As most have already celebrated a happy New Year on January 1st, 2012, the Asian community prepares to ring in their New Year for January 23rd, 2012.
The Toronto Star article titled, “Chinese New Year celebrations in Toronto kick off Year of the Dragon” explains all about this worldwide celebration. From traditions of the red envelope to the history of the dragon, the article is a helpful quick read for those wishing to learn more about this day and the events on-going for the weekend.
Firstly, as I was reading through the article, I noticed the author made an early clarification before getting into the details of the topic…
“Though often called Chinese New Year, the annual celebration (also called the Lunar New Year or Spring Festival) is celebrated by Vietnamese, Korean and other Asian populations worldwide.”
The Chinese New Year is celebrated by, as stated above, other Asian populations as well. Although it is commonly referred to as “Chinese New Year”, many can get confused by this, and assume it to only be celebrated by the Chinese. This clarification was actually one of the reasons why I thought this article was a helpful read.
Continuing through the article, traditions are explained more in depth and then onto the dragon – which I thought was really interesting. As stated, the year of the dragon is to be the luckiest. The article also includes a quote from Paul Ng, an international feng shui master, stating, “Economically speaking, the world will do better.” What’s interesting to me is that, from a year being a certain type of creature, such outcomes can be predicted in relation to that creature! Hopefully this is true!
Although many families might celebrate together at home, towards the end of the article, there mentions places which will be holding events of this celebration. At the very end of the article is another helpful bit, headlined as, “Chinese New Year Do’s and Don’ts”.
Remember… don’t clean your house on the Lunar New Year day (January 23rd, 2012); you could clean away the good fortune!
To read more dos and don’ts: http://www.thestar.com/living/article/1118373--chinese-new-year-celebrations-in-toronto-kick-off-year-of-the-dragon
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