Celebrate Chinese New Year With Alfies- Year Of The Monkey
Chinese New Year is the most important Chinese festival celebrated at the turn of the traditional luni-solar Chinese calendar. This year it lands on Monday 8th January, the year of the Monkey. It is also known as the Spring Festival,
which is the literal translation of the modern Chinese name. Celebrations
traditionally start on the evening preceding the first day and continue to the Lantern Festival
on the 15th day of the first calendar month.
The New Year festival is centuries old and gains significance because
of several myths and traditions. Traditionally, the festival was a time
to honour deities as well as ancestors.
Regional customs and traditions vary widely, traditionally the evening after Chinese New Year's Day is an occasion for families to
gather for the annual reunion dinner.
It is also traditional for every family to clean the
house, to make way for good luck throughout the year. Windows and doors will be decorated with red colour paper-cuts with popular themes of good fortune, happiness, wealth, and longevity. Other traditional celebrations include firecrackers and giving money in red paper envelopes.
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| Taken by Alfies staff at Longleat- Chinese Festival Of Lights Display |
At Alfies we have a wide range of not only beautiful Asian antiques, but a wonderful array of animal themed collectables too, to suit your Chinese zodiac sign.
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| 1860 'The Marmozettes' original print, available from Moe Heidarieh |
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| A beautiful Chinese 1st Republic (1912-1920) double lidded pot for making soup, available from Horner Antiques |
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| An unusual selection of 1920s silver marked monkey brooches, available from Zeeba Jewels |
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| 1860-1880 Buddha snuff scoop carved from cow bone, available from Horner Antiques |
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A wonderful carved wood African Monkey Dance mask, one of a pair, from Cameroun, available from The Moderns
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| Hand painted Imari vase made in Canton, c1825, available from Horner Antiques |
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| Taken by Alfies staff at Longleat, Chinese Festival Of Lights |
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| Taken by Alfies staff at Longleat, Chinese Festival Of Lights |
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