Guey Hay Fat Choy!

Happy New Year everyone! We are off to celebrate CNY in Raleigh this weekend. The Trianagle Area Chinese American Society of NC holds a huge celebration on the NC fairgrounds. We are looking forward to seeing many different performances, and eating lots of yummy traditional food! Here are some CNY facts.

The CCAA is closed from 2/17-2/25


For the Chinese, the color red represents happiness and joy. If you wear red clothes, you bring more happiness and joy to the people around you.



The Chinese buy gifts for friends and relatives to show their respect for them. If you visit them without any gifts, they will consider you as impolite.


"Guey Hay Fat Choy!" means you wish that they have plenty of wealth in the coming year. The Chinese also follow this custom during the New Year.


The Chinese prepare their candy box for their family. Each fruit and candy in the box represents the good luck and good wishes from their family. If you take fruit and candy from the candy box, it means that the luck and wishes have been delivered to you.


Inside the "red envelopes" is some lucky money. The purpose of the older people giving out money to the younger people is to let the younger people buy something that they like on their own or let them save money for the coming year.

Guey Hay Fat Choy!