Happy Chinese New Year

Dear steemit friends,

It's late but since there are a huge Chinese community in steemit . So if you are celebrating Chinese new year, I wish you all a Happy new year.

In Chinese, red symobolize good luck and prevent evil spirits. So during this period, all the new year decorations around the city , houses and shopping center are covered in red.

Lion Dance
During this period in Singapore, you would see the lion dance around the country. Since the dance is believed to bring businesses good fortune, it's a tradition to perform in most companies to have it every year in the office.

Some of the Chinese new year decoration in the city area in Singapore .

Another culinary tradition in Singapore is Lo hei. Every year, we celebrate this tradition at work.

lo hei is a Cantonese phrase meaning “tossing up good fortune”. Families and friends gather to toss up the ingredients of this raw fish salad, while chanting auspicious well wishes out loud for good luck.

It’s believed the higher the participants toss the ingredients, the greater their fortune will be.

The salad is usually made up of white and green radish, carrots, pickled ginger, radish and slices of raw fish (commonly salmon), drenched with a fragrant dressing of plum sauce and five spice powder.

After putting all the ingredients and dressing.

During this Chinese new year holidays, I met with my old friends . A lot of shops and restaurants close this period , so if you are planning to visit Singapore at this time of the year, you would need to take note of this to avoid the disappointment.

I hope you enjoy the glimpse of the holiday spirit from here. Happy Friday!