New Year in Ipoh

New Year celebration in ipoh are mainly celebrated in the hotels, restaurants, discotheques, nightclubs and of course in one’s own home. Some people also visit churches, temples, and shrines, where New Year Eve services are held.On New Year’s Eve, night revelry is a common sight at various streets in ipoh in Malaysia. Motorists crowd the streets shouting and yelling. The partying and merry-making normally last till the wee hours of the morning in ipoh.

But the people of ipoh mainly celebrate the Chinese New Year. Chinese New Year is also known as the Spring Festival, which is the most important festival for the Chinese community. Chinese New Year marks the beginning of the new Chinese lunar year and falls on the first day of the ‘first moon’ in the lunar calendar. It is also the most important event of the entire Chinese calendar. New Year in ipoh is celebrated in a traditional manner by the local people. The Chinese moon calendar is divided into cycles of 12 years and is named after various animals. In order of sequence, the12 animals are rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog and pig.

Chinese New Year is ushered by the sign of these animals yearly. In the midnight, a cacophony of fireworks is heard throughout cities and towns marking the beginning of a New Year. Fire crackers are believed to drive out evil spirits. This is also the time of the year when the families re-unite with each other.

One month prior to the New Year in ipoh, the locals start shopping. They gift their relatives and friends and invite them for dinner at their house. They clean their house nicely and decorate with various items. Red is the favorite color in Chinese community, as it symbolizes prosperity. They embellish their houses with red lanterns, banners, plastic or paper firecrackers, panels inscribed with calligraphic characters.

On the eve of Chinese New Year, the people of ipoh visit the shrine, where their ancestors are buried or cremated. They offer boiled rice and cooked dishes, fruits; tea and wine in small cups are arranged in straight rows on the altar as offerings to the departed souls. Medium size, burning candles and lighted joss sticks are arranged on both sides of the altars by womenfolk.

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