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Time to get that monkey on your back: It's the Lunar Year 4072, the Year of the Monkey, also known as Chinese New Year, as well as Korean, Vietnamese, and Malaysian New Year. Asian (and other) peoples will be celebrating tonight and for the next two weeks, eating, wearing red, eating, paying respect to their elders, eating, and eating some more. There are plenty of superstitions and traditions that take place, but the best one is when the married people give the single/young people lucky money. Take that, smug marrieds (hey, Mommy, Daddy)!
The Daily News has suggestions on where to go and celebrate (which means eat) the New Year: Bao 111 on Avenue C, Dim Sum Go-Go , Kuma Inn, Ocean Palace Restaurant in Brooklyn, and Taste Good Malaysian Cuisine in Elmhurst. Just make sure you have noodles (longevity), fish (prosperity), spring or egg roll (looks like gold ingot), and cake (something that rises - it's good).
The big Chinatown parade, complete with dragon and lion dances, will be this Sunday, January 25, starting at 1PM at Mott and Mulberry Streets. (Traffic note: If you're driving, you don't want to go anywhere near Chinatown tonight or Sunday.)
Learn more about the Chinese New Year, like what this year of the Monkey will bring for you.
Bluejake has photographs of some Chinese paying respect and giving offerings to the gods and goddesses right at the turn of the Lunar New Year.
Question: Is it a coincidence that President Bush, who looks like a monkey, proposes various moon plans with the Lunar Year of the Monkey so close? Gothamist thinks not.
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I know what the yellow and the pink are for but what are all the other colors for?
Jen, saying people look like monkeys isn't nice, even though he ABSOLUTELY does kind of look like a monkey (but in that cute, adorable controlled by a ring of nefarious "advisors" kind of way). Right now a picture of a mean political cartoon is developing in my head. One that includes Cheney with an accordian and Bush running around collecting quarters from a charmed electoriate; but, that would be mean.
i was in ny in nov - stayed in soho and LOVED it. would love to be there to celebrate Chinese New Year right now!
thanks for the great site...
scott from chicago
I always thought Mayor Bloomberg looked a bit Simian as well.
I'm so excited about the year of the monkey!
BAO 111 is on avenue C, not A.
But you're such a cutie that we forgive the mistake
Ah, thanks for reminding me where Bao is. The Lunar New Year is making me a-crazy!
Noooooo! Not Dim Sum Go-Go! I experienced the worst gastrointestinal event of my life--in the bathroom of a Fung Wah bus speeding to Boston, no less--after eating there.
This is third hand, so I might be wrong, but:
Brown monkey is to ward away the annoying little people.
Blue monkey is for health.
Yellow monkey is for work and success.
Pink monkey is for love and family.
Purple monkey is "overall" luck.
"Purple monkey is "overall" luck."
I always thought Purple Monkey meant you're grabbing it a little too hard.
Happy Chinese New Year!
Year 4702 TOTALLY ROCKS! (as my homeboy would say, obvs.)
To wit:
Within two weeks of 9/11 my gf and I had both lost our jobs. We have been consulting/temping/self-employed/struggling ever since.
Yesterday - New Year's Eve - I landed my dream job.
Today - New Year's Day - she landed her dream job.
28 months of hell, 2 days of bliss.
By the way, she was born in the year of the Monkey.
Oh yeah, great post Jen, thanks. Between you and Tien this will be my most informed Chinese New Year ever.
how can i get those little monkeys in that bottom photo? i want a couple. heh.
jo: i like that comment... stop choking it already, will ya!! =) happy new year!!