Hello Excellent Ones,
Below is an explanation, copied and pasted from that font of accurate and interesting information (cough hack): Wikipedia, about Chinese New Year, which was on for the past week. I have almost completed a wonderful ten day Chinese New Years holiday, which was much appreciated I might add. The pictures are an example of what can be seen during this time. I will let you judge the beauty of these decorations yourself.
Chinese New Year is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. In China, it is also known as the Spring Festival, the literal translation of the modern Chinese name. Chinese New Year celebrations traditionally ran from Chinese New Year's Day itself, the first day of the first month of the Chinese calendar, to theLantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month, making the festival the longest in the Chinese calendar. Because the Chinese calendar islunisolar, the Chinese New Year is often referred to as the "Lunar New Year".
The origin of Chinese New Year is itself centuries old and gains significance because of several myths and traditions. Traditionally, the festival was a time to honor deities as well as ancestors.[2]Chinese New Year is celebrated in countries and territories with significant Chinese populations, including Mainland China, Hong Kong,[3] Macau, Taiwan,Singapore,[4] Thailand, Indonesia,Malaysia, Mauritius,[5] Philippines,[6][7]and also in Chinatowns elsewhere. Chinese New Year is considered a major holiday for the Chinese and has had influence on the lunar new year celebrations of its geographic neighbors.
Within China, regional customs and traditions concerning the celebration of the Chinese new year vary widely. Often, the evening preceding Chinese New Year's Day is an occasion for Chinese families to gather for the annualreunion dinner. It is also traditional for every family to thoroughly cleanse the house, in order to sweep away any ill-fortune and to make way for good incoming luck. Windows and doors will be decorated with red colour paper-cuts and couplets with popular themes of "good fortune" or "happiness", "wealth", and "longevity." Other activities include lighting firecrackers and giving money in red paper envelopes.
Have a great week everyone,
God bless you,
Love adios and peng on!
Dirk
Lots of people and dogs dress up for Chinese New Year. CNY
Lovely.
Peace out. Maybe next year I will dress up and join the party.
Would work for Valentines as well.
Tree with red packets.
Hmmm
Ok
Another tree. No money in the red packets. Darn.
Even some buildings get in on it.
Lanterns.
Lots of lanterns.
Display.
Note the manderin orange bush.
Over the top.
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