Greetings from Dongxiang City China.

Where the fireworks are beginning to fill the skies in a non-stop display of end of year exuberance. It's Chinese New Year. Year of the rooster.
Last week I was telling you about the power of words and the first freight train to come from China to England. You can read it here.

Well it's Chinese New Year, I just arrived in China. Flight from Manchester to Amsterdam to Shanghai to Nanjing and by car to Dongxiang city - my wife's home town. And just like we have to come home for Christmas a billion Chinese folk travel home for CNY. So CNY is a kind of reunion, the old familiar faces once again. Today is New Years eve, the official family reunion day. Every area of China and Asia has different traditions but mostly the day before New Year is a big family reunion meal followed fireworks and the exchanging of red envelopes stuffed with cash.

I have told you the "hóngbāo" or red envelope stories before about competitive giving of red envelopes and how much of the cash is recycled and re-gifted rapidly. The main winner in this game it seems to me are small children.

Then comes closing the door on the old year. So it seems you let off fireworks, then close the door of your house, symbolically closing the door on the old year.
Then as the clock ticks past midnight you open your door to the new year, now letting off firecrackers the louder the better and is said to bring good luck and get the new year off to a good start.

So it is year of the Rooster, I have been digging around to find out what that means. As I write this I can actually hear a rooster doing it's thing. Waking people up in the morning. So someone born in the year of the rooster is punctual, hard working, a morning person, can be quite annoying and should be sent to KFC but not in a good way.. But I have bad news for you roosters, those born in a previous year of the rooster will have bad luck this year.. that's the years 1921, 1933, 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005. So sorry if that's bad news :) - but hey I think it only applies if you are born in China.

Not long until Valentine's day.. and the season of love is upon us. Mother's day and then the wedding season. So it's a great time to stock up with romantic gifts. See the deals below..
Speaking of weddings. There are lots at this time of year in China. It's the best time, no-one is working, old friends and families are together. Always the young couples, young love, weddings are another reason for red envelopes and fireworks. I am invited to a big wedding next week.

I'll report back then.

Until then, hope your season of love is going well..

Take care. Happy Year of the Rooster.

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