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| At Chinese New Year, just saying Happy New Year to your Chinese friends is not enough, you should share the following good wishes: 新年快乐！xīn nián kuài lè Happy New Year! 过年好！ ɡuò nián hǎo Happy New Year! 恭喜发财！ɡōnɡ xǐ fā cái I wish You Great Prosperity! 牛年吉祥！ niú nián jí xiáng Good Luck in the Year of the Ox! |
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牛 niú has the similar pronunciation with "new",so this year is a happy niu(new) year!
Ox ( 1913 - 1925 - 1937 - 1949 - 1961 - 1973 - 1985 - 1997- 2009)
A born leader, you inspire confidence from all around you. You are conservative, methodical, and good with your hands. Guard
against being chauvinistic and always demanding your own way. The Ox would be successful as a skilled surgeon, general, or
hairdresser. Some Oxen: NapoleonBonaparte, Walt Disney, Clark Gable, Richard Nixon, Rosa arks, Sylvia Porter, Vincent Van
Gogh.
年(nian 2)monster and 守(shou 2)岁(sui 4)
It is said that there was a monster called 年(nian 2)in ancient time of China. The年(nian 2) monster was huge-sized and with
antenna coming out of his head. Usually, it lived at the deep bottom of ocean, but in the New Year's Eve, it comes out to devour the
livestock and people living in the villages. However, after many years and many losses people discovered that the年(nian 2)
monster was afraid of the
color red, bright lights and slam-bang noises. So on the New Year's Eve (called 除(chu 2)夕(xi 1)in
China), Chinese people put couplets written on red paper up on their gate, hung red lanterns across gate beams, set off fireworks
and stayed up all night, which was called 守(shou 2)岁(sui 4) in China and people still follow this tradition today. The 守(shou 2)岁
(sui 4) tradition shares the deep lingering
feelings from the passing year and a nice longing for the coming new year.
If you are living in China or going to spend the New Year 2009 with your Chinese friends, you can experience Chinese New Year
yourself.
本(ben 3)命(ming 4)年(nian 2)
本(ben 3)命(ming 4)年(nian 2) refers to the year you were born. It matches with one of 12 animals of Chinese Zodiac called生
(sheng 1)肖(xiao 1). In the coming of one's本(ben 3)命(ming 4) 年(nian 2), according to Chinese tradition, one should wear a red
belt and red socks and stitch a red cloth stripe on one's coat. Because本(ben 3)命 (ming 4)年(nian 2) is also called a threshold
year which it is believed is hard to get through. Chinese people believe that red is a lucky color, which can help people rid
themselves of any misfortunes coming from their本(ben 3)命(ming 4)年(nian 2). Chinese New Year 2009 is the Year of the Rat!
If you were born in 1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009, you belong to the Ox, so New Year's 2009 is your本(ben 3)命
(ming 4) 年(nian 2).
What is your wish in New Year 2009? Some wishes that Chinese people might have in the New Year 2009:
College students who sit the graduate entrance exam hope they can be enrolled in their ideal universities in the New Year 2009
and any that did not sit the graduate entrance exam hope they will find a good-paying job in the New Year 2009;
Athletes hope they will win a gold medal in the coming Olympics in 2009; Doctors hope they will have fewer patients to treat in the
New Year 2009;
Chefs hopes they will cook more delicious food in the New Year 2009; Cleaners hope the streets will be tidier and cleaner in the
New Year 2009;
Taxi drivers hope they will encounter fewer traffic jams in the New Year 2009;
Parents hope their children will be healthier, more beautiful and earn more money in the New Year 2009;
Sons and daughters hope their parents and grand-parents will live longer in the New Year 2009;
Girls hope they will become better in the New Year 2009; Boys who are still single hope they will find a virtuous and beautiful
girlfriend in the New Year 2009;
Xiao Lin, working as a online service, hopes that her face will be more smooth and fair in the New Year 2009;
Lao Wang, living in the wireless sub district in Haidian, hopes that he will beat his partner once playing Chinese chess in the New
Year 2009;
Sun Jing, working as a volunteer in the Xin Jiang Autonomous Region of China, hopes that she will have more time to spend with
her parents and stay with her husband in the New Year 2009.
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