Chinese New
Year is the most important and colourful Chinese festival celebrated by the
majority of the local population, where shops, offices, factories close for
this traditional holiday during the month of January from the 28th -30th, 2017.
During ten
days there are a huge number of events celebrating the New Year. The long
dragon and lions dance on the streets, crowds visit the temples, lanterns,
flowers and entertainment comes alive in the most important squares of the
city. It is also a tradition, when people visit and greet each other with two
joined hands closed, saying "Kung Hei Fat Choi" and offering
"Lai Si" (red pockets) containing money, which is a way to wish good
luck and prosperity throughout the year to friends and relatives.
15th day of
the First Moon is the Lanterns Festival, being equally the Valentine's Days in
the Chinese tradition. At night, the celebrations continue with colorful
lanterns placed around. Small balls of glutinous rice is prepared as dessert,
for homophonic reasons and symbolizes the "ribbon of friendship",
"family reunion" or "good luck" for the Chinese.
Flowers are
traditionally an integral part of Chinese New Year festivities, with the
Chinese New Year’s Eve Flower Market a popular evening treat for families
hunting down their favourite plants. While few Asian cities permit such
activities, Macao’s Firecrackers and Fireworks Zones in Taipa and on the
Peninsula attract thousands of spellbound admirers who as like as not will also
purchase pinwheels for luck from the Incense and Pinwheel Stalls at A-Ma
Temple.
Witness the grand Parade for Celebrating the Year
of the Rooster, Lion Dance performances and plenty more at some of Macao's
magnificent landmarks. 
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