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Showing posts with label spring festival. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spring festival. Show all posts
Tuesday, 31 January 2017
It is the fourth day of Chinese lunar January(初四)!
It is believed that it is today, the fourth day of Chinese lunar January(初四), that Nüwa the goddess in ancient Chinese mythology best known for creating mankind and repairing the pillar of heaven, created goat. So in some places of China, today is called the day of goat. And also, for most Chinese people, today is the day to welcome domestic gods home.
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Monday, 30 January 2017
Chu san(初三)， the third day of the Chinese Lunar January!
We are told by the aged that we’d better not go out for a Spring Festival visit today , Chu san(初三)， the third day of the Chinese Lunar January, as it is believed to be the day that is likely for people to have a tiff with someone, so in some places of China, people choose to stay at home on this day sacrificing the gods for blessings.
Well, nowadays most Chinese, especially the youngsters no longer treat it as a taboo day, they freely go out and communicate with each other, and it seems that some unhappy things don’t really happen.
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Saturday, 28 January 2017
Today is Chu er, the “parental home visiting day” for married women.
Today is Chu er（初二）， the second day of the Year of the Rooster 2017，and the “parental home visiting day” for married women.
On this day, the married daughters are supposed to come back their parental home with their husbands， taking children and gifts with them， and visit their families. They usually prepare gifts for the whole families and hongbao(red envelops containing money as a gift) especially for the children.
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Today is Chu yi, the Spring Festival, and the first day of the Year of the Rooster 2017!
Today is Chu yi(初一), the Spring Festival, and the first day of the Year of the Rooster 2017!
Two taboo behaviors to which you must pay attention today:
Firstly, you mustn’t sweep the floor and if you have to you need to sweep from outside to inside lest you sweep away your luck and fortune.Secondly, don’t get water from a well in case you infuriate the Well God and bring yourself misfortune. Although it is hard to see a well in urban China and also most rural areas have long been used to tap water, still a well is the main water source of some rural mountainous areas in China, so they worship the Well God for water and blessings.
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Friday, 27 January 2017
2017, happy a prosperous Chinese New Year.
Tonight let’s stay together with our families to countdown the coming of the first day of the year of the Rooster, 2017, and happy a prosperous Chinese New Year.
Century Mosaic may you and your family be blessed with the Spring Festival with Health, Wealth, and Longevity.
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