Kung Hei Fat Choi!

 

Chinese New Year In The Philippines

The holiday known as Chinese New Year honors the start of a new year according to the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar. In Chinese culture, it is among the most important celebrations. President Benigno S. Aquino III's Statement, that said, "is a manifestation of our solidarity with our Chinese-Filipino brethren who have been part of our lives in many respects as a country and as people" made this possible.

The generations-old relationship between China and the Philippines is celebrated in Manila's yearly Chinese New Year celebrations. Despite not making up the majority of the population, Chinese-Filipinos have an important role in the Philippine community, particularly in the business community. “The Chinese culture in the Philippines impacts the lives of the majority of Filipinos,” Nepomuceno said. According to her, a lot of Filipinos celebrate the Chinese New Year by gifting ang pao (red envelopes filled with cash) to family and friends, eating at Chinese restaurants, seeing feng shui specialists, and reading their Chinese zodiac horoscope. 

Filipinos celebrated the Chinese New Year by going to Binondo to see amazing performances like the Dragon dances and fireworks, as well as to buy Chinese food and souvenirs like the popular tikoy.

Social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter also demonstrated how Filipinos celebrate Chinese New Year, with viewers who may not even have any Chinese ancestry flooding their news feeds with "Kung Hei Fat Choi," "Gong Xi Fa Cai," or just "Happy Chinese New Year" greetings for their friends.

Referencess:

https://asiasociety.org/philippines/chinese-new-year-celebrated-philippines

https://www.chinadailyhk.com/hk/article/310998

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