Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year/Lunar New Year is a Chinese festival which celebrates at the beginning of a new year on the traditional Chinese calendar. In 2019 the first day of the Chinese New Year was at the 5th of February, which represents the Year of the Pig. It is also celebrated in other countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia.
We must avoid taking medicine, or he/she will get ill for the rest of the year. Do not sweep/ take out the garbage as it represents dumping out our luck /good fortune from the house. Do not eat porridge and meat for breakfast because it is considered only poor people have porridge. Do not wash clothes and hair, as the first two days is considered the birthday of Shuishen( The god of water), hair must not be washed at the first day of Chinese New Year because when translated to Chinese language hair(发) has the same pronunciation as fa in fachai(发财), which means to be wealthy, so that is why we do not want someone to wash someone's fortune away.
I personally like Chinese New Year, because we get to have angpao, and we could see the lion dance and the dragon dance. Me and my family went to Jakarta by train for my New Year Celebration, because my great grandma lives there. When we arrived we immediately went to my great grandma's house and we had a feast together, the food was very good, we ate dumplings, fish, noodles, and oranges, as it could increase our wealth, an increase in prosperity, happiness.
After the feast, we went back to Bandung, overall i liked the visit, because we get to see our family, cousins, we also get to go to other city, wishing you a loving and a prosperous year! Hope you enjoy my blog!
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