So‚how much money am I getting this year?" That’s the question I hit my momwith every February. And every year she replies‚ "You will see‚" in herChinese accent. February usually marks the month of the New Year accordingto the Chinese calendar. But for me‚ Chinese New Year is a payday. Usually Ireceive red envelopes‚ hong bao‚ which are the equivalent of Christmas presents.Instead of wondering what the present will be‚ though‚ it is the amount of moneyinside that is the mystery. The lucky money
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New Year’s Eve: a comparison between China and Brazil. Raif Remígio Alves SBA‚ Zhejiang Gongshang University‚ China. e-mail: raifalves@hotmail.com Introduction A moment to calm‚ review the contents of the past‚ to establish in the present and generate power to carry the future. Thus it is that most people around the world celebrate the new year‚ regardless of their country of origin‚ culture or financial condition. The New Year is always celebrated with much joy‚ peace and prosperity wishes
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Choose to Dine at Home on the Eve of the Chinese New Year It is a traditional custom that the family members from everywhere hurry back home to join a big dinner on the eve of Chinese New Year. It is a significant reunion. It is a traditional way to enjoy this at home. However‚ in recent years‚ many families have another choice of having dinner at restaurants. In my view‚ I prefer to have dinner at home. There are several reasons to justify my view‚ some of which are as follows. Firstly‚ it is
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the New Year the new year started with joy and happy times. I ended the year with tears. My best friend was a drug addict and i had to help her into rehab. She did not want to go to rehab so we told her we were taking her to disneyland. She was so excited that she drove right home and packed her bags. Every country has their own holiday system. Different countries have different holidays. There are also some common holidays that people celebrate around the world‚ such as Christmas and New Year
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Gabriela J. Bachman Professor Lathrop Writing 1 19 October‚ 2009 New Years at Home As I described in essay one‚ New Years for my family is a very important event and we celebrate it with a number of activities based in superstition. According to Wikipedia (1) superstition is defined as “a credulous belief‚ not based on reason. The word is commonly applied to beliefs and practices surrounding luck‚ prophecy and spiritual beings‚ particularly the irrational belief that future events can be
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Chinese New Year is really just around the corner. The Chinese will definitely be busy running errands to make sure that the Chinese New Year celebration is well prepared. Some may choose to start as early as a month before the celebration which also means the last month in the Lunar Calendar. This way‚ they get to plan things they need to have for the celebration and slowly distributing the tasks among the family members and then carry them out. Since Chinese New Year is the most important celebration
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celebrate a very important holiday which is the Vietnamese New Year. In my speech today‚ I will inform all of you how the Vietnamese New Year came into being‚ the tradition rituals‚ and how we celebrate the New Year. Vietnam is a country in the Eastern Hemisphere that was influenced by China for over decades. Therefore‚ the Chinese New Year and the Vietnamese New Year‚ which we call Tet‚ have many similarities. It was told that thousand of years ago in a small village of China‚ there was a monster who
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JAPANESE NEW YEAR NEW YEAR IN JAPAN Oseibo In Japan people give some gift in a lot of occasion. Oseibo is the most common issue as a year-end gift. They give it to their superiors‚ customers and teachers to express appreciation for the special services they have extended to them. Picture Asakusa Temple (c) Tomoyuki.U. Bonenkai Bonenkai is a party usually held among office colleagues and bosses. Bonenkai litarelly means a "Forget-the-year party" to forget the unpleasant memories of the passing year
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Please have your seats. Ladies and gentlemen‚ tonight‚ I am honored to be the 2nd invocator in the year 2012 but the 1st invocator in the year of Dragon! Chinese New Year ushering in new hope for those who celebrating it‚ as we are turning a new leaf in our lives during New Year‚ in a sense‚ we are reborn. Thus‚ Chinese New Year is to celebrate the passing of the old and the coming of the new! Before the festival‚ the families start cleaning up their houses‚ washing and wiping every corner of the
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LUNAR NEW YEAR IN VIETNAM [pic] Lunar New Year which is known as “Tet” is the most important and popular holiday and festival in Vietnam. It often begins on late January and ends on early February . It’s a special time for people to relax‚ forget all about the troubles‚ hope for a better new year and spend time together with their family and their friends after a hard working year. GET READY! [pic] Two weeks before the New Year’s Eve‚ family members try to come back to
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