{"id":9544,"date":"2016-02-08T16:37:44","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T21:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/?p=9544"},"modified":"2016-02-08T16:51:18","modified_gmt":"2016-02-08T21:51:18","slug":"wishes-to-all-for-a-happy-new-year-of-the-monkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wishes-to-all-for-a-happy-new-year-of-the-monkey\/","title":{"rendered":"Wishes to all for a Happy New Year of the Monkey!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Wishes to all for a Happy New Year of the Monkey! In 2016 the Chinese New Year begins today 08 February and lasts through 27 February. I’ve gathered together some guides for celebrating, which includes various traditions practiced in Asian households around the world and my fun Chinese New Year collection at Pinterest<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Source: Monkey Chinese New Year stamp 2016 from the USPS<\/figcaption><\/figure>On a national level \u2013 the USPS released its Year of the Monkey stamp<\/a> on 05 February 2016.<\/p>\n

The Year of the Monkey stamp is the ninth of twelve stamps in the Celebrating Lunar New Year series. The stamp art depicts two bright reddish orange peonies against a purple background. Peonies symbolize wealth and honor in Chinese culture and often decorate the sides of the traditional drums played during the holiday festivities. Artist Kam Mak created this original painting. Art director and stamp designer Ethel Kessler incorporated elements from the previous series of Lunar New Year stamps \u2014 Clarence Lee\u2019s intricate cut-paper design of a monkey and the Chinese character for \u201cmonkey,\u201d drawn in grass-style calligraphy by Lau Bun \u2014 to create continuity between the stamps in the series.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Telegraph shares plenty of general information about celebrating the New Year<\/a> and London-specific information too.<\/p>\n

This New Year is particularly special for New York City Asians because for the first time in history, NYC public schools will be closed in honor of the holiday<\/a>. Asians make up 1\/6 of the city’s 1.1 million student body.<\/p>\n

Celebrating the Chinese New Year in New York City<\/strong>:
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Chinese New Year with the New York Philharmonic on 09 Feb 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nTimeout’s Guide<\/a> to festivities
\nMommyPoppins has a fabulous list<\/a> of activities<\/p>\n

\"gongxifacai\"(Gong Xi Fa Cai) friends! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wishes to all for a Happy New Year of the Monkey! In 2016 the Chinese New Year begins today 08 February and lasts through 27 February. I’ve gathered together some guides for celebrating, which includes various traditions practiced in Asian households around the world and my fun Chinese New Year collection at Pinterest. On a … <\/p>\n

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