On our 19th Day of February Month Of Love – we celebrate the Love of New Beginnings – recognizing Chinese New Year! Here at the Riverside BIA we have been blogging every day about Love in the Month of February. We have been celebrating the great Love Happening things in 2015, or we have paid tribute to a historical Love event in February. Today, February 18th is Kung Hei Fat Choi! Chinese New Year – the Year of the Goat (or sheep – see below). We Love New Beginnings!
Chinese New Year is the most important and longest national holiday in China, spanning a total of fifteen days with New Year’s Day the most important date in the Chinese calendar and it falls on the second new moon after winter solstice – somewhere between 21 January and 19 February, meaning it changes from year to year. In 2015, New Years Day falls on February 19th (Ya gotta just love February!)
2015 is the year of the goat, but you may see it referred to as the “Year of the Sheep” too.
The confusion stems from the Chinese character “yang”, which can translate in colloquial Chinese as either sheep or goat.
Those born in 1919, 1931, 1943, 1967, 1979, 1991 or 2003 are goats, who can count their lucky colours as brown, red and purple.
Their characters are supposedly kind and peaceable, while their best months are supposedly August and November and their lucky flowers are primroses and carnations. I think we can extend Kind and Peaceable to be in our Love theme – I know you agree!
There are even more days to Love Chinese New Years in February – with each day having its own celebration: On Day 2 it is traditional to visit friends and relatives, on Day 3 people tend to stay at home as it is not seen as auspicious to socialise.
The final day, Day 15, sees the Lantern Festival, where red Chinese lanterns are released into the sky.(this takes us to March…so, odds are, you won’t see a Riverside BIA Blog on the Lantern Festival!)
Love Chinese New Year on February 19 – celebrate Kung Hei Fat Choy in Riverside Toronto….
– with a visit to Lucky Star Restaurant at 745 Queen St East and pick up some Chinese Food for a meal with your family, friends – all your loved ones. Don’t worry, they deliver too! Or, if you don’t want to clean-up, you can dine in! Lucky Star is a neighbourhood staple -Serving up fresh, hot Chinese food. Lucky Star is an ideal spot for classic Szechuan and Cantonese dishes. Eat in, take out and delivery are available, all at a very reasonable price. Some of their Yelp Reviews claim the “best chinese food in Toronto! spicy peanut chicken will forever be my favourite food! this place is like home to me! the people are kind and always happy! wonderful place to eat and fast and reliable.”
Just another day to Celebrate Love in #FebruaryMonthOfLove!
Stay Tuned for Day 19 Tomorrow!