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01/29/14
Ring in New Traditions
Filed under: General, Culture
Posted by: @ 7:56 pm

New Years in one of the Chinese traditions that is still around. The country seems to be on a fault line between western consumerism and ancient traditions. But Chinese New Years is still as traditional.

If you are wondering what all of the noise is about… it all deals with the mythical monster nian (the same word as year). Loud sounds, red envelopes of money and the color red keep him–and bad luck away.

For good luck, a wheel of firecrackers will be ignited by your doorstep at the crack of dawn to keep evil spirits from entering your home. The wheel is slightly smaller in size than the one Vanna spins.

Eveyone is in on the fun, even the pets. I wonder if this lady got her dog ear plugs or a few doggie downers.

The year of the horse is chasing out the year of the snake. So if you are a Mr. Ed, you need to wear red underwear all year long for good luck. You can find your chinese horoscope character at this link. http://chinese.horoscope.com/

But while Chinese New Years is still old style, other traditions are slowly changing.

Traditional baby wraps …

are being replaced with this contraption.

Scary unidentified street foods are being replaced with…

Scary Unidentified Imports. Hey Russian Bootleggers, America spells cheese K-R-A-F-T, not K-R-F-O-A.

Even the most traditional prefer their i-phriends to whoever is sitting next to them.

And chickens that used to cross the road?

They now take an e-bike. What is this world coming to.

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