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In preparation for the Chinese New Year 2008 - Year of the Rat - here is how the Chinese prepare themselves for a WEALTHY year ahead….you might want to follow suit:

Cleaning house: The entire house should be cleaned before New Year’s Day. On New Year’s Eve, all brooms, brushes, dusters, dust pans and other cleaning equipment is put away.

Sweeping or dusting should not be done on New Year’s Day, for fear that good fortune will be swept away.

Clear your debts: All debts have to be paid by this time. Nothing should be loaned on this day, as anyone who does so will be lending all the year.

Wash yourself: But don’t wash your hair. Why? Because it could wash away your good luck for the new lunar year. Wait a few days first.

New clothing: Traditionally, children wear new clothing on New Year’s Day. This includes socks, shoes and even underwear. This is so they can have a “fresh” start to the New Year.

Vegetarian for a day: On New Year’s Day it is traditional for Chinese families to only eat vegetarian foods. No animals are killed then, and people do not eat animals. The idea is to be kind to animals, at least for one day!

Lucky, red envelope: Parents give their children little red envelops on New Year’s Eve. These contain a gift of money. Sometimes they will ask the children to place their envelope under their pillow so they will have money from the first moment of the New Year until the last day of that year.

Bonus money: Business will normally give their employees double pay the week before new years. But when they start work again the boss can get rid of an employee. When they sit down for lunch if the boss offers an employee a chicken drumstick, the employee knows not to come back.

Flowers: After a family dinner on New Year’s Eve, Hong Kong residents will wander down to the Flower Market, which is open all night until dawn on New Year’s Day.

In Chinese philosophy, if there are flowers blossoming that means good fortune.

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