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Here’s what to know about chinese new year in malaysia, what is chinese new year.
Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, with more than 4000 years of history, marks the beginning of the Chinese year. Chinese New Year is a festival that commemorates the first full moon of the new lunar calendar year, and the celebration starts from the eve until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
There are various forms of traditions in Malaysia when it comes to celebrating Chinese New Year. Here are things that you may want to know.
How is the Chinese New Year Celebrated in Malaysia?
Before the chinese new year.
Spring Cleaning and Decorating the Home
Before the Chinese New Year, any Malaysian Chinese family will make a thorough cleaning of the house, or “spring cleaning.” After that, the entire house will be decorated with auspicious items and Chinese New Year decorations such as red cloth on the door, couplets, paper cuttings, red lanterns, flowers and other decors mostly in red colour.
Making Chinese New Year cookies and snacks
Cookies and snacks is a must in a Chinese home during the celebrations, as to serve family and friends who comes to visit. Traditionally, Chinese families will make their own cookies and snacks. But during the more recent times due to busy working schedules, many would just opt to buy it from the markets.
Chinese New Year Eve
The Chinese New Year Eve is considered one of the most important moment for Chinese families. In the evening of the eve, all family members will reunite together for a dinner while enjoying many traditional Chinese dishes or a steamboat.
Chinese New Year
Making Offerings and Prayers
On the morning of the first day of Chinese New Year, families will prepare offerings for the gods, deities as well as ancestors. Some families will visit temples for prayers and blessings.
Wearing New Clothes
Wearing new clothes especially on the first day is one of the most important thing to do for everyone. Remember to wear red or bright colours, which symbolizes good luck and prosperity. Never wear black colour or you’ll make the elders angry.
Yee Sang is a unique tradition that actually started from Malaysia, specifically in Seremban.
The particular ceremony in every gathering of family and friends includes tossing Yee Sang as high as up into the air while uttering auspicious greetings. The dish which is served before any other dishes is believed to signify more fortune and good luck to come in the upcoming year. Read more about Yee Sang in this link.
Visiting Family Members and Friends
Family members and friends will visit each other’s houses during the celebrations. It is customary to greet with “恭喜发财” Gong Xi Fa Cai, “新春快乐” Xin Chun Kuai Le or any positive greetings during the Chinese New Year. Avoid using words that are negative.
Giving Out Ang Pows
It is customary for married couples to give out ang pows (red envelopes with money in it) to children and unmarried relatives. Sometimes the younger adults will also give ang pows to the elders. Such a tradition is practiced as a token of good wishes during the Chinese New Year.
Fireworks and Firecrackers
Throughout the 15 days of Chinese New Year, Malaysians will light up firecrackers and fireworks, which is believed to drive away evil spirits from the loud cracking noises and also to welcome the New Year.
Jade Emperor’s Birthday
Although many Chinese will still celebrate and offer prayers to the Jade Emperor, it is widely celebrated by the Hokkien community. To the Hokkien community specifically, it is more important than the first day of Chinese New Year. The Jade Emperor’s birthday falls on ninth day of the Chinese New Year, but it is celebrated at the midnight of the 8th day.
Due to the large population of Hokkien Chinese in Penang, it is celebrated on a grand scale. While there a huge celebrations at the Chew Jetty and the ‘Thni Kong Tnua’, or Jade Emperor’s Pavilion, the Chinese will also offer their prayers at home.
Chap Goh Meh
Chap Goh Meh, (which means the 15th night in Hokkien) marks the last day of the New Year celebrations. In specific places like Penang, there are special tradition where the women who are single will throw oranges into the sea, hoping that a man will pick it up to be her good husband. In a modern twist on the custom, single women now write their phone numbers onto oranges before throwing them into the water.
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