CNY and Year of the Rabbit

Which zodiac are you?

If you literally translate "Gong Xi Fa Chai", it would mean "wishing you enlarge your wealth."

Gong Xi: means wishing/blessing
Fa: means enlarge(ment)
Chai: means wealth

So a literal translation is that you wish someone will become very rich, but the phrase is generally used as Happy New Year.

I feel glad that I'm able to come back to my hometown and watching the fireworks through my windows. As usual most of all the Chinese will started to cracking up with the fireworks around 9 or 10 until midnight. Some say they were just wasting or burning their money for buying those stuffs, but actually I didn't agree with it because it was their customs while celebrating CNY. Its been said that fireworks helps to threw away all the bad lucks. Besides, before the festive they should put behind them all things of the past. Clean the houses, pay off debts, purchase new clothes, paint their doors and window panes, and even get new haircuts. These activities symbolize new life and new beginnings.

Homes are decorated with flowers and paper decorations stating wishes of prosperity, good luck, happiness, good fortune, wealth, and longevity for the coming year. Decorations of the incoming zodiac animal are also displayed. Red and gold are very popular colors to decorate with. Red represents power happiness, vitality (and scares away beasts). Gold represents wealth and good fortune.

Among any other celebrations, I love CNY more (other than Raya Aidilfitri) because the spirits are different from any other celebrations. Is it because most of all the communities in Sarawak are Chinese? I think so?

Last but not least, Happy Lunar New Year to all Chinese all over the world!!!!!!Gong Xi Fa Chai!!!!!

Rabbit!

p/s: Wanna know more about Chinese zodiac for Rabbit, check out here.
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