#YearoftheWaterRAbbit

[judyconda]

Fairytale Tuesday: Red Envelope 🧧(Ampao) - FINAL PART II - Historical meaning of The Red Envelope 🧧(Ampao) Some say that the history of the red packet dates back to Han Dynasty (202 BC – 220 AD). People created a type of coin to ward off evil spirits, "ya sheng qian" (Chinese: 压胜钱; pinyin: yāshèng qián), and it was inscribed with auspicious words on the front, such as "May you live a long and successful life". It is not real money, but a real blessing item. It was believed to protect people from sickness and death. In the Tang Dynasty, the Chinese New Year was considered to be the beginning of spring, and in addition to congratulations, elders gave money to children to ward off evil spirits. After the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the custom of giving money in the Spring Festival evolved into the custom of giving children lucky money. The elderly would thread coins with a red string. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were two kinds of lucky money. One was made of red string and coins, sometimes placed at the foot of the bed in the shape of a dragon. The other is a colourful pouch filled with coins. In Qing dynasty, the name "ya sui qian" (压岁钱) came up. The book Qing Jia Lu (清嘉录) recorded that "elders give children coins threaded together by a red string, the money is called Ya Sui Qian." #cherryblossom #springawakening #springseason #spring #newyearseve #newyearsday #chinese #chinesefolklore #chinesefolk #happynewyear #newyear #springfestival #spring #gongxifacai #lunarnewyear #chinesenewyear #yearoftherabbit #yearofthewaterrabbit #mystique #Spiritique #spiritual #Spirituality #ampao #redenvelope #fairytaletuesday #fairytale #fairytaleflash #chineselunarnewyear #chinesecore #chineseacademia #fantasy https://www.instagram.com/p/CnyZYkESPch/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[jemo630]

Just wanted to wish every one a Happy Lunar New Year (Chinese New Year). May the Year of the Black Water Rabbit bring ya much joy, happiness, love, peace and prosperity. Happy Lunar New Year 恭喜发财 / 恭喜發財 (Gōngxǐ fācái) 新年快乐 / 新年快樂 (Xīnnián kuàilè) 新年好 / 新年好 (Xīnnián hǎo) 新年好 / 新年好 (Xīnnián hǎo) #lunarnewyear #chinesenewyear #yearoftherabbit #yearofthewaterrabbit #yearoftheblackwaterrabbit #yearoftheblackrabbit #blessings #prosperity #abundance #love #joy #happiness #newyear (at Chicago metropolitan area) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnu5znEuxQ2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[thehungrykat1]

Auspicious Offerings Abound at City of Dreams Manila to Welcome the Year of the Water Rabbit

City of Dreams Manila hops into the Year of the Water Rabbit, signifying peace, prosperity, and fertility. To celebrate the lunar new year, auspicious specialties await diners at Crystal Dragon, Red Ginger and TungLok Signatures. From January 16 to 29, the award-winning Cantonese restaurant Crystal Dragon highlights its festive lunar new year menu available for lunch and dinner. For the traditional dinner table Y_u Sheng_ toss ritual, the salad is offered with a twist: Prosperity Roasted Duck in lieu of herring or salmon, with jellyfish, crispy vegetables, and plum dressing. Good for a group of five persons per serving (P1,600++), the ritual augurs good fortune for the group, as they stand and toss the ingredients high up with chopsticks while reciting auspicious phrases to bless all present with well-wishes.The roasted duck symbolizes wealth, abundance, and fertility; the flour crisps, prosperity, while the plum dressing denotes sweetness and harmonious family relationship.

For more abundance, Crystal Dragon offers Steamed Duo Flavor Live Grouper with signature tofu and Roasted Crispy Spring Chicken with supreme soy sauce. For luck and togetherness, the Crispy Taro and New Year Cake Pillow is not to be missed. Other auspicious Crystal Dragon specialties to welcome the new year are: Buddha Jumps Over the Wall; Braised Sea Cucumber and Pork Trotter with black moss and brown sauce; Wok-tossed Creamy Prawns with fragrant shredded coconut; and Wok-fried Fragrant Glutinous Rice with Guangdong cured pork.

