/categories/lunar-new-year/Recent content in Lunar-New-Year on Late BloomsHugoen-usSun, 22 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000/posts/year-of-the-rabbit/Sun, 22 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000/posts/year-of-the-rabbit/<!-- raw HTML omitted --> <p><a href="https://photos.smugmug.com/Lateblooms/n-ZkfX3Q/2023/Year-of-the-rabbit/i-vWdH4DR/0/MmVxxR6NRB3fr62BwkRRc86tkXvKpmSzGccqKtDVS/D/Kits-Year-of-the-Rabbit-D.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="https://jeanjankisamaroo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Kits-Year-of-the-Rabbit-1024x1024.jpeg"></a></p> <!-- raw HTML omitted --> <p><strong>by <em>Leung</em> Kit</strong></p> <!-- raw HTML omitted --> <!-- raw HTML omitted --> <p>It&rsquo;s Lunar New Year time again. Tomorrow, January 22nd/2023 marks the beginning of this year&rsquo;s Chinese New Year celebrations. If you want to use the proper greetings with your Chinese friends here is what you need to say:  &ldquo;Gong hei fat choy&rdquo; (恭喜发财) (Cantonese) Gong xi fài (Mandarin). This 15 day long celebration will end on February 5th with the Lantern Festival.</p>/posts/year-of-the-rooster/Sat, 28 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000/posts/year-of-the-rooster/<p>It&rsquo;s exciting that another Lunar New Year is upon us.  Toronto&rsquo;s Dragon City Mall in Chinatown was very busy yesterday as people were buying their last minute decorations, food, and gifts.  The holiday is being celebrated on January 28th and 29th.  I took a few pictures which I will share with you throughout this post.  According to the Chinese Zodiac, this is the Year of the Rooster.  Red is the predominant colour for Chinese New Year as it is such an auspicious colour.</p>