Lucky coins and gambling

I received a telephone call from a stranger today. She asked me if the Chinese custom of carrying three ancient Chinese coins in your wallet could bring good luck with money. She had bought three of these coins tied up with ribbon, and put them inside her wallet. She...

Chinese Traditional Festivals

An organisation in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs asked me about Chinese Traditional Festivals, as they wanted to celebrate them. Here are the main festivals celebrated in China. 1. Chinese New Year 春节 is on 3rd Feb, 2011. It is the first day of the lunar calendar...

The first day of the Chinese New Year

We Chinese celebrate the Chinese New Year. Chinese New Year is the biggest festival in China, the celebration generally lasts 15 days. Thursday the 3rd Feb 2011 was the Chinese New Years day. In Australia, this day was not a public holiday. By following the Chinese...

2011 feng shui update

2011 is a metal rabbit year辛卯年, it starts on 4 February. At the ending of the tiger year and the begining of rabbit year, it is a good time for us to update the feng shui and get ready to meet the new energy of the new year. The metal rabbit  will bring a lot of good...

International Feng Shui Day

Feng shui风水 is a part of ancient Chinese Metaphysics 玄学, it is a traditional Chinese architectural theory. It is also a philosophy of living harmoniously with the environment. In past three decades, feng shui has spread to the Western world, and has been used by many...