Chinese New Year 2010~ Year Of The Tiger

This year’s chinese new year hamper celebration begins on february 14th, then lasts for 14 days. 2010 is the year of the tiger. Since the first day of the chinese new year begins on valentine’s day this year, it gives you double the reason to celebrate! The celebration ends on the 15th day with a lantern festival .
Last year i shared quite a bit of information about celebrating the chinese new year, from the customs to the food.This year i want to talk about a few of those same things, and add a few more ideas for your chinese new year celebration.
* the food is a very important part of the chinese new year hamper celebration. It’s also important that the food consumed is whole food, and many of the meals are symbolic for good fortune, happiness, or prosperity.
* during the lantern festival every place is decorated with paper lanterns much like our houses are decorated with christmas lights during the holiday season.


Here is a customary chinese new year dragon dance, the dragon dance is performed during the chinese new year to show gratitude to the dragon for good fortune.

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Chinese New Year: Tips To Bring The Most Into Your New Year

By: carole provzolne

On february 18th, we will be ringing in another new year. Wait a minute, didn't we just do that? I am speaking of the chinese new year and the energy and life that surrounds that special day. Do you have to be chinese to ensure a wonderful new year with wonderful new beginnings? Absolutely not! Try these simple, inexpensive things to welcome in the terrific new start you have been looking for.
* here i go again, the clutter word in chinese new year hamper. Unused clothing, old food, anything no longer needed or used should be discarded. The is not a whole spring cleaning, rather your intent (and some room) to allow the new energy into your space. Give goodwill a call, you'll both be grateful.
* clean up, dust the cobwebs away, energize your surroundings. Many consultants use sage or you can simply use sound as a method of space clearing. Set your intentions to rid the home of anything negative that has occurred and simply tap on something that reverberates. A good cut crystal glass and a spoon work well. Make sure to get the corners where the energy lingers.
* if you can, pay down some bills. The ones you have been putting off that are lying around, the overdue ones. Start the new year off with as clean a slate as possible and as little debt owed as you can. Remember, even if you can't afford to pay much, it's your intention to allow the debt out of your life this year to attract all the wealth you will need or want.
* do something special for yourself. Treat yourself at this special time to a massage, that dress you have been wanting, a nice dinner or just a long bubble bath with no distractions. Something just for you so that other good things follow the new energy you are putting into yourself.
* make a change. It could be significant or something small but do something different. New years and new beginnings mean a new way of doing things, changing the old that doesn't work for us anymore or things in our life that are stagnant. You might get a new hairstyle, a new look, take a different route to work, meditate, anything you feel comfortable with that signifies that you are willing to "go with the flow" and allow the new energy and the new changes in.
*sweep the kitchen floor anytime prior to midnight on the chinese new year's eve. It symbolizes letting go of the old and putting it right outside (example : chinese new year hamper)

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Chinese New Year

Tahun baru imlek 2560 tahun ini tiba di tanggal 26 januari 2009. Hari raya ini merupakan hari pertama dalam bulan pertama dari sistem kalender yang dipakai oleh orang tionghoa. Imlek / chinese year merupakan sistem kalender lunisolar yaitu gabungan dari sistem kalender bulan dan kalender matahari. Tahun baru imlek dikenal juga sebagai tahun baru china dan festival musim semi (chun jie). Perayaan tahun baru ini tentunya tidak bisa lepas dari segala mitos dan ritual yang melekat kuat di dalamnya.

Asal muasal peringatan tahun baru imlek ini pun mempunyai kisah tersendiri. Konon pada dahulu kala pada tepat setiap musim semi tiba di akhir musim dingin masyarakat sering diganggu binatang buas yang bernama nian. Binatang buas ini datang dari dasar lautan untuk memakan manusia. Masyarakat mengetahui bahwa nian ini takut akan bunyi yang keras. Karena itu untuk mencegahnya datang, mereka memukul beduk, gong dan membakar bambu yang akan menimbulkan suara ledakan (terakhir ini telah diganti dengan petasan, setelah diketemukannya mesiu pada dinasti sung). Mulai saat itu setiap akhir musim dingin, masyarakat merayakan tahun baru imlek atau chinese year dengan membakar petasan dan memainkan barongsai untuk mengusir segala yang jahat dan menyambut datangnya musim semi. Imlek secara tradisi telah diperingati oleh masyarakat tionghoa seluruh dunia sejak ribuan tahun lalu. Dari buku kuno diketahui imlek dirayakan di tiongkok 4699 tahun yang lalu oleh raja pertama huang ti. Secara tradisi penyambutan imlek diisi dengan aktivitas menjadi baru mulai dari mendandani rumah dan dirinya sendiri dengan pakaian dan semangat baru.Yik nien fuk se, wan siang keng sin artinya datangnya tahun baru mengubah segalanya menjadi baru. Warga tionghoa kini menghabiskan hari-harinya mempersiapkan imlek dengan membuat aneka macam kue keranjang atau kue tar, membersihkan rumah dan tempat ibadah serta menyiapkan angpao. Sementara yang laki-laki akan membersihkan pekarangan atau mencat rumah

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