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The Chinese New Year is often accompanied by loud, enthusiastic greetings, often referred to as å‰ç¥¥è©± (JÃxiánghùa), or loosely translated as auspicious words or phrases. Some of the most common examples may include:
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"Hatsuyume" is the first dream of the New Year. It is said that good dreams are "Ichi-fuji, ni-taka, san-nasubi (Mt. Fuji at the first, hawk at the second, eggplant at the third)." It is believed that if you have these auspicious dreams, you will have a good year.
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Ryota Komano, anchor of Waseda University's ekiden team, touches the finishing line on the first day of the two-day Tokyo-Hakone-Tokyo New Year road race, as Waseda won the 108-kilometer Tokyo-to-Hakone leg on Jan. 2. Komazawa University, winner of the
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Lion dances are common during Chinese New Year. It is believed that the loud beats of the drum and the deafening sounds of the cymbals together with the face of the lion dancing aggressively can evict bad or evil spirits. Lion dances are ... popular for opening of businesses in Hong Kong.
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The Typical plays of girls in New Year is Hagoita and Karuta. Hogoitas are used as racket of badminton of course using backside of Hagoita. The shuttle called as hane is made from a kind of nut and beautiful feather of birds.*4
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Yahoo Japan entered the new year with their new home page, which has a stronger feel of the portal site than a search site. In fact, they got rid of the category list Continue Reading »
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