www射-国产免费一级-欧美福利-亚洲成人福利-成人一区在线观看-亚州成人

   

'Wealth god' adds color to festival

By Zhu Zhe (China Daily)
Updated: 2007-02-23 06:45

Although the Chinese are said to be atheists, many of them acted as if they were not yesterday.

Instead of visiting relatives and friends as they often do during Spring Festival, many stayed at home to clean rooms, burn joss sticks, paste special pictures on doors and prepare dumplings for dinner.

The reason: to greet the "God of Wealth".

A girl selects lanterns at a market in Huaibei, Anhui Province, yesterday to prepare for the Lantern Festival, which marks the end of Spring Festival celebrations on the 15th day of the Lunar New Year. Xinhua

Related readings:
Cash-strapped students stay at school for festival
More blood donators during Spring Festival
Lonely kids cheered up by Spring Festival moms
Spectacular Spring Festival in HK
Firefighters during Spring Festival
Thousands attempt speed dating during Spring Festival holiday
CCTV Spring Festival Gala 2007 receives online bashing
Hu Jintao spends Spring Festival in Gansu
Also named Po Woo, the fifth day of the Chinese Lunar New Year is said to be a day to welcome the God of Wealth called Zhao Gongming.

Legend says that the soul of Zhao, a marshal during the Shang Dynasty (16th-11th century BC), was empowered to bestow good fortune. Thus, he became the god to which fortune-seeking Chinese give veneration and offer sacrifices.

"It has become a habit for my family to follow all these rituals on this special day," said 53-year-old Beijing resident Du Shufen, who was setting off fireworks with her family in front of her apartment building. "Everyone wants to be lucky and get rich in the New Year."

She said that according to the custom, no one visits families or friends, but instead stay home to wait for the god. People usually have dumplings on this special day because dumplings look like gold ingots - the money used in ancient China.

But sometimes people don't get lucky. Local media in Shanghai reported that a family was burned early yesterday morning in a fire caused by firecrackers.

The report said two men used firecrackers to greet the "God of Wealth", but instead the sparks ignited the satellite antenna at a family's balcony and then burned the whole room. No injuries were reported.

But fireworks did kill a 25-year-old man on the eve of the Lunar New Year in Beijing. The city's health bureau said the man was seriously wounded in the head and died in hospital on Sunday morning.

In addition, Beijing also reported some other 124 injuries and 114 fire cases caused by fireworks on the New Year's Eve.

To prevent such accidents, the city's office in charge of fireworks sent about 250,000 police officers to patrol in the capital last night, and ordered firefighters and first-aid personnel to stay on duty.

But not everyone is having a traditional festival. Local media reports that many single young professionals in Beijing are matchmaking during the holiday.

The Beijing Times said over 2,000 people took part in a matchmaking party held in Ditan Park (the Temple of Earth) to look for a lifelong partner.

According to the format of 8-minute dating, participants were divided into three groups according to their ages. They were required to introduce themselves, and then to perform in various games.

The daily event, which will end on Saturday, welcomes single people above 18 years old who take love seriously and hold a college degree or above, the report said.

At the same time, some others are having an electronic festival. China's top two telecommunications operators estimate that Chinese people will send around 14 billion festival text messages during the 7-day holiday more than 30 for each of the 460 million mobile phone subscribers.

(China Daily 02/23/2007 page1)



Top China News  
Today's Top News  
Most Commented/Read Stories in 48 Hours
主站蜘蛛池模板: 免费福利在线看黄网站 | 精品国产一区二区三区久久影院 | 免费的特黄特色大片在线观看 | 欧美第五页 | 悠悠影院欧美日韩国产 | 久久精品国产福利 | 九九在线观看精品视频6 | 国产日本在线视频 | 亚洲天堂2017| 欧美夜夜骑 | 亚洲午夜大片 | 99精品国产成人一区二区 | 最近中文字幕免费视频 | 亚洲国产一区二区三区在线观看 | 亚洲国产成人精品一区二区三区 | 新体操真 | 国内自拍第五一页 | 国产亚洲区 | 亚洲精品一区二区久久这里 | 成人国产精品一级毛片了 | 国产欧美在线播放 | 欧美日韩亚洲综合在线一区二区 | 国产女主播在线 | 亚洲国产精品久久久天堂 | 久久机热综合久久国产 | 免费人欧美成又黄又爽的视频 | 日本成a人片在线观看网址 日本成年人视频网站 | 欧美激情特级黄aa毛片 | 精品免费久久久久久成人影院 | 亚洲男女视频 | 精品91| 亚洲一区二区三区福利在线 | 日本三级欧美三级 | 美女被强行扒开双腿激情视频 | 成人自拍小视频 | 成人片网址| 午夜毛片网站 | ccyycom草草影院成人91 | 国产精品大全国产精品 | 中国国产一国产一级毛片视频 | 中文字幕区 |