Many Chinese people would celebrate the beginning of Li Chun by worshipping and giving offerings to the gods and performing ceremonies for a prosperous new year. That practice has changed considerably over the past few years. The trend of depositing and withdrawing money on this auspicious day now seems to be the norm, with many queueing up at banks and cash deposit machines to conduct their transactions believing it can help grow their wealth and ensure good luck in the new year. The practice is that people would either withdraw or deposit their cash at a specific time, based on the zodiac year they were born.
We never observe any of the practices done on Li Chun day. This year's Li Chun, as with previous years, my Facebook news feed was filled with friends posting photos of their egg balancing acts. And my curiosity got the better of me. I was eager to try the egg balancing act too to see if it my egg can really stand on the tip on this day.
Many people believe that on Li Chun day, eggs can be placed to stand vertically easier than on any other day. People believe that if your egg(s) can stand vertically on Li Chun day, it symbolizes a good year ahead for you. For me, I take it with a pinch of salt, albeit I do wish that I'll have a fantastic and smooth sailing year all year long 😊. Some say that egg standing on Li Chun day is just a myth and if you have the time and patience to try, an egg can be put to stand on its tip on any other day.
So, just for the fun of it, Cass, Alycia and I tried balancing eggs on our Li Chun Sunday. It was pretty easy for me to get the eggs to stand. It took me around 10-15 minutes each time to get an egg to stand. And just for experimenting how long the egg could stand, we left the eggs on the floor for over an hour and it was still standing despite it being very windy on that day. I took away the eggs to mop the floor later and Cass was enraged! She wanted the eggs to remain on the floor just to see how long they can stand. 😆
My eggs stood on the tip on the kitchen top and kitchen floor:
After only 5 minutes of attempting, Alycia gave up when her egg didn't stand. She had to practise singing for her Drama Club assignment and spent the entire evening and night working on her voice.
Cass was very persistent and patient. She tried umpteen times and finally at around 6pm, she rejoiced when her egg stood on the its tip! This girl had proven that she's got tons of patience when at age 3, she could spend hours on end solving boxes after boxes of jigsaw puzzles, with full concentration.
Here's to a year filled with lots of good luck, good wealth and good health to me and everyone at home and I certainly wish that this year will be a fabulous one for you too! 🙏
Happy counting down to Chinese New Year!
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