Singapore’s famous TungLok Signatures also highlights the quintessential Chinese New Year staple fare. The Y_u Sheng_ salad, which was popularized in Singapore, and known as lo hei in Cantonese, signifies blessings and fortune. Tung Lok’s salad is prepared with salmon, a medley of fresh vegetables, fruits, and other ingredients, each representing a wish during the toss while huat ah! or lo hei! is being recited. It is believed that the higher the toss, the greater will be one’s fortune. TungLok Signatures’ Prosperity Yu Sheng Salad (P2,888) is available from January 16 to 24 and can be shared by a group of six to eight. For direct reservations, call +63 917 7024024.

The season’s flavors can likewise be savored at Red Ginger from January 17 to February 5, which offers five auspicious dishes symbolizing fortune, longevity, prosperity, happiness, and harmony. The ala carte dishes are: Fortune Lao Sheng, a chicken salad with plum dressing; Longevity Noodles consisting of egg noodles with crispy pork belly, and quail eggs; braised Prosperity Pork Knuckle with king mushrooms; Happiness Prawn and Squid, a medley stir-fried in curry XO sauce; and for dessert, Harmony Coconut, a mix of coconut jelly and ice cream. For inquiries and reservations in Crystal Dragon and Red Ginger, call 8800-8080 or e-mail guestservices@cod-manila.com. For more information, visit www.cityofdreamsmanila.com.

[ellenhenryart]

Wow, an order for x10 of these! Sold, thank you!

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[jadeamber14]

Lunar New Year! 🎊🎊🎊 #jcdiaries💜 #celebrations🎉 #familytime👪 #repost #sanrio #yearofthewaterrabbit🐇 https://www.instagram.com/p/CnvAvJmBqWU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[princelester]

Celebrating the CNY 2023 with the family and crowd! #yearofthewaterrabbit  #CNY2023 #kungheifatchoi 

[amycathryn]

The new moon marks the beginning of the year of the water rabbit, a very yin energy. This season is associated with themes of hope, patience, prosperity, and faith. Those born in 2011, 1999, 1987, 1975, 1963, 1951, and 1939 are likely rabbits. This will be a very fortunate year for them. . . . . . #psychic #psychicmedium #spiritual #spirituality #spiritualism #psychicreadings #psychicreading #psychicsofinstagram #atlpsychic #intuitive #intuition #intuitivereading #tarotreading #tarot #tarotreader #witchy #witchyvibes #spirit #witch #empath #empathic #empathy #pagan #paganism #lunarnewyear #yearoftherabbit #waterrabbit #yearofthewaterrabbit #chinesenewyear #lunarnewyear2023 https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnuy8anPKp5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[judyconda]

Fairytale Tuesday: Red Envelope 🧧(Ampao) - PART I The red packet is a red envelope (Ampao) with money in it. The amount of money can range from one to a few thousand Chinese Yuan. Usually red envelopes are given to children by adults, married couples, and the elderly during the New Year Festival. It is believed that the money and red envelopes will keep evil from the children, keep them healthy, and give them a long life. In East and Southeast Asian cultures, a red envelope, red packet or red pocket (simplified Chinese: 红包; traditional Chinese: 紅包; pinyin: hóngbāo; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Âng-pau) is a monetary gift given during holidays or for special occasions such as a wedding, a graduation, or the birth of a baby. Although the red envelope was popularised by Chinese traditions, other cultures also share similar traditional customs. The red packet is also called "money warding off old age" (壓歲錢; yāsuì qián) for Chinese New Year. Red envelopes, more commonly known as Hong Bao (in Mandarin) or Lai See (in Cantonese), are gifts presented at social and family gatherings such as weddings or holidays such as Chinese New Year. The red color of the envelope symbolizes good luck and is a symbol to ward off evil spirits. It is also gifted when a person is visiting as a gesture of kindness for visiting. The act of requesting red packets is normally called tao hongbao (Chinese: 討紅包; pinyin: tǎo hóngbāo) or yao lishi (Chinese: 要利是; pinyin: yào lì shì), and, in the south of China, dou li shi (Chinese: 逗利是; pinyin: dòu lì shì; Cantonese Yale: dau6 lai6 si6). Red envelopes are usually given out to the younger generation who are normally still in school or unmarried. #cherryblossom #springawakening #springseason #spring #newyearseve #newyearsday #chinese #chinesefolklore #chinesefolk #happynewyear #newyear #springfestival #spring #gongxifacai #lunarnewyear #chinesenewyear #yearoftherabbit #yearofthewaterrabbit #mystique #Spiritique #spiritual #Spirituality #ampao #redenvelope #fairytaletuesday #fairytale #fairytaleflash #kongheifatchoi #chineselunarnewyear #chinesecore https://www.instagram.com/p/CnyYX1kyVwd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[judyconda]

