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Red and Round for Good Luck: Celebrating Chinese Lunar New Years

Day in the Philippines

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On the first round moon of the new year, Chinese communities in the Philippines such as Binondo in

Manila, decorate their homes in red, wear red, and g ive out lucky money in red enve lopes, called hong

bao in Mandarin Chinese or ang pao in Hokkienall for the sake of getting good fortune.

These are just some of the ways local Chinese communities celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Years

Day, the most widely-celebrated, festive, and must-attend event that they always anticipate to

we lcome prosperity and good luck, and to foster closer family ties and harmony.

Because it is a lunar new year, Chinese New Year has no fixed date. Rather, its celebration day is

determined by the appe arance of the first new moon of the year, which usually happens between

January and February. It is also called the Spring Festival because this event signals the beginning of

the spring season. Chinese New Year was celebrated last January 23 of this year. Next year, it will be

celebrated on February 10, 2013, Sunday.

2012: A milestone Chinese New Year

For the first time this year, Chinese New Year was celebrated as a non-working holiday in the

Philippines through President Benigno Aquinos Proclamation No. 295, issued on November 24, 2011.

According to the President, the declaration of Chinese New Year as a holiday gives Chinese-Filipinos

and Filipinos time to celeb rate. Moreover, the declaration also solidifies Filipinos solidarity with

Chinese-Filipinos who are a lso part of the lives of the Philippines and of Filipinos.

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This 15-day celebration is jampacked with activities. Aside from the previously mentioned a ctivities,

homes are also cleaned and sweet foods like tikoy (a sweet treat made of sticky rice) and round fruits

are displayed and eaten. Firecrackers are lit up to ward off bad luck. And the Chinese dragon, the

most prominent symbol of the season, can be seen all around.

In addition, parades and lion dances abound to ward off evil spirits and to attract good luck. InChinese communities, people often leave red envelopes on their house gates or on their doors. These

are then picked up by lion dancers while dancing in costume.

Historic roots

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Why is Chinese New Year widely celebrated in the Philippines? This is because there is a vibrant

Filipino-Chinese community here. Even before the Span ish colonization of the Philippines more than

300 years ago, small Chinese communities were already present in this country. In time, these

communities grew with intermarriage w ith Filipinos. Thus, a lot o f Filipino-Chinese, as we ll as Filipinos,

look forward to celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year every year.

How to greet family and friends

Kiong Hee Huat Tsai (Hokkien) what most Chinese Filipinos speak

Kung Hei Fat Choi (Cantonese) w hat most people in Hong Kong speak

Gong Xi Fa Cai what Mandarin speakers say

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How to prepare for the Chinese Lunar New Y ear

Red is the color of the season. Show your festive spirit by decorating the door of your house with red

scrolls and red pape r lanterns.

For a lively and renewed vibe , place healthy, blooming plants a round your house .

Start the new year right by making sure you are debt-free.

Corollary to number 3, also make sure that your house is squeaky clean on the first day of the year.

Make yourself pretty and presentable on this day. Trim your hair and don new clothes. New year,

new look!

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