http://dawn.com Latest News, Breaking News, Pakistan News, World News, Business News, Science and Technology News , Entertainment News, Sports News, Cricket News Sun, 19 May 2013 16:03:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/78a78a28804ac90fe330f8055d9f45af?s=96&d=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.png http://dawn.com http://dawn.com/2011/02/03/a-celebration-for-prosperity-and-wealth/ http://dawn.com/2011/02/03/a-celebration-for-prosperity-and-wealth/#comments Thu, 03 Feb 2011 12:13:17 +0000 DAWN.COM Multimedia]]> Top Special]]> http://dawn.com/?p=884302 The Lunar New Year is the most important annual celebration in China, when the nation largely shuts down as families gather together for reunions and feasts. It simply implies good fortune to every Chinese businessman. Chinese spent money to buy …

]]> The Lunar New Year is the most important annual celebration in China, when the nation largely shuts down as families gather together for reunions and feasts. It simply implies good fortune to every Chinese businessman. Chinese spent money to buy presents, food and clothing, and cleaned their homes to sweep away any ill-fortune, in hopes to make way for prosperity. The Lunar New Year begins on February 3 and marks the start of the Year of the Rabbit, according to the Chinese zodiac. On the other hand, the Lunar New Year is celebrated in many parts of the world where Chinese businessmen took roots through ancient transmigration.

]]> http://dawn.com/2011/02/03/a-celebration-for-prosperity-and-wealth/feed/ 0 Filipino dragon dancers perform inside a trading floor of the Philippine Stock Exchange during the Chinese New Year celebration in Manila's Makati financial district. – Photo by Reuters A Philippine Stock Exchange trader gives a red envelope with peso bills inside, locally called “AngPao” to a Lion dancer inside the trading floor. – Photo by Reuters Locals light incense to pray for good fortune on the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year at Yonghegong Lama Temple in Beijing. – Photo by Reuters This photo shows Chinese people shopping at a supermarket prior to the Lunar New Year in Suining, southwest China's Sichuan province. – Photo by AFP Residents buy jewellery and Chinese ornaments sold on a sidewalk for the Chinese New Year along a busy street in Manila's Chinatown. – Photo by Reuters An Indonesian vendor sells packets of local rupiah currency in small denominations in Glodok Chinatown district in Jakarta. The rupiah is bought by customers celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year which are given away in red packets to children by married couples and the elderly. – Photo by AFP A Chinese woman holds incense as she prays for good fortune at Petak Sembilan temple in Jakarta, Indonesia. – Photo by Reuters A vendor sits behind melons as she waits for her clients during the Chinese Lunar New Year preparations along a street in Phnom Penh. – Photo by AFP dawndawncom