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1 Send off Kitchen god to Heaven Jade Emperor how household are doing...........

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2 Spring clean the whole home of cobwebs,etc..........

22 (10.00%)

3 Getting rid of Broken things..............rid bad luck.................

7 (3.18%)

4 Prepare Nian Gao to "bribe" Kitchen God to tell only Good things....

4 (1.82%)

5 Prepare to receive God of Wealth/Prosperity - Cai Shen Yea..........

12 (5.45%)

6 Have Get together dinner on the Eve - a MUST DO......at all cost

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7 Pray to ancestors/Dieties/Buddhas on the 1st day.............

9 (4.09%)

8 Visit relatives first.....exchange gifts......Hong Pau(rad packet.....)

21 (9.55%)

9 Visit friends after relatives.......give Hong pau to their kids.....

14 (6.36%)

10 >21 Single deserved to receive Hong Pau - lucky to meet their Ms/Mr Right.....

6 (2.73%)

11 Throw Oranges for ladies,Apples Men as the NEWs provided on 15th night.....

5 (2.27%)

12 Check how much new notes to prepare for Hong Pau.....

6 (2.73%)

13 Buy the most delicious food to serve........

21 (9.55%)

14 Is Bak Kua - dried BBQ pork meat slices a must......

6 (2.73%)

15 DEcorated yr home with auspicious caligraphies.....

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16 Have red Ribbon hang by the door....to welcome visitors as well good luck...

8 (3.64%)

17 Prepare Sweet delicacies to serve yr guests.....

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18 suggestions....

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19 Anything you do different

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20 REserved.......

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What Traditions one Observe during Spring Chinese New Year.....

The throwing of mandarin oranges on Chap Goh Mei(15th moon/night) is a Chinese tradition that signifies the end of the Chinese New Year and doubles as the Chinese Valentine’s Day where single women throw mandarin oranges into the lake hoping to find love.

Now have fun Voting

as this shld be a fun,happy polls...

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Year of the RAT/Mouse......................

You could also give greetings to whoever you like

2008-1-15 01:08 PM

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Originally posted by caringhk at 2008-1-15 13:08
The throwing of mandarin oranges on Chap Goh Mei(15th moon/night) is a Chinese tradition that signifies the end of the Chinese New Year and doubles as the Chinese Valentine’s Day where single wome ...

women throw mandarin oranges into the lake/RIVERS hoping to find love........

2008-1-15 01:50 PM

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Everything but the ones based on backward religious superstition.

Couldn't understand a lot of them because the Malay style pinyin is not understandable to people outside of Malaysia.

2008-1-15 02:58 PM

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We buy New Year flowers every year to decorate our house

And the orange tree!!! I put Hong Pao on the orange tree too!

2008-1-15 02:59 PM

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Originally posted by canchin at 2008-1-15 14:58
Everything but the ones based on backward religious superstition.

Couldn't understand a lot of them because the Malay style pinyin is not understandable to people outside of Malaysia.

Example Nian Gao is much discussed in Food&play section & many seems understand perfectly..................

Only non-chinese have problems

like Xilaren tells me of Kitchen god

2008-1-15 03:00 PM

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Originally posted by lacaterina at 2008-1-15 14:59
We buy New Year flowers every year to decorate our house

And the orange tree!!! I put Hong Pao on the orange tree too!

i tried editing to put 18 as yours Lemon tree as we call KumQuat.....Kum as you know is GOLDEN...............

but no editing allowed

2008-1-15 03:03 PM

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Oh,

Also , we buy new clothes, new new shoes, new undies....everything new

I went shopping last weekend in Carrefour and saw lots of red undies with good works printing on them........

i was born in 1985, but it was before the Spring Festival, so i belong to Mouse year.....

2008 is going to be the Mouse year so according to tradition i need to wear red undies during the new year.....otherwise i will have bad luck through the year......

2008-1-15 03:04 PM

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Originally posted by lacaterina at 2008-1-15 15:04
Oh,

Also , we buy new clothes, new new shoes, new undies....everything new

I went shopping last weekend in Carrefour and saw lots of red undies with good works printing on them........

i ...

heyhey-------> so u have started shopping.............

Red symbolises happiness to all thing chinese...............

i read a old man in Hunan was making red laterns..........& one year say business can only be good if he wear RED undies whole year round while making laterns.......seems the trick works for him as many companies ordered his hand made laterns

2008-1-15 03:08 PM

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Originally posted by caringhk at 2008-1-15 15:00

Only non-chinese have problems

Well, I assume Hong Pau is somehow related to Hong Bao - which is the Chinese way of writing Hanyu Pinyin - but the rest are just not understandable to people in China. Perhaps to some that only speak one of the local dialects such as Hongkongese, but Hanyu Pinyin - that would be the pinyin for the China National language just isn't written that way.

