The Chinese New Year: Superstitions and Traditions

lanternAs the New Year is being welcomed by the Chinese and other believers around the world, traditions and, yes, superstitions are also observed and practised.

Below are some of these traditions:

The Chinese New Year: Superstitions and Traditions

For good luck remember these three things:

Look to the future rather than back to the past year/s.

Do not mention a dead relative, friends or acquaintance on New Year’s day.

DO NOT CRY ON THIS DAY as you will be crying all year round.  Did you know that children who are misbehaving  are tolerated at this day.  For one day they are not shouted at or threaten with a good smacking because crying children will cry all year round.  LOLlantern s

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Other New Year’s Superstitions:

Chinese traditions have it that knives and scissors must not be used on New Year’s day as this might cut off fortune.

 

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