Spiritual Sunday: Chinese New Year (Part IIII -- FINAL PART) - The History and Origin of the Lion Dance (PART II-B) Lion dancing is an ancient ritual dating back to the Tang Dynasty (618-906 A.D.) and although its exact origins are unclear it can be traced back to two historical possibilities: The first possibility is related to bands of Persian performers who roamed China. During the Tang Dynasty the Chinese exchanged cultural influences with other countries and the lion was one of the many acts in the Persian 'new day' festival. The second possibility is that lion dancing can be traced to the annual cleaning of the imperial palace. Each New Year the palace was cleaned; physically and spiritually. Men dressed as twelve sacred animals made three passes through the palace. The lion was one of these animals. This purification ritual extended to Buddhist practices and, as we all know, there is a close link between Buddhism and the formation of the Chinese martial arts and kung fu in particular. Of course there are myths associated with the lion. One such story is that a Tang Dynasty emperor had a dream in which a strange creature saved his life. The next day the emperor described the dream to his ministers. One of the ministers explained to the emperor that the strange creature resembled a lion which came from the west. The emperor ordered his ministers to recreate the lion he saw in his dream and the lion subsequently became a symbol of good luck, happiness and prosperity #springseason #spring #newyearseve #newyearsday #chinese #chinesefolklore #chinesefolk #happynewyear #newyear #springfestival #spring #gongxifacai #lunarnewyear #chinesenewyear #yearoftherabbit #yearofthewaterrabbit #newmoon #newmooninaquarius #aquariusnewmoon #aquarius #aquariusseason #aquariuszodiac #aquariusszn #mystique #spiritique #spiritualsunday #spiritual #spirituality #liondance #dragondance https://www.instagram.com/p/CnwialCySRg/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[judyconda]

Spiritual Sunday: Chinese New Year (Part III) - The History and Origin of the Lion Dance (PART I-A) Rather surprisingly China does not have any native lions, which makes it seem rather surprising that lions should form such a key part of the Chinese culture. For example, I'm sure you will have seen 'temple lions', pairs of lions which stand at the entrance to key buildings such as temples or that are sold in miniature as ornaments. So where did the lions come from? Well the answer lies in the same place that kung fu owes its origins to - the Silk Road. Many cultural influences passed between India, China and surrounding countries via this trading route. There are those that argue that it was in part the demands for better self-defence when travelling this route that lead to the development and spread of the martial arts. Perhaps because China has no lions of its own the form of the traditional Chinese lion bears little resemblance to a real lion. In fact the lion used in the lion dance has a single horn in the middle of its head! None the less, the lion is a strong symbol of strength, courage and wisdom. #springseason #spring #newyearseve #newyearsday #chinese #chinesefolklore #chinesefolk #happynewyear #newyear #springfestival #spring #gongxifacai #lunarnewyear #chinesenewyear #yearoftherabbit #yearofthewaterrabbit #newmoon #newmooninaquarius #aquariusnewmoon #aquarius #aquariusseason #aquariuszodiac #aquariusszn #mystique #spiritique #spiritualsunday #spiritual #spirituality #liondance #dragondance https://www.instagram.com/p/CnwhebaSH11/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[judyconda]

Spiritual Sunday: Chinese New Year (Part II) Chinese New Year has a history of about 3,500 years. Its exact beginning date is not recorded. Some people believe that Chinese New Year originated in the Shang Dynasty (1600–1046 BC), when people held sacrificial ceremonies in honor of gods and ancestors at the beginning or the end of each year. A few days before Chinese New Year, people will do a complete cleaning of the house and house wares. This signifies the removal of the old and welcoming the new. Historically, when people did not bath often, this is when people would take a bath to welcome the New Year. After cleaning the entire house, people will decorate their house. This is to welcome the New Year. Most New Year decorations are red in color, because the Chinese believe red brings good luck, prosperity, and wards off evil. The most popular New Year decorations are upside down fu, dui lian, lanterns, year paint, papercutting, door gods, etc. The red packet is a red envelope (Ampao) with money in it. The amount of money can range from one to a few thousand Chinese Yuan. Usually red envelopes are given to children by adults, married couples, and the elderly during the New Year Festival. It is believed that the money and red envelopes will keep evil from the children, keep them healthy, and give them a long life. #springseason #spring #newyearseve #newyearsday #chinese #chinesefolklore #chinesefolk #happynewyear #newyear #springfestival #spring #gongxifacai #lunarnewyear #chinesenewyear #yearoftherabbit #yearofthewaterrabbit #newmoon #newmooninaquarius #aquariusnewmoon #aquarius #aquariusseason #aquariuszodiac #aquariusszn #mystique #spiritique #spiritualsunday #spiritual #spirituality #liondance #dragondance https://www.instagram.com/p/CnweuWgyO0e/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[judyconda]

