I love the symbolism of Chinese New Year. Tall red flowers (lucky!) mandarin oranges with the leaves on (lucky!) Pomelos (lucky!). We like to jump in whenever there are reasons to do things for luck. We went to the farmer's market with a list.
However, there are so many things to do (wear red) and not do today (no sweeping) to ensure good fortune it's hard to keep track of all of them so we just stick to a few and try not to worry about the rest. It's too much pressure to eat a bowl of noodles without breaking one of them in fear that this will shorten your life.
Yesterday we even went to Chinatown to find a Pi Yao charm. It's meant to ward off "bad energies" for Snakes during the Year of the Pig. The Chef (a dragon) read this somewhere and became very concerned for my well-being. Now I'm set! Fellow snakes, please let us know if you need a Pi Yao. It took us a while and involved some embarrassing crank yanker mispronunciation (uh, Pee Ying anyone?) but we finally found it.We wish you all a Happy Year of the Pig --- full of luck and good fortune!
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Oh! I really need a pi yao and didn't even realize it. Thanks, Chef, for looking out for us Snakes.
Wasn't last years Chinese New Year's parade just a couple months ago? I don't like this getting old/time passing too quickly business.
Happy new year!
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