Feng Shui and Chinese new year

by Surekha Galagoda

Feng Shui and Chinese new year go hand in hand. These days the Chinese people are getting ready to celebrate the new year on February 4. By observing these below mentioned practices you will be able to chase the evil spirits. According to the Chinese calendar year 2009 belongs to the Ox.

On February 3rd get a statue of the wealth god, money (inside a red cover), fruits, sweetmeats, jossticks, flowers and a lamp, oil a wick as well as a red cloth. Most importantly find a short table to keep all these things.

On February 4th don’t light the hearth. Close the door at 6.45 a.m. and the whole family walk out. Lay the table cloth and arrange everything on the table. The table should face the door in the east or south. (These are the two best directions).

Arrange all the things mentioned above on the table. Worship the god of your religion, chant pirith or hymns or the sthothra according to your religion. Then get the chief of the house to carry the wealth god and the money in the red cover open the door and first put the hands with the god and the money and then walk into the house. Then all family members get together cook and enjoy the first meal ushering the Chinese New Year. (Courtesy Thilangani Herath.)