Chinese New Year
By Ed. Filed in Computers & Internet, Holidays, Life |
There are very few asian people where I live, so the fact that today is the Chinese New Year had no impact on us and no mention in the local newspaper of any parades or public celebrations. I’m sure that in cities like San Francisco where there is a large asian population that this was a big deal. I wonder if any businesses in San Fancisco are closed in observance? I read on a web site that in China they do close for the day, or if the New Year falls on a weekend then they are closed on the weekday following the official day.
From additional surfing, I found that the color red has a lot of significance to the New Year and that it is a tradition for older and married couple to give younger people a red envelope containing money for good luck and prosperity in the coming year.
Another tradition involves thoroughly cleaning the house to get rid of everything bad from the old year and to start the New Year fresh.
This is one of the really cool things about the internet. If I had not surfed a few sites about the Chinese New Year, I probably would have never learned these traditions.