Quest to date indicates the beginning of the new year in China is the Chinese New Year.
The festivities for the new year take place in a period of two consecutive weeks, the real party starts from the evening before, when you consume a meal with your family, and ends the evening of the fifteenth day of the festival lanterns. Generally, during this period tends to stay in family, with visits to relatives and closest friends. They try to dress up as much as possible in red, propitiatory and traditional decorating the houses and streets with typical objects and trinkets. Rituals can also vary significantly from region to region.
red envelope [edit ]
The exchange of red envelopes containing small gifts, in Cantonese 利 是, or 利市 利 事 (lai shi or lai see), in Mandarin Chinese 红包 (hong bao) is typical holiday for the new year. These envelopes contain only ever money, usually in the form of coins (although nowadays are used more often bills, higher value), the total can range from a few to several hundred yuan. Traditionally, the number of coins contained in the envelopes must be always be equal Because odd numbers are associated with money that is given in the case of funerals . Moreover, as in China (as in other East Asian countries) the number four is considered bad luck, because of its similarity with the term "death , envelopes never contain more than four coins or multiple ; exception number 8 is considered auspicious, instead of eight currencies and therefore are a standard choice if you want to make someone a small gift.
red envelopes are usually given away by married couples to family or friends younger and unmarried, is also common practice for adults give them to children (in this case, sometimes the money given away in packages of chocolate ).
Another term for the exchange of red envelopes is 压岁钱 / 压岁钱, Ya Sui Qian, which has the meaning of money that drives away evil spirits.
The festivities for the new year take place in a period of two consecutive weeks, the real party starts from the evening before, when you consume a meal with your family, and ends the evening of the fifteenth day of the festival lanterns. Generally, during this period tends to stay in family, with visits to relatives and closest friends. They try to dress up as much as possible in red, propitiatory and traditional decorating the houses and streets with typical objects and trinkets. Rituals can also vary significantly from region to region.
red envelope [edit ]
The exchange of red envelopes containing small gifts, in Cantonese 利 是, or 利市 利 事 (lai shi or lai see), in Mandarin Chinese 红包 (hong bao) is typical holiday for the new year. These envelopes contain only ever money, usually in the form of coins (although nowadays are used more often bills, higher value), the total can range from a few to several hundred yuan. Traditionally, the number of coins contained in the envelopes must be always be equal Because odd numbers are associated with money that is given in the case of funerals . Moreover, as in China (as in other East Asian countries) the number four is considered bad luck, because of its similarity with the term "death , envelopes never contain more than four coins or multiple ; exception number 8 is considered auspicious, instead of eight currencies and therefore are a standard choice if you want to make someone a small gift.
red envelopes are usually given away by married couples to family or friends younger and unmarried, is also common practice for adults give them to children (in this case, sometimes the money given away in packages of chocolate ).
Another term for the exchange of red envelopes is 压岁钱 / 压岁钱, Ya Sui Qian, which has the meaning of money that drives away evil spirits.
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