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"Gong Xi Fa Cai !"

or "Wishing you a prosperous new year !" This greeting is traditionally accompanied by the hand gesture of clasping of one fist with the other hand, as Rouen has demonstrated.

 

Notice another interesting detail? The Chinese word for "blessing", or "福" is sometimes hung upside down. The Chinese word for "upside down" sounds like "come", so the entire connotation would have symbolised that blessings have come!

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Uploaded on February 10, 2008