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Spring Festival wishes 2012 Year of the Dragon
People always say "A year's plan starts in Spring", so the Spring Festival is a time when people make plans and wishes for the new year. A person who does not plan would achieve nothing. We all have to struggle for success. Wish your dreams would come true. The longest journey starts with the first step.
2012 marks the 4710th Chinese New Year, and this is the year of dragon according to the Chinese calendar.The New Year festival in Hong Kong will start from January 22 (Chinese New Year' Eve) The lunar new year is celebrated throughout Asia including Hong Kong, Taiwan, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand and Chinatowns in England and USA where there are large Chinese communities. The festive spirit is high and colorful everywhere.
The dragon is regarded as an auspicious symbol which stands for power, good luck, success, activity and happiness. 2012 year of the dragon. It is a good year for events like marriage and childbirth. Chinese New Year is celebrated with fireworks, lion dancing, dragon dancing and cultural performances on the street. Families organize reunion dinners on New Year's Eve and make special preparations like spring rolls and Chinese dumplings. The younger ones await the exciting moments of receiving red packets from the elders and spend those money on things they always wanted. I remember clearly counting my red packets money and bought a nice gift for myself years ago..
What attract me most during the Spring Festival are the festive food and treats. Can't wait for the holidays, meeting old friends and visiting the homes of friends for greetings and... ahem... food.
Happy New Year of the Dragon to you all.
My favorite food for the New Year. Nien Kao.
Dragon Meat dish - imitation.
Tong Yuan sweet dessert.
Post comment Comment (18 replies)
- Reply Heidi_zysi
- I can fully share your excitement.
specifically , How delicious of each food.
dragon meat dish, i want to have a test/
- Reply lushanshan9010
- wish you a happy new year and a brisk business in the days to come .by the way,the food you presented above looks so yummy .
oh, poor, tang yuan sweet desert can not be indicated on above.
- Reply snowflying
- you are a real teacher, not only in english itself, though so young. wish good luck in dragon year, sunny.
- Reply rich
- i happened to see your new blog. it's awesome! i feel more excited about the coming new year after reading your heart-warming greetings and wishes. your graphics and pics of food are wonderful and full of festival atmosphere. and we can see you're very familiar with our Chinese culture. thanks for everything!
- Reply hong00523
- i enjoy your every blogs,i could learn much from what you wrote.thanks best wishes to you!
- Reply sunnyv
- fleaf: Happy new year ! Wish you have a good begining of this year.Same to you dear. Wish the new year of the dragon bring you all the happiness you have wishing for.
- Reply Sheena1208
- Wish you a happy and fruitful new year. A question came upon me when I was reading your blog. Do you ever heard about "zodiacal year" or "year of fate"? People who were born in the year of the dragon should wear red clothes or at least a red waist-belt so as to keep bad luck away this year.
- Reply fleaf
- sunnyv: Same to you dear. Wish the new year of the dragon bring you all the happiness you have wishing for.
- Reply Laura_Lucky
- did you say before ,you readed on www.nytimes.com ??
- Reply sunnyv
- Yeah sure I do read the New York Times rgularly becuase it has good coverage of US and international news.
