Most important night where family get together and basically to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new year with a full belly.
I am lucky to have 2 meals, lunchtime with boyfriend's family where parents made lots of dishes, lobster, chicken, scallop, iceberg lettuce, with soup. and later turnip cake.
Then after a while me & my bf met my parents, grandma & sister at the temple, offered some incense, said our prayers, made a little donation, bought a few CNY snacks and lit a oil lamp to wish the following new year be bright and clear.
After the temple we all went to chinatown and had a New Year Eve dinner with my uncles and again had food that sounds good and hope bring prosperity to the Year of Tiger.
Prawns (ha) - lots of laughter, pork trotters (gu show) - great hands to grab more wealth, noodles for longevity, fish - dreams come true.
After a feast its time to go home and enjoy and relax for arrival of New Year.
If my family was in HongKong, it is very lucky to go out the New Year fair and walk around and fetch a plant, and if you are into the local customs many will wait outside the temple to offer the incense at midnight.
Customs say if you are able to put the first incense stick in the pot in the temple - the year ahead would be a very good one.
Wishing everyone Kung Hey Fat Choi/Gong Xi Fa Chai!!!
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