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Offline chen yan

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RE: Chinese New Year Entertainment
« Reply #15 on: February 08, 2010, 10:36:20 am »
Ted, The orange trees only popular in south of China where people speak Cantonese.Like Guandong,Guangxi,Hong Kong, Even Singapore...
Because the pronunciation of orange in Cantonese is the same as "lucky",And the color is gold, it also has another name" fortune tree" .So they like to buy little orange trees to decorate their house. It makes the house full of happy festival atmosphere.It is infelicitous to eat the oranges in the tree.
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RE: Chinese New Year Entertainment
« Reply #16 on: February 08, 2010, 12:39:26 pm »
thanks Chen Yan  

i must say though i eat the oranges all the time here.:icon_cheesygrin:
i buy them at the vegetable market by the bagfuls :icon_cheesygrin:
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RE: Chinese New Year Entertainment
« Reply #17 on: February 08, 2010, 02:08:09 pm »
The mandarin type oranges Ted?  Can you find the California type oranges there too?
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RE: Chinese New Year Entertainment
« Reply #18 on: February 08, 2010, 04:26:15 pm »
Don't give a present of four mandarins oranges, this is apparently  bad luck.
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RE: Chinese New Year Entertainment
« Reply #19 on: February 08, 2010, 08:36:38 pm »
Neil: It's usually mandarin oranges, but I don't see why you can't use valencia or whatever other type you want.

Irishman: That's why you present them as a pair in your hands. :icon_cheesygrin:
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RE: Chinese New Year Entertainment
« Reply #20 on: February 08, 2010, 11:58:41 pm »
good to know
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RE: Chinese New Year Entertainment
« Reply #21 on: February 09, 2010, 12:33:16 pm »
Quote from: 'ttwjr32' pid='30271' dateline='1265301071'

thanks i will impress them with my knowledge this new year and
bring some oranges      and i might say orange prices here in china
are going up each week so they will appreciate that  :icon_cheesygrin:
thanks for the info


Just don't present  them like this...............
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RE: Chinese New Year Entertainment
« Reply #22 on: February 09, 2010, 01:11:12 pm »
Now they look more like a pair of ''grapefruits'' to me Dave!! ...lol

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RE: Chinese New Year Entertainment
« Reply #23 on: February 09, 2010, 07:38:45 pm »
Bee---- now thats what i had in mind. you think its a bad idea    hahahahah
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RE: Chinese New Year Entertainment
« Reply #24 on: February 09, 2010, 08:57:00 pm »
You know they sell orange-grapefruit holders like that in the lady's department.  So you can carry them around with you and not have
your hands full...:icon_cheesygrin:
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