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In Mandarin, “Happy New Year!”     |    Or in Cantonese, “Gung Hei Faat Choi!” February 3, 2011 was the official start to the fifteen-days of celebration for the Chinese New Year – one of the most important holidays in Chinese tradition. Based on a lunar calendar,  the actual date of Chinese New Year changes every [...]

Happy Chinese New Year!

Kung Hei Fat Choy! The Western calendar date of February 14th 2010 marked the Chinese New Year 4708: The year of the Metal Tiger.  The Tiger represents the third year in the 12 year cycle of the Chinese Zodiac – preceded by the Ox and followed by the Rabbit – and has many auspicious things [...]