February 12, 2016, Friday
The fifth day of Chinese New Year is the God of Wealth's birthday. In northern China, people eat jiaozi or dumplings, on the morning of "powu." Traditionally, businesses re-open on the next day (the sixth day), accompanied by firecrackers. It is also common in China that on the 5th day people will shoot off firecrackers to get Guan Yu's attention, thus ensuring his favor and good fortune for the new year. Okay, for sure I didn't know this until I saw some artists in weibo post about it. So how about you? Do you know about it before?
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大年初五是财神爷的生日。在中国北方，初五被称为"破五" ，要吃饺子。传统习俗是过了破五，放了鞭炮，家家户户就要开工开业开始新一年的工作。 还有一说是初五放鞭炮能得到关公的祝福，保证今年风调雨顺。沒有多增廣見聞，還真的不知道正月初五是要吃餃子的，華人新年期間很多習俗真的傳少見少。不知道在我的下幾代還會不會有慶祝新年這個習慣呢？？
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Let me think chor 5 what I did.. Oh, chor 5 I started work la, first day of work! Traffic was good, and no work, and I got to check all my emails.. Zzzzzz
ReplyDeleteYea, and also your first day back to work after two months pregnancy leaves.
Delete我还真的不知道原来初五有这么一个习俗。其实很多华人传统已经不流传了, 很可惜
ReplyDelete所以我們後人要多多保留啊！
Deleteooh interesting fact, I didn't know that also, haha.. but I always heard that it's often auspicious to start work on the 5th day of CNY..
ReplyDeleteBut depends on the boss also, some Chinese company can holiday till chor 10.
DeleteNope, did not know. Oh dear! So no good fortune for me this year lah? Tsk! Tsk!
ReplyDeleteI heard they have those tong yuan balls on the 9th - I did not know that, only they would have those in December, winter solstice.
Hahaha, it's just a traditional, you believe then you have it, if you don't believe then you won't have it.
DeleteI know people in china eat jiaozi during cny but not particularly on day 5. I thought every year the best day to open for business is different.
ReplyDeleteYea, depends on the company as well
DeleteI didnt know too. Only read in another blog say Heng Hua people will celebrate CNY on the 5th day as that was the day that they emerge from the jungle after an oppressive general gone
ReplyDeleteReally? Got such thing?? Now I only know.
DeleteI don't know wo! Just know it's an ordinary day in the new year, kekekeke :p
ReplyDeleteHahahaha, home mom, but still got to work, right?
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