8 visitors a day and no shouting while tossing yusheng
8 ways CNY will be different this year
The rise in the number of Covid-19 cases in the community and the formation of clusters over the last few weeks are a cause for concern, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Friday (Jan 22).
This could indicate that there is wider, as yet undetected, community transmission, warned MOH as it announced new restrictions to prevent a resurgence in virus transmission.
Here are eight things to note, especially during the Chinese New Year period:
- Keep to groups of eight
- Avoid physical visits as much as possible
- Keep masks on when not eating or drinking
- No shouting or cheering while tossing yusheng
- No Chinese New Year gatherings for companies
- Follow other prevailing rules when dining out
- Lions banished, dragons banned
- Give e-hongbao
牛年 Niú Nián
According to the Chinese zodiac, 2021 is the Year of the Ox. The new Chinese year will start on February 12th, and it will last until January 31st of 2022. The Ox is the second out of the twelve zodiac signs: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig. The Year of the Metal Ox comes right after the Year of the Metal Rat (2020) and before the Year of the Water Tiger (2022)! The years of the Ox in the Chinese Horoscope are: 1913, 1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009, and 2021.
This year is going to be lucky and also perfect to focus on relationships, whether we are talking about friendships or love. In the Chinese Zodiac, the Ox is very hardworking and methodical. 2021 is going to be a year when work will get rewarded, and those zodiac signs who are lucky in terms of money this year will be the ones that will make a considerable effort. The Yin energy, specific to the Chinese zodiac sign of Ox, will be quite poignant. This is going to be a year when we will fully feel the weight of our responsibilities, a year when it is necessary to double our efforts to accomplish anything at all.
The Yin energy, specific to the Chinese zodiac sign of Ox, will be quite poignant. This is going to be a year when we will fully feel the weight of our responsibilities, a year when it is necessary to double our efforts to accomplish anything at all. Since this is a Metal year, for the second successive year, the color of 2021 is going to be white. Besides white, we have the lucky colors of the OX: yellow and green, colors that, in Feng Shui, attract prosperity and success. To increase your luck, wear metal accessories. This year, no explosive or catastrophic events will occur, so it is a favorable year for economic recovery or consolidation, a year of long-term investments (especially for creating a reserve stock for the coming unproductive years). The Metal Ox year is also great for making order in the family life. After all, if the family life is peaceful, everything gets solved! Thus, 2021 is a year when all the problems get solved with discipline. A lot of discipline! Obviously, with an extra effort from us in organizing our time. Is 2021 your lucky year? Perhaps your zodiac sign is at the top of the list of the lucky signs of this special year.
Lucky Colors for each Chinese Zodiac signs according to Feng Shui in year of OX
Based on the Chinese Almanac calendar, the year of the Metal Ox (the second Chinese Zodiac sign) start from 12 February 2021 to 31 January 2022. Each year comes with a unique combination of lucky colors for every Chinese Zodiac animal sign. People believed that wearing the lucky color can boost your personal energy. It also helps to bring success and good luck throughout the year, as cited by Feng Shui Beginner.
If white and blue have been the lucky colors of the Year of the Rat 2020, in the Year of the Ox 2021, the lucky colors are metallic gray and aqua blue. It has a beneficial effect and also eliminates feelings of loneliness. If you want to feel calm and reinvigorated, you can look at a wall or a clothing item of this color.
Aqua blue is the kind of color that charges us with positive energy when we suffer from chronic stress or fatigue. The five elements (Metal, Water, Wood, Fire, and Earth) go together with five colors (White/Silver, Black, Green, Red, and Brown). So, the Chinese people use the color animal name to count the year.
Year of the Ox coins
The 2021 Year of the Ox Chinese Almanac coins feature an ox against a backdrop of Coney Island Park. (Image: MAS)
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Thursday (Nov 19) unveiled the 2021 Year of the Ox Chinese Almanac coins, marking the fifth issue in the Singapore Fourth Chinese Almanac Coin Series which began in 2017.
In keeping with the park and natural landscape theme of the coin series, the 2021 coins will feature an ox against a backdrop of Coney Island Park.
This follows on from Kampong Buangkok for the Year of the Rooster, the Singapore Botanic Gardens for the Year of the Dog, Pulau Ubin for the Year of the Boar and Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve for the Year of the Rat.
