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Final Year Exams - 2nd Oct 2009 to 13th Oct 2009 (T4 Wk3)
Form / English / CLOVES : Mrs Sabrina Tan ; Mr Sean Lee
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008{ 10:35 PM } ;
News Article about Teens
Teens clueless about Chinese New Year customs Straits Times 03/02/2008
Many know what the traditions are but not how they came about, a Sunday Times poll discovers
RECEIVING red packets is something all children look forward to during Chinese New Year, but try asking teenagers why the sum of money inside comes in even numbers and the question will draw a blank from most of them.
That question stumped the most respondents in The Sunday Times' straw poll on Chinese New Year traditions.
Only 17 out of 100 respondents aged between 13 and 19 gave the right answer – that it was because of a Chinese saying, "good things come in pairs".
Some teenagers mistakenly thought that the tradition was meant to help singles find partners, while others thought that it was simply easier to give out bank notes that way.
"There are more notes in even numbers than in odd numbers," said Beh Hsiung Wei, 14, a student at Naval Base Secondary School.
The respondents were asked 10 questions, including the reason for wearing red, why oranges are exchanged, and why sweeping the house on the first day of Chinese New Year is not allowed.
Many teens were aware of the practices but did not know the reasons for them. They could name the animals in the zodiac but could not answer further questions.
Most teenagers knew that wearing red during the festival that celebrates the coming of spring is auspicious and that red is considered a lucky colour.
But what 69 of them didn't know was that the tradition originated from a legend about wearing red to scare away the New Year monster, Nian.
Some teens pay little heed to the traditions. Grace Soon, 15, has worn "every colour, even black" during Chinese New Year.
"My mum is not superstitious," said the St Nicholas Girls' School student, whose mother also makes her go to bed before midnight on the eve of Chinese New Year.
Children who stay up late that night are believed to be blessing their parents with longevity – something which only half of the respondents were aware of.
Instead, 14 per cent said they stayed up that night for the New Year countdown on television.
Caroline Wong, 18, thought that the Chinese word for blessings, fu, is placed upside down because "the old folks cannot see well and thought that putting it that way was cooler".
The gesture is meant to signify the arrival of blessings for homes. That question proved too tough for respondents, with about two-thirds of them getting it wrong.
Those who did relatively well in the street poll said they learnt about the traditions from their elders and in school.Phoebe Ten, 16, said she learnt about the traditions from Powerpoint slides shown during Chinese New Year celebrations at Chong Boon Secondary School.
A number of the teens were surprised by their poor showing. One of them was Sherri Chong."I thought I knew the answers," she said.
The 16-year-old intends to bone up on her knowledge about Chinese New Year traditions."Now, I'll make more of an effort to learn by asking my parents," she said.
