HOME HARI RAYA AIDILFITRI CHINESE NEW YEAR DEEPAVALI THAIPUSAM
Chinese
New Year is also called “Spring Festival” and “Lunar New Year” because
it comes in the springtime and is dated based on the Chinese lunar
calendar.
Pereparation for Chinese New Year well in advance, houses are cleaned
out thoroughly before it arrives to “sweep out any bad luck,” but
brooms are hidden away on New Year’s Day for fear of “sweeping away the
good luck” that the arrival of a new year brings. Food
plays an integral role for the Chinese as well as most Malaysians.
Hence, during the reunion dinner, one will be able to see all sorts of
dishes on the table including the famous Yee Sang, stir-fry leeks,
stick cakes and others.
Streets will be beautifully decorated with lanterns of all sizes,
Chinese homes spruced up with vases of pretty cherry blossoms, pussy
willows and happy hand-written couplets. The
lantern is one of the most prominent symbols of Chinese New Year. The
idea of lanterns is to create a lively and cheerful environment as the
full moon appears in the bright sky. They
come in all sorts of sizes, shapes and colours , however, the
most common would still be the red round lantern . Oranges symbolize wealth . Dragons
are legendary animals that are helpful and friendly. They are known to
scare away evil spirits, bring wisdom, good luck, wealth and
prosperity. The
dragons used in Dragon dances are made from cloth, held and raised by a
pole and this dragon measures from a few metres long up to a hundred
metres. It is said that the longer the dragon, the luckier one will be
if touched by the dragon . Ang
Paus, which are little red packets containing new money, play an
important part in the Chinese culture . Ang pau will be given to the
children during the celebration .Clothes that the chinese will be wearing is cheongsam samfoo .
