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CHAP GOH MEI CHINESE NEW YEAR
Chap Goh Mei Festival is also called According to the Chinese lunar calendar,
the first day of the year is Chinese New
Lantern Festival which is celebrated on Year. It is a tradition for Chinese to clean or
the Chinese New Year's 15th and final even paint their houses in spring before the
day. In addition, visitors to the temple old year ends. Family and friends meet each
can also drink 'holy water' from the Kuan other on this day to offer their good wishes
Yin fountain for good health and for good and it is customary to send mandarin
luck. oranges during a meet, as a token of good
luck and prosperity.
