!8: Great Deals Chinese Lanterns: November 2011

!±8± Gong Hay Fat Choy

Maybe you'll ask, what is gong hay fat choy?

Gong hay fat choi or happy imlek is usually uttered by adherents of hu chu kong religion or ethnic Chinese in general. Imlek or Lunar New Year or Chinese New Year is the feast day of the most important for Chinese people. Chinese New Year celebrations also known as chunjie, guonian or shin jia. imlek word comes from the Hokkien dialect which means a moon calendar. Lunar New Year celebration usually celebrated on the 1st until the 15th of the month in Chinese calendar.

imlek celebration originally celebrated by farmers conducted in China after the passing of winter and welcome the coming of spring that happens every year. The event is done when the holiday imlek is doing prayers and celebrations cap go meh. The purpose of this event is a prayer and hope to get more sustenance and as a reunion between family members. Lunar New Year holidays are the moment of meeting all the family members once a year. This celebration is a very meaningful when every member of the family and neighbors intertwined love, laugh along with new clothes and exchange Angpao. Angpao is the amount of money put into red envelopes. Angpao in the Lunar new year is often called as "Yes Sui" which means a gift given to children related to age. In the old days, the prize was usually a snack or sometimes with food. In accordance with the times, angpao contains an alternative prize money. Tradition gives the money put into this red envelope appears around the time of the Ming and Qing dynasty.

In the tradition of China, who obliged and entitled to angpao are people who have been married, because marriage is considered to be the boundary between childhood and adulthood, and those who have been married is considered to have a fixed income. In addition to providing angpao to children, they are also obliged to provide angpao to people who are old.

For those who are not married even though she was already included in the category grown, remain entitled to receive angpao, in the hope angpao of people who have been married will give good luck to the person, in this case must match.

In February 2010 this month, in some countries that have Chinese, Lunar New Year holidays are celebrated in full swing. Usually they put lanterns and red barongshai performed. In addition, the food in the form of bread called a "cookie basket" are also characteristic of this celebration