Happy Chinese/Lunar New Year!

Man am I ever homesick. At this time of year in China, we get a month of break, AND we get to light fireworks...

I miss my relatives, and the general atmosphere. I like crowded places, it gives you a sense of anonymity. You also get a tonne of money, with seven or eight relatives, you can get up to $800. That's pretty insane...

to every Chinese, Oriental, Asian, or even Western people...

HAPPY CHINESE/LUNAR NEW YEAR!

May the year of the Pig bring you much joy and happiness in you lives.

By the way, Chinese New Year is about excitement, and almost chaotic... Last night, New Year's Eve, should have been a day of much noise, and rejoicing, but since it's against the law in Canada, they had to ruin the tradition for us...

Here's a video of fireworks from my home"town" or like a town of 3 million people:




That is all from civilians firing fireworks, none of it from the government. This mass firework shooting begins at midnight.

This video doesn't come close to how crazy it gets, but it at least shows a bit of it...

Want more information on Chinese/Lunar New Year/ Spring Festival? Here's some information from wikipedia:

The Lunar New Year, also celebrated by Koreans, Vietnamese, Mongolian, etc. for hundreds of years, is called Korean New Year, Vietnamese New Year, etc. by other peoples and known in Chinese as the Spring Festival (Simplified Chinese: 春节; Traditional Chinese: 春節; pinyin: Chūnjié) or the Lunar New Year (Simplified Chinese: 农历新年; Traditional Chinese: 農曆新年; pinyin: Nónglì xīnnián). It is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays (The second most important one is the Moon Festival). The festival proper begins on the first day of the first lunar month (Chinese: 正月; pinyin: zhēng yuè) in the Chinese calendar and ends on the 15th; this day is called Lantern Festival (Simplified Chinese: 元宵节; Traditional Chinese: 元宵節; Mandarin Pinyin: yuánxiāojié; Min Nan pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-siau-chiat). Lantern Festival is also known as the fifteenth night (Mandarin Chinese: 十五晚; pinyin: shíwǔwǎn or Min Nan Chinese: 十五暝; pe̍h-ōe-jī: cha̍p-gō·-mê).

-Wikimedia

Here's a link: Chinese New Year


So once again, keep yourself safe, and enjoy the next new year...

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