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Year of the Pig, Chinatown
According to the Chinese Lunar Calendar today is New Year's Day, 4705. This is the Year of the DingHai or Pig. But it's not just an ordinary pig, it's the Golden Pig, which comes once every 60 years. The store shown here is selling many auspiciously-colored red New Year's items such as kitchen gods, firecrackers, and lucky money envelopes. New Year's celebrations last 15 days so there's still time to hang the lanterns and repay those old debts. If you're superstitious, today don't shampoo your hair, don't sweep the floors, don't use a knife or scissors, and wear red and pink rather than black and white. Also pay close attention, the first words of the first person you meet on New Year's Day are significant and hold clues to what your fortunes will be for the entire year. Gung Hay Fat Choy everyone.
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