Friday, 7 December 2007

Lunar New Year of Wu Zhi 4705

Start:     Feb 7, '08
End:     Feb 21, '08
Happy Lunar New Year! It's the 4705 calender year of our celebrations!
Gongxi, gongxi fa cai!

This is it guys. Our biggest event of the year. Kam one kam all! Deck yourself in red and celebrate! Children will filially wait out the hour, ensuring their parent's longevity. Houses will be cleaned, the halls decked in merriment and well wishes for everyone. From near from far, no effort is spared. Families will gather for reunions with loved ones, to renew, restore, revitalise kinship ties, reunion dinners filled with traditional foods with their specific meanings and greetings to usher in another great year!

Light the firecrackers to usher in the new year. Let the kongming lanterns soar. Spread the joy of New Year with hongbao to young and old. A time of bonding around the card/mahjong tables and a time of good wishes to everyone for the year of the Rat.
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17 comments:

  1. Simon look 19767 December 2007 at 03:14

    LJM ,how you know next year is 4706 ?,who told you?are Chinese civilisation 5000 years old ?Gong Hee Fat Choy .

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  2. Duanwen Lin7 December 2007 at 06:41

    That's the Year of the Yellow Emperor.
    But I think next year should be 4705 (岁次戊子年 黄历4705年).
    Gong Hei Fat Choy!

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  3. Joseline ジョセリン7 December 2007 at 07:17

    Wow....didn't know you

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  4. kit meng leong7 December 2007 at 18:48

    oops. You're right. Sometimes people use 4706 for zodiac calc. I forgot to subtract 1 year.

    It's year 4705 of the Chinese calendar, the year of Wu Zhi.

    Gong hei, gong hei fatt choy!
    tok tok tok tok chiang!

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  5. kit meng leong7 December 2007 at 19:46

    Didn't know I simi?

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  6. doc doc8 December 2007 at 06:07

    Gong Hei Fat Choy to all of you. I hope that means happy new year. Are fireworks legal in Singapore?

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  7. Sally Tang9 December 2007 at 02:45

    Wow, this is early! I want to do the chinese thing and play mahjong through the night! But eh.. gotta learn how to play first lol

    Boy, Gong Hei Fatt Choy sounds so good! I say Yes! to that

    P.S. Copdoc, firecrackers are illegal in Singapore

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  8. kit meng leong9 December 2007 at 06:58

    Hehe, Jim, Gong Hei Fatt Choy is cantonese for "Wishing you Prosperity" (loosely translated)

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  9. moon luminous10 December 2007 at 06:42

    oh wow oh wow! I feeling like putting on my bright red cheongsam already!

    Gong Xi FA Chai!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My fave time of the year... used to count down from three months ahead the big day...when i was a kid...

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  10. kit meng leong3 February 2008 at 17:37

    Happy Lunar New Year everyone!!!!!!!

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  11. Duanwen Lin6 February 2008 at 02:02

    Leong Heng, Gong Hei Fatt Choy!

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  12. kit meng leong6 February 2008 at 02:56

    Gong Hei Fatt Choy, Gong Hei Fatt Choy!!!

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  13. kit meng leong6 February 2008 at 05:51

    Cai Shen arrival 11:20am tonight.

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  14. moon luminous7 February 2008 at 18:09

    my brother was saying according to Lilian Too, something like Cai Shen and a certain Evil God is were visiting at the same time, but different directions.. so he said he will rather not receive the Cai Shen this year. haha!

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  15. moon luminous7 February 2008 at 18:09

    oh, Gong Hei Fatt Choy!! Man Shi Yu Yi!

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  16. kit meng leong7 February 2008 at 20:37

    Actually, Cai Shen didn't come this year, but Hei Shen and Kuei Shen but both are good.

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  17. moon luminous8 February 2008 at 21:39

    hmm probably my brother was wrong.. or lilian too..

    ;-P

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