COLUMBUS, Ohio — Time to celebrate the Chinese New Year!
Angela An with Wake Up CBUS is taking over 10TV’s Instagram page to help you celebrate the Year of the Ox.
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Here are some fun facts:
- Bye-bye year of the rat… hello Year of the Ox
- Chinese New Year lasts 15 days
- Celebrate with food, lion dance, traditions
- Very different this year b/c of pandemic – normally millions of people travel home or go on vacation. Governments telling people to stay home
- Lucky food – noodles (longevity), dumplings (wealth), fish (surplus)
- Lucky money – given to kids or unmarried adults
- Lucky traditions
- Don’t clean on Chinese New Year. Otherwise sweep away your good luck and wealth
- Clean before the new year to get rid of the ghosts of the past
- Pay off debts so you can start the year wealthy