Happy Chinese New Year!

[JiangYu]

I'm sure Marco, Junhui, Wenbo, Jin, Song, Chaung and the others are having a Snooker Party together! Happy Chinese New Year everyone!

[888]

Happy new year

[poolqjunkie]

Happy Chinese New Year to all the Chinese members on this forum. May you all make tones of centuries in the new year.

[noel]

Happy New Year to all my Chinese friends... from an Ox.

恭喜發財


=o)

Noel

[JiangYu]

Happy Chinese New Year to all the Chinese members on this forum. May you all make tones of centuries in the new year.

Me a century? hahaa - I've never heard of anything more ridiculous, I can't even make a 20 lol

[MattCash]

Happy New Year.....from a monkey

[nam1977]

Happy new year all!!!! And no i haven't made the century yet Ox must be bad for the Snake

[bouncer]

Happy New Year 新年快乐，恭喜发财

[allan1206]

Happy New Year to all snooker players here and around the world. Hoping that the year of Ox will bring so much happiness to snooker community.

All the best!

[RaNeN]

Happy New Year to all Chinese members on TSF!

[JiangYu]

* 1. Buying books is bad luck because 書 is a homonym for 輸 (pronunciation of "book" and "lose")
* 2. Offering anything in fours, as 四 (four) is a homonym for 死 (death)
* 3. Buying a pair of shoes is considered bad luck. 鞋 (Shoes) is a homophone for 諧 (rough)
* 4. Getting a hair-cut in the first lunar month puts a curse on maternal uncles. Therefore, people get a hair-cut before the New Year’s Eve.
* 5. Washing your hair is also considered to be washing away one’s own luck
* 6. Sweeping the floor is usually forbidden on the first day, as it will sweep away the good fortune and luck for the new year.
* 7. Saying words like “finished” and “gone” is inauspicious on the New Year, so sometimes people would avoid these words by saying “I have eaten my meal so that it disappeared” rather than say “I have finished my meal.”
* 8. Talking about death is inappropriate for the first few days of Chinese New Year, as it is considered inauspicious.
* 9. Avoid clothes in black and white, as black is a symbol of bad luck, and white is a traditional Chinese funeral colour.
* 10. Foul language is inappropriate during the Chinese New Year.

The homonyms aren't quite right because the tone is different but it's close enough!

[Caroline]

Happy New Year all Chinese friends here!

Gong Hei Fat Choy!!!

[crucible77]

Im not chinese but hey

HAPPY NEW YEAR

[poolqjunkie]

So..will this bring my game serious bad luck for the whole year if I clean my cue on the first day of the Chinese New Year?
When i finish a game of snooker, I should say, "the balls have all disappeared...' rather than "it is done..." is that right?

[cyrusbobo]

thank you all other forum member, wish you all have good luck in 2009