Can you perhaps write your pinyin to correspond with Hanyu Pinyin or maybe Hanzi - but Modern Hanzi, not the antique style?

Then perhaps it will be understandable to those inside Greater China.

2008-1-15 03:08 PM

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Originally posted by canchin at 2008-1-15 15:08

Well, I assume Hong Pau is somehow related to Hong Bao - which is the Chinese way of writing Hanyu Pinyin - but the rest are just not understandable to people in China. Perhaps to some that onl ...

one can find the meaning in bracket (Red Packet)...........................

....i notice there is some slight spelling difference between southern/northern/central regions.......

ni na li lai

ni na ni lai

2008-1-15 03:13 PM

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Originally posted by caringhk at 2008-1-15 15:03

Kum as you know is GOLDEN

Actually that is incorrect.

In Hanyu Pinyin, Golden is "Huang Jin" and since "Jin" itself can just mean "metal' so is accompanied by "Huang" meaning yellow so Huang Jin is used to mean "Yellow Metal" - but Jin can be used, and often is, as an abbreviation, but "Kum?" Doesn't exist in Hanyu Pinyin.

"JInzi" is more correct for "golden" such as "Hongdi Jinzi" meaning "golden letters on a red background."

Must just be a problem relating to a Malay version of the very difficult to understand Wade-Giles form of pinyin created to make the Cantonese dialect conform to the British accent.

2008-1-15 03:19 PM

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Originally posted by canchin at 2008-1-15 15:19

Actually that is incorrect.

In Hanyu Pinyin, Golden is "Huang Jin" and since "Jin" itself can just mean "metal' so is accompanied by "Huang" meaning yellow ...

Lacaterina is Cantonese so she knows what KUM is.............

that post was for her..............

but u wanna hijack

2008-1-15 03:23 PM

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QUOTE:

Originally posted by caringhk at 2008-1-15 15:13

i notice there is some slight spelling difference between southern/northern/central regions.......

Not really. Hanyu Pinyin is Hanyu Pinyin and is the same no matter where one resides - if, that is, one is speaking Hanyu and writing Hanyu Pinyin.

The antiquated style of pinyin isn't used in Greater China anymore although still common among those that do not understand Hanyu and only speak one of the great many dialects and those that still use the old and very outmoded British attempt at romanizing the Cantonese dialect.

I see now though where you erred. Kumquat in Hanyu Pinyin is written as "Jinju" - guess since the Cantonese dialect is most common in Malaysia you don't understand the China National language.

Still, jinju are a big part of Lunar New Year - at least that is similar.

2008-1-15 03:28 PM

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[quote]Originally posted by caringhk at 2008-1-15 15:23

Lacaterina is Cantonese so she knows what KUM is.............

that post was for her/quote]

Oh! I see. You mean to say that it is Lacaterina that doesn't understand Modern Chinese - not you?

You use the antique style to assist her? OK, I understand.

2008-1-15 03:31 PM

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I am not Cantonese and i understood "kum" and "hong pau"

but, i am an exception as im a genius..*sigh* sorry caring

2008-1-15 03:38 PM

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QUOTE:

Originally posted by mira_mio at 2008-1-15 15:38
but, i am an exception as im a genius

But of course you are since you are a Tigress.

2008-1-15 03:42 PM

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I think caring is from Malaysia, and many Malaysian Chinese speak Cantonese, so he might not be very familiar with the Pinyin. In Taiwan, they use pinyin system too, but it is somewhat different from what is now used in Mainland China.

I understand most of what caring posts because we both speak Cantonese. But i agree that others may get quite confused.

2008-1-15 03:44 PM

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QUOTE:

Originally posted by canchin at 2008-1-15 15:42

But of course you are since you are a Tigress.

of course we tigers are the best

2008-1-15 03:45 PM

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QUOTE:

Originally posted by lacaterina at 2008-1-15 15:44
I understand most of what caring posts

Which, in many ways, puts you in a league of your own since that is a very difficult task!

2008-1-15 03:48 PM

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QUOTE:

Originally posted by canchin at 2008-1-15 15:31
[quote]Originally posted by caringhk at 2008-1-15 15:23

Lacaterina is Cantonese so she knows what KUM is.............

that post was for her/quote]

Oh! I see. You mean to say that ...

it means i know her a bit more as compared to you knowing her cookings

2008-1-15 03:48 PM

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