In the Chinese culture, today (7 Feb) is the Chinese New Year (CNY) Day. It’s also called the “Spring Festival”. On CNY day, and for a few days onwards, when the Chinese people meet their relatives, friends and acquaintances, they would exchange a few phrases of good will such as wishing each other good luck, making great fortune, etc. Like Christmas and the Mid-Autumn Festival, in Chinese cities like Hong Kong, the CNY has become highly commercialized, in the sense it has become an occasion for many businesses to make money from it. When I see a commercial on the TV paid for by a certain business, such as a supermarket, offering good wishes to its audience, I can’t help suspecting that the boss of this supermarket does so more for his/her business than for really wanting his audience good luck.
Although I’m Chinese, I’ve never liked CNY. I would even say that I have always disliked passing CNY, for different reasons at different stages of my life.
I didn’t like CNY even when I was small. Read the rest of this entry »
