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    <title><![CDATA[Comments on: Chinese New Year!]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[This week a special Chinese New Year's edition of <em>Dear Amber</em>.  We always hear about it... or, at least 'hear it' (read: firecrackers at 3:00am).  But what would it be like to actually celebrate it?  Jenny tells us all about it in this weeks special episode, where you'll find out what Chinese New Year is <em>really</em> all about!]]></description>
    <pubDate>2008-02-08 01:00:00</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: RJ]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[well I can testify to the fireworks. I am currently in Beijing (Beijing Library at the moment using the internet). At the hotel they hung 10 strings of 1000 1.5 inch firecrackers from a closeline like device and lit at once. Loud enough to require fingers in ears. Lion dance followed. Aerial displays are popular also. The street was covered with smoke, aerial displays, and noise for many hours. Firework stands are everywhere and they do a brisk business. I bought 1000 firecrackers for 20 rmb. Home tomorrow. Enjoyed the new year here. Good time to come but has been cold.

RJ]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[well I can testify to the fireworks. I am currently in Beijing (Beijing Library at the moment using the internet). At the hotel they hung 10 strings of 1000 1.5 inch firecrackers from a closeline like device and lit at once. Loud enough to require fingers in ears. Lion dance followed. Aerial displays are popular also. The street was covered with smoke, aerial displays, and noise for many hours. Firework stands are everywhere and they do a brisk business. I bought 1000 firecrackers for 20 rmb. Home tomorrow. Enjoyed the new year here. Good time to come but has been cold.

RJ]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: artkho]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Fish is a required dish on New Year's eve!]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Fish is a required dish on New Year's eve!]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: linfeng2008]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In 1995 it was the noisiest 24 hours I have ever experienced.  In my small village of 1.5 million people in southern China, there was never even an instant of silence from all the firecrackers.  It seemed that fireworks could be bought anywhere and they were so cheap compared to Canada.  Our fun ended when a "roman candle" back fired into my mouth.  Be careful!]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[In 1995 it was the noisiest 24 hours I have ever experienced.  In my small village of 1.5 million people in southern China, there was never even an instant of silence from all the firecrackers.  It seemed that fireworks could be bought anywhere and they were so cheap compared to Canada.  Our fun ended when a "roman candle" back fired into my mouth.  Be careful!]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: davelandis]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[artkho,
We indeed had fish, bass, on New Years Eve when our family gather for lunch.  Last night, my wife made jiao zi, but said they had a different name for CYN (something bao) because it corresponded to some the shape of golden shapes unique to China. 

Jenny mentioned that the older people don't receive hong bao.  In our family, we give to my wife's parents and they give hong bao to my wife, my kids, and me.  I muse that we exchange bank accounts. :-)


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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[artkho,
We indeed had fish, bass, on New Years Eve when our family gather for lunch.  Last night, my wife made jiao zi, but said they had a different name for CYN (something bao) because it corresponded to some the shape of golden shapes unique to China. 

Jenny mentioned that the older people don't receive hong bao.  In our family, we give to my wife's parents and they give hong bao to my wife, my kids, and me.  I muse that we exchange bank accounts. :-)


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        <title><![CDATA[By: scottyb]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Isn't the amount of money given in the envelopes important as well?  I thought I remembered, for example, that the number 4 is to be avoided.]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Isn't the amount of money given in the envelopes important as well?  I thought I remembered, for example, that the number 4 is to be avoided.]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: scottyb]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Thanks for the show, by the way.  The emphasis on culture is one of my favorite aspects of Cpod.]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Thanks for the show, by the way.  The emphasis on culture is one of my favorite aspects of Cpod.]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: davelandis]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[scottyb.

I've heard in San Francisco that some emergency
services have had trouble locating homes because  the
Chinese occupants removed the "4" from the address.
So, yes, the number 4 is avoided.

So, I fear that this superstition has harmed people.  

My previous employer avoided a "Building 4" and later we had a "Building 8".   The business unit in that "Building 8" was actually its downfall.  

I don't put much stock in "luck", but it is interesting getting insights WRT how others think.]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[scottyb.

I've heard in San Francisco that some emergency
services have had trouble locating homes because  the
Chinese occupants removed the "4" from the address.
So, yes, the number 4 is avoided.

So, I fear that this superstition has harmed people.  

My previous employer avoided a "Building 4" and later we had a "Building 8".   The business unit in that "Building 8" was actually its downfall.  

I don't put much stock in "luck", but it is interesting getting insights WRT how others think.]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: sebire]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[We eat noodles for long life! Though this time we had spaghetti :S My parents give each other 红包.

And if only I'd found out about the underwear a couple of days ago! Now I have to wait another 12 years...]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[We eat noodles for long life! Though this time we had spaghetti :S My parents give each other 红包.

And if only I'd found out about the underwear a couple of days ago! Now I have to wait another 12 years...]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: architpol]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Last year I was in Suzhou for New Years.  I was on th 15th floor of an apartment building looking out over the city.  Fireworks were everywhere, all night long, some right outside the windows.  Looking out over the city was amazing.   My understanding is that the fireworks are used to attract attention to Fortune as he passes out wealth in the coming year.  The idea is that the more noise you make the better chance that you will not be overlooked and will receive a better portion of wealth.]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Last year I was in Suzhou for New Years.  I was on th 15th floor of an apartment building looking out over the city.  Fireworks were everywhere, all night long, some right outside the windows.  Looking out over the city was amazing.   My understanding is that the fireworks are used to attract attention to Fortune as he passes out wealth in the coming year.  The idea is that the more noise you make the better chance that you will not be overlooked and will receive a better portion of wealth.]]></content:encoded>
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        <title><![CDATA[By: plogultech]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Hi, everyone,大家好,我是一个中国男孩, I am a Chinese boy, I want to find a foreigner who can speak english, and I will teach him how to speak Chinese, then he can teach me english. please send me a email:
plogultech@yahoo.com.cn]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Hi, everyone,大家好,我是一个中国男孩, I am a Chinese boy, I want to find a foreigner who can speak english, and I will teach him how to speak Chinese, then he can teach me english. please send me a email:
plogultech@yahoo.com.cn]]></content:encoded>
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