Spiritual Sunday: Chinese New Year (Part I) Gong xi fa cai! Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year or Spring Festival, is China’s most important festival. It is also the most important celebration for families and includes a week of official public holiday. The history of the Chinese New Year festival can be traced back to about 3,500 years ago. Chinese New Year has evolved over a long period of time and its customs have undergone a long developmental process. The date of the Chinese New Year is determined by the lunar calendar. The holiday falls on the second new moon after the winter solstice on December 21. Each year the New Year in China falls on a different date than on the Gregorian calendar. The dates usually range sometime between January 21 and February 20. Even though it is winter, the Chinese New Year is popularly known as the Spring Festival in China. Because it starts from the Beginning of Spring (the first of the twenty-four terms in coordination with the changes of Nature), it marks the end of winter and the beginning of spring. The Spring Festival marks a new year on the lunar calendar and represents the desire for a new life. #springseason #spring #newyearseve #newyearsday #chinese #chinesefolklore #chinesefolk #happynewyear #newyear #springfestival #spring #gongxifacai #lunarnewyear #chinesenewyear #yearoftherabbit #yearofthewaterrabbit #newmoon #newmooninaquarius #aquariusnewmoon #aquarius #aquariusseason #aquariuszodiac #aquariusszn #mystique #spiritique #spiritualsunday #spiritual #spirituality #liondance #dragondance https://www.instagram.com/p/CnweLWryFML/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[judyconda]

Wishing you all the luck in the world this blessed Chinese Lunar New Year, this year's year of the Rabbit may inspires you to embrace a fresh start. And sending also some #LionDance photos on your Facebook / IG feeds for prosperity, love, abundance and good health for whole year ❤️🧧🎉🎆 #springseason #spring #newyearseve #newyearsday #chinese #chinesefolklore #chinesefolk #happynewyear #newyear #springfestival #spring #gongxifacai #lunarnewyear #chinesenewyear #yearoftherabbit #yearofthewaterrabbit #newmoon #newmooninaquarius #aquariusnewmoon #aquarius #aquariusseason #aquariuszodiac #aquariusszn #mystique #spiritique #spiritualsunday #spiritual #spirituality #liondance #dragondance (at Ayala Malls Legazpi) https://www.instagram.com/p/CntyfGzSqMD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[thehungrykat1]

Celebrate the Year of the Water Rabbit at Diamond Hotel Philippines

Welcome the Year of the Water Rabbit at Diamond Hotel Philippines! Celebrate Chinese New Year this 2023 while you feast on mouthwatering Chinese dishes created by Chef Yang Yong.

Dine at the Corniche Lunch or Dinner Buffet and savor Chinese New Year favorites and other sumptuous dishes for P3,500 net per person from January 19-22, 2023. Every minimum of P7,000 spent at Corniche during this period entitles guests to “pick-a-prize” from the Prosperity Tree with a chance to win surprises from the hotel.

In addition, Corniche also features Lucky Chinese Set Menus for the occasion. Two sets are for advanced table reservations for Lunch and Dinner with prices starting at P16,800 net, good for five persons. The Special Set Menus are available until the end of January. For more luck, catch the Dragon and Lion dance at the hotel lobby on January 22, 2023 at 11am.

Diamond Hotel also makes it easy for you to dine at home because you can order the Yu-Sheng platter, Lucky Chinese Set Menus, and Savory Chinese Platters from onlineshopping.diamondhotel.com. These offers are available until the end of January. Book your table now! For reservations call 85283000 ext. 1121 or email restaurant_rsvn@diamondhotel.com.

[ellenhenryart]

Sold, thank you! Find it here 👉 https://www.teepublic.com/sticker/36388290-water-rabbit-chinese-zodiac #teepublic #ellenhenryart #tshirtdesign #printondemand #stickers #yearoftherabbit #yearofthewaterrabbit #bunny #rabbit #waterrabbit #cute #bornyearoftherabbit (at Wimbledon, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl6TbG5KjE5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=