The Ninth day
Hokkiens consider this day even more important than the 1st day itself. To them, today is the day Chinese New Year is being celebrated, coincidentally today is the Jade Emperor's Birthday! So, the Hokkien Chinese celebrate in a big way.
The ninth day of the New Year is a day for Chinese to offer prayers to the Jade Emperor of Heaven (天宮) in the Taoist Pantheon.
The ninth day is traditionally the birthday of the Jade Emperor. This day is especially important to Hokkiens. Come midnight of the eighth day of the new year, Hokkiens will offer thanks giving prayers to the Emperor of Heaven. Offerings will include sugarcane as it was the sugarcane that had protected the Hokkiens from certain extermination generations ago. Incense, tea, fruit, vegetarian food or roast pig, and paper gold is served as a customary protocol for paying respect to an honored person
Slightly after midnight on the eighth day of the new year, Hokkiens will offer thanks giving prayers to the Emperor of Heaven, complete with replica of its mansion in paper mache for burning as offerings
Spectacular fireworks and fire crackers started blasting in the neighbourhood around mid-night to an hour after, the latter although banned but in this little village its part of the festivity that no one cares to adhere including this household !!
Lastly, its time to pollute the air, burning the paper offerings, the kids came to help 
Thank you for visiting, its another peek into the festivity happening.
Hokkiens consider this day even more important than the 1st day itself. To them, today is the day Chinese New Year is being celebrated, coincidentally today is the Jade Emperor's Birthday! So, the Hokkien Chinese celebrate in a big way.
The ninth day of the New Year is a day for Chinese to offer prayers to the Jade Emperor of Heaven (天宮) in the Taoist Pantheon.
The ninth day is traditionally the birthday of the Jade Emperor. This day is especially important to Hokkiens. Come midnight of the eighth day of the new year, Hokkiens will offer thanks giving prayers to the Emperor of Heaven. Offerings will include sugarcane as it was the sugarcane that had protected the Hokkiens from certain extermination generations ago. Incense, tea, fruit, vegetarian food or roast pig, and paper gold is served as a customary protocol for paying respect to an honored personSlightly after midnight on the eighth day of the new year, Hokkiens will offer thanks giving prayers to the Emperor of Heaven, complete with replica of its mansion in paper mache for burning as offeringsSpectacular fireworks and fire crackers started blasting in the neighbourhood around mid-night to an hour after, the latter although banned but in this little village its part of the festivity that no one cares to adhere including this household !! Lastly, its time to pollute the air, burning the paper offerings, the kids came to help Thank you for visiting, its another peek into the festivity happening.
Jeannette here's a brief definition to your questions :Hokkien is the vernacular language and lingua franca of the Chinese people ..... a dialect subgroup of the Chinese language, in my country Hokkien is one of a major dialect group. Even though it is generally regarded as a dialect, Hokkien is in fact a separate language, as is Cantonese, Mandarin and Japanese. Though they may have similarities, they are as different as is English is from French.
Rabbit Year - is part of the Chinese Zodiac sign or Chinese Astrology Sign. The Chinese zodiac signs are determined by the lunar year in which you were born and represented by 12 animals. The Chinese believed the animal ruling one's birth year has a profound influence on personality, and destiny. The saying is: "This animal hides in your heart ", thus, your birth year tells you more than just your age.
Hope this link will give you a better understanding about the Chinese zodiac , may be you can find yours too, 'wink'
Rabbit Year - is part of the Chinese Zodiac sign or Chinese Astrology Sign. The Chinese zodiac signs are determined by the lunar year in which you were born and represented by 12 animals. The Chinese believed the animal ruling one's birth year has a profound influence on personality, and destiny. The saying is: "This animal hides in your heart ", thus, your birth year tells you more than just your age.
Hope this link will give you a better understanding about the Chinese zodiac , may be you can find yours too, 'wink'
Happy crafting
3 comments:
I just wanted to come of out lurking to let you know how much I've enjoyed this series of blog posts!! :D
Thanks for sharing and all the great pics.
Thanks so much for your explanation, which is very clear:) I have the belief that it is God who has a destiny for me, no matter in which year I was born -but I don't care about my age either:):)
My son told me that fireworks are extremely important for the Chinese, and they would allow no one take that away from them -which is cool by me.
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