Chinese New Year Huichun
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People write lucky messages or new year wishes on pieces of rectangular red paper to decorate their houses and bring good luck for the coming year.
by AlbertHuichun (揮春), Chuntie (春帖) or Futie (福帖) is a Chinese New Year tradition. People write lucky messages or new year wishes on pieces of rectangular red paper to decorate their houses and to bring good luck for the coming year. Huichun is usually in four words written with brushes and ink. It can be generic for everybody like safety (老少平安) , good health (龍馬精神), good luck (大吉大利), or simply happy new year (恭贺新禧); or specific to business people (prosperous business 生意興隆), women (always youthful 青春常駐), school students (doing well at school 學業進步) and the elderly (healthy and vigorous 身壯力健). After the new year's eve dinner, the whole family will gather to decorate the house and write Huichun. It is the time for the younger generations to show their calligraphy skill to the elders. Those who can write good huichun will get a bigger red packet (紅包).
Year of the Snake Huiuchun
Click on the picture above to go to the linked MS Word document to print.
Open the linked document to print the Huichun.
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said Dragon Dance
Here's an opportunity for you to participate in the dragon dance @ Chinese New Year Festival and Market Market Day!
We will be performing in front of hundreds of member of public, the Prime Minister, honorable guests as well as our friends and family...
Date & Time: 2nd of Feburary 2013, 10am
Where: ASB Showground, Chinese New Year Market Day Opening.
Training dates: Sunday 13th, 20th and 27th, Time: 10am
Location: 99 Taylor Road, Mangere - Auckland Chinese Community Centre (ACCC)
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said 2013 Chinese New Year Festival & Market Day - The Year of the Snake
Saturday, 2 February 2013 from 9.30am to 4.00pm
Halls 3 & 4, ASB Showgrounds, Greenlane
Auckland Chinese Community Centre Inc has been organising an annual Chinese New Year celebration for the last 20 years. The Festival has grown in popularity over these years, and has now become a highlight of the Auckland summer events calendar with attendance by 20,000 persons or more.
For 2013, we will again have an exciting new partnership with Chinese NZ TV33 which will provide extensive promotion of the event to supplement our normal advertising in major Chinese & community newspapers, Chinese & mainstream radio and Chinese websites. We will the main activities in Halls 3 & 4 at the ASB Showgrounds with its improved lighting and layout, and combined with the new comprehensive TV exposure on TV33 digital freeview, there will definitely be an even larger public attendance at this prestigious event.
Our Chinese New Year Festival & Market Day to welcome the Year of the Snake will feature the following activities:
TV33 have started promotional advertising for the Festival. Please refer to www.tv33.co.nz for details about Chinese NZ TV33 digital freeview.
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