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Friday, January 22, 2010
Chinese New Year Traditions
Hello, friends! Thought I’d share some more stuff about Chinese New Year. Aside from knowing what to food to prepare, what Cheongsam or Kung Fu boy costume to get for your kids for the coming Chinese New Year, it also helps to delve deeper into the fascinating traditions surrounding Chinese New Year. Watch, learn and enjoy this nice video I got from Childbook.com :^)
Yes, all 40 million of them! In fact, one could be on its way to your mailbox right now.
Yesterday while I was busy oohhing and aaahing over our new look, I completely forgot to tell you about the 40 million tiger stamps that the U.S. Postal Service released in L.A. just a few days ago! Now that’s a lot of tigers! But that’s not all, to commemorate Year of the Tiger, some countries are even making special tiger coins! It seems like more and more people are soaking up the pre-Chinese New Year atmosphere. I also heard about “Tiger Shoes” being popular nowadays. I bet a good pair of those will go well with my daughter’s redcheongsam!
Girl's beautiful red traditional Chinese dress pant set. This style was the traditional Chinese clothing worn during the Ching Dynasty (1644-1911 AD). This elegance red Chinese dress/pant set will transform your little girl to a beautiful and elegant Chinese princess!
Girl's beautiful red traditional Chinese dress (QiPao or qi pao). Red is symbolic of good luck, vitality, and the New Year in the Chinese Culture! Gold brocaded Red Cloth of bamboo and plum leaves are symbolic of longevity.
Ta dah! We just got a website makeover. Yep, like a mini facelift! LOL. This whole new look should go well with the many exciting things Elite Dresses has in store for you this year! So, what do you think of our new look? Girlier? I thought so. I’ve always been such a fan of pale blush pink and olivine! Don't mind the "Wet Paint" sign. Go on, explore the rest of the site. You know you want to :-)
And while you're looking around, please check out today’s super deal: Ao Dai, Girl's Vietnamese Red Traditional Dress and the other dresses on our clearance page. Get Cheongsams for girls and Kung Fu costumes for boys while they're still on sale!!! No more re-stocking on these items.
I’ve just read an article about edible dresses in a fashion show recently held in Saskatoon, Canada. For those unaware. Canada happens to be the world’s leading exporter of pulses (chickpeas, lentils, dry peas, etc.).
During the fashion show, one of the nine pretty ladies modeled a yellow cheongsam made from local crops! Cool, right? Peas, beans, chickpeas and lentils were used by students from a designer school to represent countries like China that import Canadian pulse crops . The nine edible dresses were the highlight of the annual Crop Production Week show. Read more about ithere.
Edible or not, the cheongsam will always be my favorite traditional Chinese dress. So, what's yours?
Girl's beautiful hot Pink traditional Chinese dress (qi pao). Qi Pao was the traditional Chinese clothing worn during the Ching Dynasty (1644-1911 AD). This elegance Pink Chinese dress will transform your little girl to a beautiful and elegant Chinese princess!
Girl's beautiful Pink traditional Chinese dress (qi pao). Qi Pao was the traditional Chinese clothing worn during the Ching Dynasty (1644-1911 AD). This elegance Pink Chinese dress will transform your little girl to a beautiful and elegant Chinese princess!
Girl's beautiful red traditional Chinese dress (QiPao or qi pao). Red is symbolic of good luck, vitality, and the New Year in the Chinese Culture! Gold brocaded Red Cloth of bamboo and plum leaves are symbolic of longevity.
What’s the difference between New Year’s Day and Chinese New Year? Well, not much except for the fact that Chinese New Year falls on different dates each year and that it happens to be just a little bit more spectacular and elaborate :-)
As you know, Chinese communities around the world will soon celebrate Chinese New Year with festivals and parades. The Chinese New Year Parade is perhaps the largest annual public display of Chinese heritage. And nowhere else outside Asia is this more visible than in San Francisco’s Chinatown. FYI, San Francisco's is the oldest American Chinatown!
Truth is, the Chinese New Year Parade means something to me. I think it’s a grand way to show non-Chinese communities how rich our culture truly is. I also see it as an opportunity to strengthen bonds with friends and family, especially with my daughter. Well, it’s one of those celebrations where I’m so proud to share my Chinese heritage with her.
Just like me, she too loves traditional Chinese entertainment. That’s why I like taking her and the rest of the family to Chinatown to watch the Chinese New Year Parade. We love going there to catch all the sights and sounds. Stalls on the streets, acrobats on stilts, elementary students in colorful costumes (we especially love to see girls in Cheungsams!!) Chinese-themed floats, the newly crowned Miss Chinatown and the dragon dance all make my daughter and the rest of my family very happy to be there!
