The New Year’s bell is ringing, let’s have endless joy together! The editor of
would like to wish all readers and friends a Happy New Year!
Happy New Year
I wish you all:
Hong Rabbit shows off, Rabbit is full of energy, Rabbit is strong,
Jade Rabbit faces the wind, Jade Rabbit welcomes spring, Lucky Rabbit welcomes auspiciousness,
Rabbit Come and move, move like a rabbit, Golden Rabbit announce good news,
Rabbit leaps into a new journey, good luck in the Year of the Rabbit, great luck in the Year of the Rabbit
The Lunar New Year comes only once a year, and every household in Hong Kong makes full preparations for the New Year celebrations every year: clean up the mess on the 228th, and reunite with the family to have a family reunion dinner ... In addition to these familiar New Year customs, when the editor compiled the information, I found that Hong Kong has some little-known customs on the New Year's Day. Let's take a look!
hi
welcome
new
spring
new year taboo
taboo Sweeping away wealth
The New Year's taboo on the first day of the first lunar month is a broom. Do not use a broom, otherwise it will sweep away luck and lose money. If you must sweep the floor, you must sweep from the outside to the inside.
Avoid breaking furniture as it is a sign of bankruptcy.
During the New Year period, especially on the first day of the Lunar New Year, breaking furniture glass must be a New Year taboo. "Breaking" is a sign of bankruptcy.
The editor recalled that when I was a child, I spent the New Year with my family in the countryside. If I accidentally broke the dishes, the elders in the family would quickly urge me to say "Peace every year (broken)" or "Flowers bloom, wealth and prosperity" to avoid the disaster.
Avoid washing your hair. Washing away is a good sign
Since the pronunciations of "wash" and "die" are very similar in Cantonese, bathing, washing your hair and washing clothes are New Year taboos in Hong Kong homes and should be avoided as much as possible.
Avoid being urged to get up all year round.
If you are urged to get up on the first day of the new year, it means that you will be constantly being urged to do things throughout the next year, and you will be very passive.
Avoid eating porridge and salty glutinous rice balls A year of poverty
In ancient times, only the poor would drink porridge, and salty glutinous rice balls also means "beggar's rice" in Cantonese, so if you eat these on New Year's Day, it will be a sign of poverty for a whole year in the coming year.
Avoid buying shoes. It will affect your fortune in the coming year.
In Cantonese, the pronunciation of "shoes" is similar to "ala" which means sighing. In the eyes of the elders, buying shoes is not considered auspicious.
What should you do on New Year’s Day?
Of course, we say auspicious words and do auspicious things.
wish you good weather, good health and all the best in the coming year!
rabbit
years
big
吉
1
Use loud firecrackers to start a year of good luck
． Setting off firecrackers: In the early morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, you can usually hear the sound of firecrackers coming and going. In ancient times, it was said to be used to drive away the beast , but now it has gradually evolved to mean praying for peace.
. Worship: On this day, most people will go to the temple to worship and pray for good luck in the new year.
. Spring Festival greetings: In addition, everyone will also go to the homes of neighbors, relatives and friends to greet the New Year.But now, due to the development of technology, more and more people will use social software to wish them a Happy New Year!
. Wear new clothes : Wear new clothes after the New Year! It symbolizes a new year, a new atmosphere, and a brand new beginning.
Hong Kong Tourism Board picture
2
A family dinner is indispensable without food bowls. Poon Choi is a family-style delicacy in South China and has a deep connection with the surrounding villages in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Many families like to share Poon Choi with the whole family during the Lunar New Year. As the name suggests, Poon Choi is a variety of delicacies served to guests in metal pots, including seafood, various meats and vegetables. Ping Shan Traditional Poon Choi, a restaurant located in Yuen Long, New Territories, is famous for this delicacy.
"fish" is indispensable on the New Year's table, because it has the same pronunciation as "yu", means "more than every year", symbolizing abundance and good luck, and is an indispensable dish during the Lunar New Year.
Hong Kong Tourism Board picture
3
Burning incense sticks on the first day of the Lunar New Year to accumulate merit by eating fast
Many Hong Kong people queue up at the Wong Tai Sin Temple during the New Year's Eve party to burn incense sticks on the first day of the Lunar New Year for good luck and success in the coming year. Does the first believer to offer incense have good luck? No. Among them, the so-called " incense stick " is the "first incense", because it is generally believed that the first incense offered to the gods has the greatest merit. However, ordinary citizens think that the first incense has the meaning of "first prize" and "good will", so it evolved into competing for the first incense stick.
Hong Kong Tourism Board photo
Many Guangdong families will also choose to eat fast on the first day of the Lunar New Year. This custom is derived from the Buddhist fasting custom. Most believers have the custom of eating fast on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month to show respect for the Buddha. Eating a vegetarian diet on the first day of the Lunar New Year actually accumulates more merit than eating a vegetarian diet on weekdays, because when the whole world celebrates and everyone eats and eats, it is even more rare to be able to maintain a vegetarian diet. Eating vegetarian food on the first day of the first lunar month also means "a year of vegetarianism and quietness", so it has evolved into the custom of Cantonese people eating vegetarian food on the first day of the first lunar month.
Finally, the editor once again wishes to say to all readers and friends:
Happy New Year, may you make a fortune, and may all the best
(Text/Reporter of this Journal Liu Yanling)
This article is a new media article in Hong Kong's " Economic Herald ".
If you want to reprint, please contact us by private message.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-