Chap Goh Meh 2018

Chinese new year 2018 will fall on friday 16 february 2018.

Chap goh meh 2018. Usually during chap goh meh there will be a cultural performance at esplanade. Chap goh mei is a hokkien term that means the 15 th night of the new year which is why it s celebrated on the 15 th and final day of chinese new year. The fifteenth day of the chinese new year chap goh mei hokkien for 15th night as it has been commonly referred to in singapore has traditionally been. No fighting but let.

Chap goh mei is not an official public holiday in malaysia. You can use the program for 2017 as a guide and get an idea of when the events will be held by replacing 28 january 2017 with 16 february 2018 as the first day. This day is also known as yuan xiao jie an important festival signifying the end of the chinese new year celebrations. Today s dream love event is another new experience and we wish you all abundance of love and happiness today said mr.

Yay are you up for orange throwing. On a celebratory point of view this night sees the gathering of family members as they sit down to a meal together. The lantern festival or the spring lantern festival is a chinese festival celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the lunisolar chinese calendar usually falling in february or early march on the gregorian calendar it marks the final day of the traditional chinese new year celebrations. Somewhere around the 7th day of chinese new year the penang chinese cultural heritage celebration will be held.

It is known by many as the chinese version of valentines day. Yuán xiāo jié 元宵節 chap goh mei 2018 rediscovering the romance of chap goh mei. Lantern bearers posing for a photograph outside the thain hock keng temple in the search for romance. Visit pavilion 2018 promises our visitors an exciting year filled with new experiences personalised indulgences amazing rewards and fulfilment of dreams for our shoppers and community.

Chap goh mei itself means the 15 th night of chinese new year in hokkien which also marks the end of the chinese new year celebration. As early as the western han dynasty 206 bce ce 25 it had become a festival with great. Instead it is simply a very popular festive date marked by many of chinese descent. Aside from being tagged as the last day chap goh mei is also known as the chinese valentine s day.

Who knows you may find your life partner. In the hokkien dialect chap goh mei simply means the 15th night of chinese new year. It lasts for 15 days that s till chap goh meh which will fall on 2 march 2018.