新年（旧正月）おめでとう！(Happy Chinese New Year)

よいよい、チャイニーズ民族の新年！この日に、親戚や友達などの家を訪ねて、みかんを取り替えるんだ。そして、日本のお年玉のように、子供たちは大人にお金をもらう。お金は赤い封筒に入れた。あわゆる、中国語で「红包(Hongbao) - Red Packet」と言う。

下の写真から、左のほうの言葉は「年年有余（Nian Nian You Yu）」、右のほうは「万事如意（Wan Shi Ru Yi）」。「年年有余」の意味は毎年終わるとき、たくさんのものが残っていて、来年を準備する。「万事如意」というのはものがすべて叶える。

みんな、新年おめでとう！

Finally, it's the New Year for the Chinese community. On this day, we will visit relatives' house and exchange mandarin oranges. Also, like Japan's "Otoshi-dama", the children will get to receive money from adults. The money is put into a red-coloured envelope. As known as Hongbao (red packet) in Chinese language.

In the above picture, the word on the left is "年年有余(Nian Nian You Yu)", the right is "万事如意(Wan Shi Ru Yi)". The meaning for "Nian Nian You Yu" is that when every year ends, there are a lot of things that are left to prepare for the next year. "Wan Shi Ru Yi" means that everything comes to your way.

Happy New Year, everyone!