Comments on: Can I celebrate Chinese New Year? http://bananainchina.com/2008/10/06/can-i-celebrate-chinese-new-year/ Adventures in food, culture and travel Thu, 17 May 2012 15:18:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: allthingspurple http://bananainchina.com/2008/10/06/can-i-celebrate-chinese-new-year/comment-page-1/#comment-1081 allthingspurple Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:39:23 +0000 http://bananainchina.com/?p=367#comment-1081 I think different custom different rules leh. BTW, brown is considered a darker shade of red for the hokkiens. When my dad passed away, we didnt celebrate for years till one of us had kids, but only because it reminds us too much of my dad. He passed away on CNY eve itself. So CNY and CNY eve has always a sad time for us , even now, because we held a prayer for him on CNY eve. But we now celebrates it because of the kids. But if I am not mistaken, the custom is that off springs do not celebrate for 3 years. And you could visits on CNY but visitors are not allowed in your ancestral home. But in the Cantonese custom, when my grandad passed away, we wore red on the 3rd day itself, to ward bad luck. And we celebrated CNY thereafter and wore bright colours after the 3rd day of funeral. That being said, I think nowadays the pantang larang has relaxed somewhat , so it's like you do what you are comfortable with. Hope that helps I think different custom different rules leh. BTW, brown is considered a darker shade of red for the hokkiens. When my dad passed away, we didnt celebrate for years till one of us had kids, but only because it reminds us too much of my dad. He passed away on CNY eve itself. So CNY and CNY eve has always a sad time for us , even now, because we held a prayer for him on CNY eve. But we now celebrates it because of the kids. But if I am not mistaken, the custom is that off springs do not celebrate for 3 years. And you could visits on CNY but visitors are not allowed in your ancestral home.

But in the Cantonese custom, when my grandad passed away, we wore red on the 3rd day itself, to ward bad luck. And we celebrated CNY thereafter and wore bright colours after the 3rd day of funeral.

That being said, I think nowadays the pantang larang has relaxed somewhat , so it’s like you do what you are comfortable with. Hope that helps

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