Comments on: The year of the tiger and the Chinese Lunar New Year http://casaveneracion.com/the-year-of-the-tiger-and-the-chinese-lunar-new-year/ Family, food, photography Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:55:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: On Pancit Canton, feng shui and fortune cookies : House on a hill http://casaveneracion.com/the-year-of-the-tiger-and-the-chinese-lunar-new-year/comment-page-1/#comment-62627 On Pancit Canton, feng shui and fortune cookies : House on a hill Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:49:32 +0000 http://houseonahill.net/?p=11931#comment-62627 [...] about non-food Chinese Lunar New Year traditions? In a previous entry, a reader wrote: I’m from Mainland China, and I’d like to share a little experience on New Year [...] [...] about non-food Chinese Lunar New Year traditions? In a previous entry, a reader wrote: I’m from Mainland China, and I’d like to share a little experience on New Year [...]

]]> By: brandy http://casaveneracion.com/the-year-of-the-tiger-and-the-chinese-lunar-new-year/comment-page-1/#comment-62626 brandy Sat, 13 Feb 2010 15:37:27 +0000 http://houseonahill.net/?p=11931#comment-62626 Thanks. I'm also obsessed by ancient chinese culture, though not very good at it, and I'd be more than happy to share. Thanks. I’m also obsessed by ancient chinese culture, though not very good at it, and I’d be more than happy to share.

]]> By: Connie Veneracion http://casaveneracion.com/the-year-of-the-tiger-and-the-chinese-lunar-new-year/comment-page-1/#comment-62625 Connie Veneracion Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:18:32 +0000 http://houseonahill.net/?p=11931#comment-62625 Wow, thank you for all that information. I wish all mainland Chinese can write in English as well as you, or I wish I can understand at least one of the major Chinese languages, so I can learn more about Chinese culture which I truly find fascinating. Especially the food -- glorious Chinese food! Wow, thank you for all that information. I wish all mainland Chinese can write in English as well as you, or I wish I can understand at least one of the major Chinese languages, so I can learn more about Chinese culture which I truly find fascinating. Especially the food — glorious Chinese food!

]]> By: brandy http://casaveneracion.com/the-year-of-the-tiger-and-the-chinese-lunar-new-year/comment-page-1/#comment-62624 brandy Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:17:48 +0000 http://houseonahill.net/?p=11931#comment-62624 hi, i've been reading your for a while, and i enjoyed your writing. i'm from mainland china, and i'd like to share a little experience on new year celebrations. It's a big country, and the traditions actually vary more than people expect. At my hometown, a small town in southeast China, dragon and lion dances are not generally part of the celebration now, and instead, they take place more often when a new store opens, probably because the dance is an emblem of vigor and prosperity. At the new year eve, some people, mostly elder women, stay up the whole night as a prapyer for good fortune, which is literally called "guard the year". At the new year eve and on the new year's day, we're not supposed to say "unlucky" words like "dead", "finished", etc, but wired enough, we pay visits to the ancestor's graves on new year's day. (I don't know if it's unique in my hometown, but i'm sure it's not the general situation. ) hopefully my introduction is not too clumsy. And i wish everybody here healthy as tiger for the new year~~ hi, i’ve been reading your for a while, and i enjoyed your writing.

i’m from mainland china, and i’d like to share a little experience on new year celebrations. It’s a big country, and the traditions actually vary more than people expect. At my hometown, a small town in southeast China, dragon and lion dances are not generally part of the celebration now, and instead, they take place more often when a new store opens, probably because the dance is an emblem of vigor and prosperity.

At the new year eve, some people, mostly elder women, stay up the whole night as a prapyer for good fortune, which is literally called “guard the year”.

At the new year eve and on the new year’s day, we’re not supposed to say “unlucky” words like “dead”, “finished”, etc, but wired enough, we pay visits to the ancestor’s graves on new year’s day. (I don’t know if it’s unique in my hometown, but i’m sure it’s not the general situation. )

hopefully my introduction is not too clumsy. And i wish everybody here healthy as tiger for the new year~~

]]> By: Connie Veneracion http://casaveneracion.com/the-year-of-the-tiger-and-the-chinese-lunar-new-year/comment-page-1/#comment-62623 Connie Veneracion Sat, 06 Feb 2010 06:04:44 +0000 http://houseonahill.net/?p=11931#comment-62623 Chinese culture is so fascinating. Especially because Chinese civilization is so, so old. Chinese culture is so fascinating. Especially because Chinese civilization is so, so old.

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