Gung Hei Fat Choi!

Happy New Year to all b.b.c. blog readers! Best wishes for the coming Year of the Dragon!

Happy 2012!

Photo: Miss O'Kistic

Apologies for the lack of posts recently. Hope to resume normal service now the festive period has passed :)

Happy New Year to all b.b.c. blog readers, and see you soon for more topical posting this new year. Now... bring on Chinese New Year!

Gung Hei Fat Choi!

Gung Hei Fat Choi! Wishing peace and prosperity to all bbc blog readers! Let's welcome in the Year of the Rabbit!

Photoset: The Guardian

Gun Hei Fat Choi, Sun Leen Fai Lok!

Wishing all readers, wherever you are, a happy Chinese New Year.

Here's a sample of personal CNY thoughts and celebrations around the world, courtesy of Twitter.

Well, the bbc blog does try to keep up with the latest trends ;)

Happy New Year from the bbc Blog!

Photo: Flickr: Expatriate Games

I'd like to wish all readers peace and prosperity for the Year of the Ox.

Gung hei fat choi!

What the year of the Ox holds in store for you (if you believe in that sort of thing)

There's not long to go until Chinese New Year and for those of us who believe in such things, Hong Kong's BC magazine has commissioned an expert astrologer to predict what the coming Year of the Ox has in store, based on your Chinese zodiac sign.

One interesting thing about the article is that it talks about being born either the hot or cold parts of the year as a factor in your horoscope which I hadn't heard of before.

I remain a skeptic but I guess people will always find horoscopes entertaining - whether they are of the Eastern or Western variety. Over to you, Russell:



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CNY magazine from Planetdimsum.com

I was sent a link to rather nicely designed magazine which is coming out as part London's Chinese New Year celebrations. It covers all aspects of CNY from food to astrology.

I understand it is going to be distributed to the thousands of people expected in Chinatown for the celebrations this weekend.

Get your copy in advance from the official site Planetdimsum.com

Gung Hei! Gung Hei!

Goodbye Year of the Pig. Hello Year of the Rat!

Happy Chinese New Year to all readers - even those of you who only found this site because you were searching for more Edison pictures (get over it already!)

If you are born in this sign of the Chinese zodiac then you are quick-thinking, ingenious, hardworking and ambitious. I've often wondered if it would be better to refer to 'shu neen' as the Year of the Mouse rather than Rat. In the West rats are seen as dirty and to refer to a human as a rat is derogatory. Then again, a mouse is often looked upon as weak and feeble in the West and it isn't associated with the many positive traits that we assign to a 'shu'.

Well, whether it's the year of the mouse, rat or other small, furry rodent, I wish you all peace, prosperity for the coming year.

Burntbreadboy.

Chinese New Year: Thoughts from Hong Kong

A nice article from dimsum.co.uk

So more people are wearing red these days, as lunar fashion dictates local trends. One popular hairdresser, who cut my hair exactly once several months ago, was entirely booked out for the two weeks preceding the New Year - 12 hours a day, 7 days a week. (Workaholics Anonymous would surely prosper in Hong Kong, if only people got off work in time to attend the late night sessions.) Then again, some industrious white-collar workers are shelling out several hundreds of HK$ to take lessons in proper enunciation, with the expectation of shedding off the pedestrian, and epidemic, "lazy cantonese" heard around the territory. So remember, it's "bai neen", not "bai leen".

Speaking of which, the annual round of new year's greetings is not to be taken lightly...