Celebrated CNY in China
Chinese New year is the most important, traditional Festival. It is observed as a public holiday in a number of countries and territories where a sizeable Chinese population resides. Luckily, there’re 5 days of Public Holidays in Macau.
I and my family would celebrate it in Macao normally, but I went to my hometown with my parents in ZhongShan City of Canton Province in Mainland China in this year to visit my eldest sister’s family and met my uncles, aunts who came back from San Francisco and Hong Kong to spend CNY too.
There wasn’t much big difference of the Lunar New Year atmospheres between ZhongShan city and Macao, only lack of firecrackers (forbidden). At least, I thought I had a quiet slept at night from CNY's eve to the third day of CNY. ;-)
Traditionally, Chinese families would buy hundreds of décor things in the New Year markets to beauty their house, such as red banners with “Luck” written on them are hung around the house and on the fronts of doors, blooming plants (Peach blossom, Narcissus, Bamboo or Tangerine plants) to symbolize rebirth and new growth. Of course we would do so, but just made it simple, still had CNY feelings.
Now, here are some simple decors in our hometown house.
I and my family would celebrate it in Macao normally, but I went to my hometown with my parents in ZhongShan City of Canton Province in Mainland China in this year to visit my eldest sister’s family and met my uncles, aunts who came back from San Francisco and Hong Kong to spend CNY too.
There wasn’t much big difference of the Lunar New Year atmospheres between ZhongShan city and Macao, only lack of firecrackers (forbidden). At least, I thought I had a quiet slept at night from CNY's eve to the third day of CNY. ;-)
Traditionally, Chinese families would buy hundreds of décor things in the New Year markets to beauty their house, such as red banners with “Luck” written on them are hung around the house and on the fronts of doors, blooming plants (Peach blossom, Narcissus, Bamboo or Tangerine plants) to symbolize rebirth and new growth. Of course we would do so, but just made it simple, still had CNY feelings.
Now, here are some simple decors in our hometown house.
Front door: Red banner with the God of Wealth and Sitting room: Simple plants,tangerines and a gold Pig.
Candy Tray arranged in circle is called "The Tray of Togetherness" and The tini fish is a Chinese rice cake--represents good wealth and prosperous. 
Reunion lunch or dinner with family members and visit relatives are the MUST do program on the first, second day of the new year. More significantly, the second day of CNY is my Dad's birthday. We arranged a Birthday lunch/party for him in a Chinese restaurant and invited his siblings with their family members to attend, so that we could join together on that Day to express our greetings to each other as well.
Here are two special dishes that we ordered during the lunch: A grilled pig and Chinese Birthday peach bun. (We called it Sao Bao)壽包.
Except enjoyed food and chatted with relatives, I received lots of red packets/red envelopes (Lai See) from my senior relatives (included USD$, HK$ and RMB$). Wow $$$$$$$$$$$$ wow…:-P. Though it is, I only bought a pair of cuteness good luck poster from China, then nothing else.
I stuck them on my office desk screen on the first day (today) to work after CNY holidays and decorated my office computer as a wall-paper for wishing me good luck/happy/smoothly in work in the year of Boar.
Gong Xi Fa Cai !!!(in Mandarin) Kung Hei Fat Choi!!! (Cantonese)
恭喜發財!!!
