Any one celebrate Lunar New Year? What activities or traditions are there? I heard it's the year of the Dragon...

 

I don't but I do follow chinese animal years. This year is year of water dragon. It will be the fast paced year, new opportunity and things will be happening early in the year, because dragon is associated with spring. This year has water element so instead of stagnant water, it will be like river flowing, Things will move, ideas flow, creativity abound, economies boom, and love blossom in this environment. It is likely to be an exciting year indeed. Might be a wet year too. Be ready to fly

 

Happy Lunar (Chinese) New Year!!!

Yumoncbr...you are on target!!! It's been wet all morning here...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnU8t...e_gdata_player

 

I got to celebrate Chinese New Year with my girlfriend and her family. Was told about their various traditions, meanings behind colors, what the Water Dragon tells us about the year ahead, etc. It was very cool And awesome food, of course. Even got a cute red envelope gift, which even surprised my gf. So things are good

 

oh yes, the red envelop.

@ estate. I love that rain ... (gahahahaha)

Lunar New Years 2012 - YouTube

 

Here a few words for
lunar new year...

1. Gong xi fa chai - (mandarin) for CONGRATS with Wealth.

2. Xin Nian Kuai Le (mandarins) for Happy New Year. When pronouncing he "Le" the e is silent...not like Lee...more like e=uh...say L-uh

3. If your in Hong Kong, it's Cantonese, so say Gong Hey Fa Choi (CONGRATS with wealth)

It's water dragon alright!!! Rain all day here is South Bay...

 

now i gotta go get me some Chinese food......lol

 

Hey demon, Chinese food will not help you much to speak Chinese....+1 Aken, GF will help....Lol....

 

who can talk with a mouth full of kung pao anyway?

 

Yup I learned some random Cantonese as well, then promptly forgot most of it.

A couple Vietnamese words, too, actually. Playing with my girlfriend's baby niece and she was telling me some words they use for saying like "Up!" to pick her up and whatnot.