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Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Sunday, January 5, 2014
Chinese New Year - THE HORSE
The noblest of the signs,
horses are popular, quick-witted, charming, cheerful, and talented. Horses are
doers and cannot bear inactivity. Industrious and enthusiastic, horses love to
be in the centre of things due to their high-spirited nature. Nimble, yet
graceful, the horse is a sign of elegance that will charm almost anyone with
its wit and ardour.
This intelligence and fluidity will enable horses to fit into all kind of situations, especially with high flyers. Horses work hard and need to put their ideas to test at once. On the flip side, horses get bored easily, detest routine and find it hard to chill. They are hot-tempered and hot-blooded. Quick to warm to an idea, they are also quick to lose interest and trot away. They are impulsive and need to exercise control on their words and actions, as they come across sounding arrogant and condescending when riled up.
This intelligence and fluidity will enable horses to fit into all kind of situations, especially with high flyers. Horses work hard and need to put their ideas to test at once. On the flip side, horses get bored easily, detest routine and find it hard to chill. They are hot-tempered and hot-blooded. Quick to warm to an idea, they are also quick to lose interest and trot away. They are impulsive and need to exercise control on their words and actions, as they come across sounding arrogant and condescending when riled up.
Monday, December 30, 2013
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Monday, December 31, 2012
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New Year 2013
I want to wish you all a wonderful new year 2013!
That 2013 can bring you all Good Health, Happiness, Success and Joy.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
New Year's Eve Dinner
As at all traditional Chinese gatherings, food plays an important role in the Chinese New Year Festival. Dinners tend to be very elaborate involving tables laden with auspicious foods.
On New Year's Eve, families have a reunion feast which includes nian gao, a sticky rice pudding cake which is said to make people "advance toward higher positions and prosperity step by step." A New Year's Eve tradition from Northern China, dumplings (jiao zi), look like the golden ingots yuan bao used during the Ming Dynasty for money and the name sound like the word for the earliest paper money, so serving them brings the promise of wealth and prosperity!
On New Year's Eve, families have a reunion feast which includes nian gao, a sticky rice pudding cake which is said to make people "advance toward higher positions and prosperity step by step." A New Year's Eve tradition from Northern China, dumplings (jiao zi), look like the golden ingots yuan bao used during the Ming Dynasty for money and the name sound like the word for the earliest paper money, so serving them brings the promise of wealth and prosperity!
Many families eat these at midnight so they have money at the changing of the years. Some cooks will hide a clean coin in one for the most lucky to find. Long noodles are used to guarantee that all at the table will have a long life.
It is typical for a Chinese family to make eight to nine dishes for the New Year's Eve dinner. The reason for this is because in the Chinese dialect of Cantonese the word for eight is baat, which rhymes with faat, the word for prosperity, says Young. The Chinese word for "nine" means "long-lasting."
• A whole chicken, including head and feet (It symbolizes a proper beginning and end to the year.)
• Clams or scallops (Their shape is similar to ancient Chinese coins.)
• Any dish featuring lettuce (The word for lettuce, saang choy, sounds like the word for "growing good fortunes.")
• Lobster (It represents life and energy.)
• Rice (It symbolizes well-being and good fortune.)
• Spring rolls (Their shape is reminiscent of ancient Chinese money, which would represent wealth for the coming year.)
• Dumplings (Also shaped like ancient Chinese coins. Some families choose to cook dumplings late at night, through the midnight hour to symbolize bringing prosperity and luck into the new year. )
• Fish with its head and tail intact ('Fish' in Chinese is yu, which sounds like the word for wish. Also fish swim in pairs, so it represents marital bliss. The fish is served as the last course, and not all of it is eaten so there are leftovers to eat on New Year's Day. By doing this, families bring prosperity of the previous year into the new year.)
• A whole chicken, including head and feet (It symbolizes a proper beginning and end to the year.)
• Clams or scallops (Their shape is similar to ancient Chinese coins.)
• Any dish featuring lettuce (The word for lettuce, saang choy, sounds like the word for "growing good fortunes.")
• Lobster (It represents life and energy.)
• Rice (It symbolizes well-being and good fortune.)
• Spring rolls (Their shape is reminiscent of ancient Chinese money, which would represent wealth for the coming year.)
• Dumplings (Also shaped like ancient Chinese coins. Some families choose to cook dumplings late at night, through the midnight hour to symbolize bringing prosperity and luck into the new year. )
• Fish with its head and tail intact ('Fish' in Chinese is yu, which sounds like the word for wish. Also fish swim in pairs, so it represents marital bliss. The fish is served as the last course, and not all of it is eaten so there are leftovers to eat on New Year's Day. By doing this, families bring prosperity of the previous year into the new year.)
Sun Nin Fy Lok! Xin Nien Kuai Le!
The first is Cantonese; the second, Mandarin. Both are literally "New Year Happiness!" or "Happy New Year!"
According to the Chinese Zodiac, there are five elements of the dragon; Metal Dragons – 1940 and 2000, Wood Dragons – 1904 and 1964, Fire Dragons – 1916 and 1976, Earth Dragons – 1928 and 1988, and Water Dragons – 1952 and 2012.
According to Chinese tradition, the Dragon is the mightiest of the signs and it occupies the fifth position of the Chinese Zodiac.
Each type of dragon has specific attributes, but those born under the Water Dragon sign are said to be able to see things from other points of view.
According to Chinese tradition, the Dragon is the mightiest of the signs and it occupies the fifth position of the Chinese Zodiac.
Each type of dragon has specific attributes, but those born under the Water Dragon sign are said to be able to see things from other points of view.
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Welcome to the first one hundred visitors
Here are the best Philatelic
greetings to visitors from all over the world who daily visit my blog.
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