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Year of the Pig

A pig farm in China has emerged as an unlikely venue for couples to get married. Photo: SCMP composite/Xiaohongshu/tidenews.com.cn

China couples born in Year of Pig flock to farm for ‘meaningful’ big day

Scores of couples, many of them born in the Year of the Pig, are flocking to an animal farm in China to get married.

Property investors to shrug off impact of Wuhan virus, sales to rise 10 per cent

Letters | Why did Hong Kong’s feng shui masters fail to predict the protests?

A miserable Year of the Pig for China’s hogs is godsend for US farmers

US pork exports to China doubled in the second quarter to 60,898 tonnes, which was made possible by a sharp increase in prices on the mainland, helping to offset a 62 per cent tariffs on US exports.

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Girl shamed for using robot to do homework. Now everybody wants one

Report about teen caught by her mother after using a device for Lunar New Year assignments alerts a wider audience to the robots, which can copy text and mimic your handwriting.

Opinion | Hong Kong and the UK can develop fintech sectors together

As international financial hubs, the UK and Hong Kong excel at partnerships, as well as the free flow of information and technology that fintech requires

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NYC’s Chinatown welcomes Year of the Pig with vibrant parade

City has the highest population of residents of Chinese descent of any city outside Asia.

Revellers march and shout to the crowd during the Chinese Lunar New Year parade in Chinatown in New York. Photo: AP Photo

Chinese boy, 10, sues father for return of his lucky Lunar New Year money

Court orders father to repay his son’s red packet money with interest. Child has rights over his own bank account, judge rules.

Tycoon’s US$1.8 million gift includes free chopper rides for villagers

Businessman Zheng Daqing flies into Dingziqiao, Sichuan province, laden with money and home appliances.

Opinion | Carrie Lam’s ‘new governance style’ is hardly auspicious for Hong Kong

There’s no need to read fortune sticks to know what looks really ominous for the city this year: Lam’s mishandling of various government proposals, from elderly welfare to toll adjustments, is dashing hope for change.

Heung Yee Kuk chairman and lawmaker Kenneth Lau holds up the “average” fortune stick he picked for Hong Kong on the second day of the Lunar New Year, at Sha Tin’s Che Kung Temple. We don’t need a fortune stick to tell us that tough times lie ahead. Photo: Dickson Lee

Hong Kong children are savers, not spenders, survey shows

More than three-quarters of children in Hong Kong are actively saving into bank accounts, according to a survey by AXA Investment Managers.

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Children receive lai see packets containing money as gifts during Lunar New Year. Photo: Alamy

How Chinese vigilantes want to ‘take back the Year of the Pig from Islam’

Vocal vigilante groups are angered by what they see as creeping Islamisation in Chinese society, and fight to ‘take back’ the Year of the Pig from ‘religious extremists’.

Opinion | Best to stick with cautious optimism in Year of the Pig

Annual ritual at Hong Kong temple fails to see city blessed by wheel of fortune, but reflects US-China trade war tensions and challenges facing Chief Executive Carrie Lam

Dazzling fireworks display wows crowds as fog stays away

The weather was much kinder than the forecasters had predicted, and fog and drizzle held off so visitors mostly enjoyed a clear view of the 23-minute show.

Fireworks light up Victoria Harbour to celebrate Lunar New Year, photographed from the Avenue of Stars. Photo: Nora Tam

‘No success in gaining wealth’: Hong Kong’s bad omen at fortune stick rite

But pro-Beijinger Kenneth Lau puts positive spin on less-than-ideal prophecy, and says ‘we need the public’s support for the government’s policies’.

Regina Ip holds Wednesday’s omen after the ceremony. Photo: Dickson Lee

US firms use Lunar New Year to engage with Asian-Americans

Inside the emperors’ Chinese New Year celebrations at Forbidden City

Digital immersive display at the museum brings royal festivities for the Spring Festival vividly to life; exhibition also features a static display of over 800 cultural relics, including Lunar New Year decorations.

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Hongkongers enjoy spectacular performances at Lunar New Year night parade

Crowds flocked to Tsim Sha Tsui to watch performances by entertainers both local and from overseas.

Performers at the Cathay Pacific International Lunar New Year night parade. Photo: Edmond So

‘There is a chance he might be impeached’: Telling Trump’s new-year fortune

One local master offers the exact month during which the president will be most vulnerable to removal proceedings, as feng shui masters divine the year ahead.

Five killed in China firecracker explosion in early hours of new year

Shop owner detained on suspicion of causing illegally stored fireworks to explode.

China’s ancient lion dance: thriving in the south, struggling in the north

The public’s interest in the ancient art spiked when video of two performers working on routines went viral on social media. A focus on family and heritage is driving its preservation in southern China.

A lion dance is performed at Shanhaiguan Pass, a tourist resort in Qinhuangdao City in north China's Hebei province. Photo: Xinhua

Year of the Piggy Bank? Mints cash in with Lunar New Year coins

A dozen mints globally are selling special, uncirculated coins and notes to celebrate the holiday.

Year of the Pig puts the seal on Peppa’s Chinese comeback

When even filmmakers and the army are getting in on the act, there’s no doubt that the popular cartoon character is the face of the Year of the Pig.

Reporting the Lunar New Year in the Year of the Pig

James Legge speaks to SCMP journalists, video producers and editors about what stories always come around for Lunar New Year and what stories they’ve found for the coming Year of the Pig

How the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac were chosen

According to legend, the heavenly Jade Emperor wanted to segment time into cycles of 12 years with an earthly animal guarding each cycle.

Legend has it that the pig stopped for a nap, and was the last to reach the Heavenly Gate.

Pigs are vanishing as consumers go the whole hog for leaner pork

Across the country breeds are rapidly disappearing, taking signature dishes with them, and there’s little sign of any respite in the Year of the Pig.

Pigs have been central to Chinese cuisine for thousands of years. Photo: TNS

Chinese zodiac 2019: All you need to know about the year of the pig

Pigs loom large in Chinese culture so it is little wonder that the character for pig, an animal central to traditional village life, is written nestled inside the character for home

18th century Chinese classic the book to see in Lunar New Year with

Fast paced, light in tone, emotionally cool, and wryly humorous, Pu Songling’s Strange Tales From a Chinese Studio runs to 500 tales of ghosts, demons, monsters, monks, magicians, revived corpses, gods and fox-spirits.

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last updated:
9 September, 2024
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