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David E:
We have just been thru' the Chinese New Year rituals.... Special dinner on Wed evening, clean whole house, put up heaps of new signs...the whole nine yards !!

What is a pain is the rule that on the first day of the New Year (Thursday), we were not allowed to use a knife for anything.....did you ever try to get through a whole day without using a knife ????....a right pain in the a%%

Willy The Londoner:
Maybe that is why the food here  was prepared the day before!

I went against those rules and roasted my chicken on Thursday AND I used a very sharp knife to slice it.

Thursday morning then this morning woken before 8am by those strings of very loud fireworks.  Maybe I hear it more this year as we have moved to the edge of the City and it is more open here. ???

Willy

fivetrout:
shaun...i'm thinking that since the 2,3, or 5 second rule for food on the floor couldn't be applied....the 20 story rule was invoked! ;D

Willy The Londoner:

--- Quote from: David E on February 19, 2015, 06:24:30 pm ---...a right pain in the a%%

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I think that is one place where chopstick or two may well be preferable to a knife! :'( :'( :'(

Willy

JustJim:
I think the 20 story rule only applies if you don't hit anyone... ;D

If you do then you have to split the chicken with the one that you hit, unless the chicken was frozen.  In that case you look to see if any witnesses saw what happened.  If not then you pick up your chicken from where it lies next to the dead body and you slink away quietly...

Mei tells me that she does not have any of these superstitions.  For those whose wives do here is a link that might help...

http://web.uvic.ca/~mroth/438/CHINA/taboos.html

I knew the one about the knife - it cuts your good fortune for the year in half.

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