happy chap goh meh everyone! it's officially the last day of chinese new year, so i guess it's another year to come for celebrating chinese new year. most family will gather for a dinner again and probably tossing the "yee sang" to see who can get it up the highest.
chap goh meh (十五暝) also known as the 15th day of the lunar new year celebrations which means today is the last day of the chinese new year. how time passes. just a blink of an eye and 15 days have passed. where have all that time gone!!
the term chap goh meh is from the hokkien dialect and refers to the fifteenth day of the first month, which is the occasion of the first full moon of the new year.
the occasion is marked by feasting and various festivities, including the consumption of tangyuan. in traditional chinese culture, it is also celebrated as the lantern festival or the shang yuan festival.
however, it coincides with the chinese valentine's day. it is also when young unmarried women gather to toss tangerines into the sea, in a hope that their future spouse will pick it up – a custom that originated in penang. in the past, this was also the only day that unmarried ladies could be seen with their partners.
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