{"id":5449,"date":"2021-02-11T07:20:25","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T07:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalindianstories.com\/?p=5449"},"modified":"2021-02-12T10:58:35","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T10:58:35","slug":"reasons-to-rejoice-during-the-chinese-new-year-of-the-ox-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalindianstories.org\/index.php\/2021\/02\/11\/reasons-to-rejoice-during-the-chinese-new-year-of-the-ox-celebrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Reasons to rejoice during the Chinese New Year of the Ox celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"

I wish all my friends celebrating Lunar New Year \u201cGong Xi Fa Cai\u201d and \u201cKung Hei Fat Choi\u201d with lots of happiness and strength for the year of Ox.\u00a0May the new year bring all the good things in life you truly deserve.<\/em><\/p>\n

Celebrations in Hong Kong<\/strong><\/p>\n

There will soon be reasons to rejoice in Hong Kong, with the government relaxing restrictions that will allow restaurants to operate till 10pm from the seventh day of the Lunar New Year on 18th February. Apart from other relaxations, the cap on social gathering will be made lenient from two to four. But while the entire week of the New year celebrations will have the existing limitations, people are keeping their spirits high and positive.<\/p>\n

The biggest festival for the Chinese community across the world, the CNY celebrations has been reasonably stunted across the world this year, but the Hong Kongers’ spirits stay intact and positive. This year the CNY falls on February 12, and maintaining social distancing norms, the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) have interspersed old traditions with an innovative three week “Fortunes in Hong Kong” CNY campaign in discoverhongkong.com\/CNY<\/a><\/p>\n

People did visit the traditional\u00a0flower market in Prince Edward in great numbers to buy seasonal flowers, orchid plants, and trees like tangerine, believed to bring in good luck. The decoration of doorways and walls to bring in prosperity and good luck during the joyful festive season,\u00a0Fai Chun, has been in full swing, adding the festive vibes to the residential and commercial hubs in the city. The CNY will entail visits to some of the revered temples and cemeteries to give offerings to the Gods, and to the ancestors. A thorough spring cleaning of the house is a must, and so is the ‘lycee’ small amounts of money passed on in small red envelops to staff, children as tokens of good luck and festive gifts.<\/p>\n\r\n