers, most probably they can explain which numbers denote good luck, and which are to be avoided.
Four Is Considered Unlucky…
For example, they will consider four to be unlucky because the character four (Si4) has almost the same pronounciation as the word ‘die‘ (Si3).
For Cantonese, this is even more obvious because [...]
Posted in Chinese, Cultural, Stories, tagged chinese culture, chinese new year, cny, Cultural, culture, customs, fire cracker, hong bao, new year, nian, red, red packet, spring, Stories, story, traditions on January 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I believe Chinese all over the world are getting excited.
They will flock the shopping malls, hypermarts, markets etc to stock up for the festive season, which is beginning on the 26 January this year; while some will buy new dresses to be worn on the New Year day.
Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New [...]
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