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On This First Day of the Chinese New Year – A Message for all our Friends, Regardless of Ancestry:

Legend has it that in ancient times, Buddha asked all of the animals to meet him on Chinese New Year. Twelve came, and Buddha named a year after each one. He announced that the people born in each animal’s year would have some of that animal’s personality.

This New Year 2023 is the Year of the Rabbit. Like Rabbits, people born in Rabbit Years usually have soft and tender personality traits. They keep a modest attitude and maintain a pleasant relationship to people around them. They will not be irritated easily, and they also avoid quarrels as much as possible.

At Chinese New Year celebrations people wear red clothes, decorate with poems on red paper, and give children “lucky money” in red envelopes. Red symbolizes fire, which according to legend can drive away bad luck.

During this 15-day holiday period, we wish all of our visitors of Chinese ancestry, and all of our other friends, family, visitors and readers, as well, a New Year full of good fortune, good cheer and good health.

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