Things you should not do on Chinese New Year

[FLPanhandle]

http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2016-02/06/content_23413111.htm?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link

In terms of activities, Chinese people refrain from sweeping the floor, washing clothes or even taking out the garbage from their home on New Year’s Day as they believe that such actions take away the good luck for the new year. People also avoid using the kitchen knife on the first day as it is considered a lethal weapon and hence not a symbol of good fortune. In order to do so, housewives usually chop or slice their ingredients a day in advance.

Other forbidden activities include scolding children on New Year’s Day as it signifies that the kids will end up being reprimanded all year round. Swear words are also forbidden throughout the day.

The first day of the Chinese New Year is also the perfect time to sleep in because no one is allowed to rush another person out of bed — doing so connotes that the person will be rushed to make decisions for the whole year. Furthermore, visitors should only greet someone after he or she has gotten out of bed. Doing otherwise is akin to wishing them a year of being confined to bed due to sickness.
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The Chinese are almost as bad as us sailors with our no starting a trip on Fridays, no bananas aboard, etc.

I like the "no getting someone out of bed" rule though. The US needs to adopt that one - maybe for the first day of Daylight Savings Time.

[metroins]

1. Monday. I will sleep in.

I'll make sure to tell my wife not to wake me.

[saltpoint]

2. I hope Ben Carson wasn't down in

Florida doing his laundry during the Chinese New Year because it could, you know, result in his not getting the Republican nomination or something.