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I was busy but happy to make 4 lanterns for friends for this Chinese New Year..
Wishing all a very peaceful and prosperous Year of the Ox..
Warmest regards to all my friends..
This shot was composed with a stack of Red Packets for Chinese New Year. Red Packets are make of papers like envelopes with colorful prints of auspicious objects like flowers, fishes,etc.
Money placed inside the Red Packets to be given to elders and children during Chinese New Year.
Coincidentally, I took and posted a photo of pink water lily yesterday.
This year's Chinese New Year has come and gone but I found these cards in the house for my first posting in the Macro Mondays group today :-)
Rather than giving a gift that may not be used, money can be saved for a rainy day or your dad can buy stuff that he likes
Greetings from Singapore wishing everyone good fortunes and prosperity for the year of Monkey in the Lunar calendar
I m starting the LEGO Ideas project. If you like the oriental asia style building and culture, please go check more photos and support my pawn to be true set :D
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Who am I?
I am Hong Kong based builder. I love to build various detailed LEGO models. I love my family and always get inspired by them to build the creation. In this set, you will find the minifigure citizen represent to my family : me , my son (baby) and my wife. :D
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Architecture
Tong Lau is used to describe tenement buildings built in late 19th century to the 1960s in Hong Kong, Macau, southern China and Taiwan. Designed for both residential and commercial uses, they are similar in style and function to the shophouses of Southeast Asia. The Pawn is a one of Hong Kong tradition (Tong Lau) building in the early 19th century. The four bays of balcony type tenement buildings form a continuous facade verandah facing the road. The huge banner, symbol of a pawn shop in Hong Kong is a bat holding a coin within the word “大押”, it means Pawn. I built this for whom like Chinese historical feelings and had memories one as a child.
Vehicles
I built Leyland Truck and the double-decker tram (We called as Ding Ding) to enhance the set. They are classic vehicles in Hong Kong. Tram is the earliest forms of public transport in the metropolis.
What’s other in the set?
In the set , you can find minifigures scene in 8 rooms to represent various Chinese living culture :
- Dry clothes, morning exercise for elder citizen and young lady in the roof
- Playing Mahjong overnight
- In child age, parent guide us for ancestor worship always
- In Lunar new year , we prepare a potted panama orange to give the house a festive mood. The married also give red packets to the unmarried, children for good luck.
- The Kungfu master is teaching martial art in Kungfu Club.
- Chinese restaurant , we call as Cha Chaan Teng. It is good place for couple and children. We like to enjoy “Milk-Tea” and “Egg Tart” everyday.
- Pawn, follows the Chinese tradition, the counter is typically higher than the average person for security. A customer can only hold up his hand to offer belongings.
What can we do in the set?
The set is represented to one of landmark, historical building "Wo Cheong Pawn Shop" in Hong Kong. It is packed with several items, local vehicles, minifigures scene. In the Pawn set , you can build different of details for fun, also, you can understand more about our history, living culture and metropolis in early of Hong Kong until now.
I just love the new Hong Bao packets my office printed for this year's Chinese New Year.
So so colorful and cheery!
a Chinese New Year "red packet" hung on a plant outside a cafe by the Malacca River. As these red packets containing money are mostly given to children, some have cartoon characters printed on them.
The narcissus flower is one of the popular flowers for decorating the homes during the Chinese New Year celebrations. It's got a Chinese nickname 凌波仙子 which means "Fairy of the Water", appropriately describing its elegance and beauty. I love it because of its light colors as well as its pleasant fragrance.
Following the Chinese tradition, close family members gather at home to have family dinners, and friends and family members take this opportunity to visit one another's home. The children of course are the most excited because they can receive red packets or "lucky money" from the elderly people as soon as they express good wishes to their elderly.
Red envelopes are gifts presented at social and family gatherings such as weddings or on holidays such as the Lunar New Year. The red color of the envelope symbolizes good luck and is supposed to ward off evil spirits. Red packets are usually given out by married couples to single people, especially to children.
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This is the Year of the Wood Horse. Full of energy and high potential for conflicts. Here is wishing all of my friends and readers a vibrant year of galloping into good fortune and galloping away from troubles.
Here are some of the “Ang Pow” I received this year. “Ang Pow” meant “red packet” in the Hokkien, one of the Chinese dialect. It is the tradition of the Chinese to give out red packet containing money during the Chinese New Year. It is given by the elders to unmarried relatives or visitors (whether those who visit you or whom you visit) during the New Year. Tough luck if you are married for you are now considered an adult. You can only receive from your parents or bosses but these are considered as “start work” ang pow for a good business start.
More ang pows in -
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Gong Xi Fa Cai to all which means "Congratulations and be prosperous!"
The first day of the 2012 Chinese New Year is on January 23, 2012 and it's Year of the Dragon.
This chinese Character is pronounced "fu" in Chinese which literally means good fortune, prosperity, blessed, happiness, and fulfillment.
The Chinese don't say "Happy New Year" to each other instead they say "Congratulations and be prosperous".
New Year greetings in different dialects :
"Gong Xi Fa Cai" (Mandarin)
"Keong Hee Huat Chye"( Hokkien)
"Gung Hei Fatt Choi"( Cantonese)
We also give "angpow" or red packets with money for luck!
Families get together for their reunion dinner on NY eve.
I do missed the CNY celebrations in Malaysia & Singapore!
mr panda (from shanghai) and ashley wish everyone a happy lunar new year!! gong hei fat choy!!
chinese new year 2006 - year of the dog - jan 29, 2006
2006 jan 28
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The Chinese give out and receive red packets, containing money, during the Lunar New Year for good luck.
Hope that everyone will prosper this year!
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The title means to prosper in a Chinese dialect(Hokkien I think). This is my wife and I's first time giving red packets as newly weds! Wishing everyone a Happy Lunar New Year and a Prosperous Year of the Goat!
Giving Hongbao (red packets) during the Chinese New Year is another tradition. A red packet is simply a red envelope with gift money in it. Married adults and the elderly give these hong bao to children and unmarried young people during Chinese New Year as an act of well wishing and blessing.
The sum to be placed in the red packet should be in an even figure. NEVER give out sums in odd figures as this is taboo - only contributions made during funeral wakes are in odd numbers since the Chinese believe very strongly that good luck should be in pairs (or even numbers) while deaths, moaning and bad luck should only happen singly (in odd numbers).
- wishing friends & contacts celebrating the new lunar year a year of fine health and wonderful abundance!
p.s. love the traditional "ang-kee-kee" with gold-worded 宝 (treasure) red packet... this is the design I love and am using this year... giving out the 5th soon... #redpacket #cny #treasure #lunar
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It becomes a tradition that my children even they're already adult now, will receive 'Ang Pow'(red packet) from us during the first day of Chinese New Year. Picture shows that my son is receiving the 'Ang Pow' from my wife.
It's the year of the Ox!! Yotsuba and I wishes everyone a Happy Chinese New Year..
Got this Red packet from my mum early.. Yotsuba's keeping a watch on it for me.. ;p