The 15th day, Chap Goh Meh
'Chap Goh Meh' is a Hokkien dialect which means 'Fifteenth Night' is a significant celebration whereby majority of Chinese which are Hokkien (Fujian).
It is the last day of the New Year celebration, this day is also the Chinese equivalent of Valentine’s Day, as unmarried Chinese ladies toss tangerines into bodies of water, expressing fond wishes for good husbands.
This day is also celebrated as the Lantern Festival, as families walk down the streets bearing lit lanterns, and lit candles are set outside houses to guide stranded ghosts home.
Tangerines or Mandarin oranges toss is a traditional culture popularized by South East Asia Chinese as a means for a single lady to find for her life partner.
In the past several decades, the maidens would ride along coastal roads to toss the oranges into the sea with the wish to find a good spouse.
Chap Goh Meh was also the only night of the year that the unmarried women were allowed to meet up or went on a date with their sweethearts.
Many years back, tossing or throwing oranges was organised as a competition whereby a team were made up of females and
males and be placed at different location according to their gender.
Thousands of Mandarin oranges will be tossing
by ladies from the shore towards the sea.
Then, these oranges were supposed to be
scouped and collected by their male team partners on a boat. And the team with most tangerines would be the winner in this match!
While in traditional Chinese culture, the Fifteenth Night
is also celebrated as Lantern Festival.
Lantern Festival is also mistakenly called for Mid Autumn Festival in Malaysia/Singapore whereby it is associated with moon cakes.
However, the original Lantern Festival is known as Little New Year
that marks the official ends of Chinese New Year.
During this auspicious day, children will be visiting
temples with paper lanterns and having fun trying
to solve the riddles on the lanterns.
'Chap Goh Meh' is a Hokkien dialect which means 'Fifteenth Night' is a significant celebration whereby majority of Chinese which are Hokkien (Fujian).
It is the last day of the New Year celebration, this day is also the Chinese equivalent of Valentine’s Day, as unmarried Chinese ladies toss tangerines into bodies of water, expressing fond wishes for good husbands.
This day is also celebrated as the Lantern Festival, as families walk down the streets bearing lit lanterns, and lit candles are set outside houses to guide stranded ghosts home.
Tangerines or Mandarin oranges toss is a traditional culture popularized by South East Asia Chinese as a means for a single lady to find for her life partner.
In the past several decades, the maidens would ride along coastal roads to toss the oranges into the sea with the wish to find a good spouse.
Chap Goh Meh was also the only night of the year that the unmarried women were allowed to meet up or went on a date with their sweethearts.
Many years back, tossing or throwing oranges was organised as a competition whereby a team were made up of females and
males and be placed at different location according to their gender.
Thousands of Mandarin oranges will be tossing
by ladies from the shore towards the sea.
Then, these oranges were supposed to be
scouped and collected by their male team partners on a boat. And the team with most tangerines would be the winner in this match!
While in traditional Chinese culture, the Fifteenth Night
is also celebrated as Lantern Festival.
Lantern Festival is also mistakenly called for Mid Autumn Festival in Malaysia/Singapore whereby it is associated with moon cakes.
However, the original Lantern Festival is known as Little New Year
that marks the official ends of Chinese New Year.
During this auspicious day, children will be visiting
temples with paper lanterns and having fun trying
to solve the riddles on the lanterns.
Tangerines are written with name and contact numberAbove are all about Chap Goh Meh,it is Chinese Version Valentine's Day..
So HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY ppl!!
CNY is coming to an end,damn fast rite?
Time really flies!
Learn to appreciate k! We cant turn back time..
6 comments:
Happy Cap Goh Mei!
Already eat tangyuan?
Hapi Chap Goh Meh!
Nope..i din eat tang yuan..hehe..^^
nice one Xiaoshyan
hehe..^^
hapi chap goh meh..
i forgot to go throw oranges T.T
aiya..dun nit throw..
u oso can find ur oth half..
heheh..^^
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