Birthday of Cai Shen (God of Wealth)

According to the Chinese calendar, the 5th day of the New Year is the birthday of Cai Shen. All families, like the western families looking forward to welcoming Santa Claus on the Christmas Eve, would invite him to come down to give the family good fortune in the year to come. In order to get His attention, the families compete in setting off firecrackers, making as loud sound (noise) as possible in the eve and again in the next morning.

For us, I just photographed this pair of lucky bags which were gifts from an aunt of mine in Beijing to wish us a happy and healthy year.

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