Thursday 19 February 2015

Chinese New Year, 2015

Source in Asia Limited would like to thank their Customers, Suppliers and friends for the support given to the company over the last year.  This year, it is the year of the Goat.

Some fun facts:
  • The phrase 'Happy New Year' in Chinese is 'Gung Hei Fat Choi' which means 'May You Have Good Fortune'.
  • China witnesses the world's largest human migration (famously known as Chunyan) during the festival as over a billion people board planes, trains, boats, buses, and cars to reunite with their families.
  • During the festivities beautiful red-coloured paper cut-outs are used to decorate doors and windows. The themes of these paper cut-outs are of happiness, good fortune, longevity and wealth.
  • Children in China receive red envelopes filled with cash as gifts on New Year's Day. The amount they receive is usually an even number but it cannot be divisible by four as number 4 means death in Chinese.
  • The lantern festival marks the end of the Chinese New Year which takes place on the 15th day of the celebration. While the lanterns are believed to light the way for the rest of the year, they are also meant to guide lost or mischievous spirits to heaven.
  • On New Year's Day, the Chinese don't wash their hair as they believe it might wash away their good luck for the rest of the year.
  • People stay at home and welcome the God of Wealth on the 5th day of the New Year which is called Po Woo. Visiting friends or family is believed to bring bad luck for both the families.
For the year of the goat:
  • Lucky Colours:  Brown, Red, Purple.
  • Lucky Numbers:  2, 7.
  • Lucky Flowers:  Carnation, Primrose.
  • Chinese for goat is Yang.
  • Lucky Months:  August, November.
  • Lucky Direction:  North.

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