The New Year in Macau begins on the 28th day of the Lunar New Year, which means "easy to send" in Austronesian, and most business owners invite their employees to a "New Year's dinner" at the end of the year to show that they have good luck and good fortune. The flavor of the New Year in Macau can be truly felt on the 28th day of the Lunar New Year.
On New Year's Eve, the New Year's Eve vigil and the flower market are the two major events for Macao people to celebrate the old and welcome the new. The New Year's Eve is to play mahjong, watch TV, Shu old chat, *** enjoy the joy of family; probably by the influence of the Western Christmas and Valentine's Day, the Lantern Festival Macao people are also scrambling to buy some auspicious flowers and trees to meet the new year, wishing to keep safe, flowers and trees signify a new year's good prospects. Macau's flower market is held for three days, which gives endless comfort to the Macau people who have been running around for a year.
On the day of Chinese New Year, Macao people pay attention to the "Lai Si", "Lai Si" is the red packet, this day the boss to see the staff, the elders to see the elders, and even married people to see the unmarried people are "Lai Si". The "Li Shi" is red envelopes. "Lai Si" is purely for good luck. Macau people call the second day of the Lunar New Year "New Year's Eve". It is customary to have a "New Year" meal, which must be prepared with hairy vegetables, lettuce, carp, which is intended to take its wealth and good fortune. From the day of the "New Year", within three days, the Macau government allows civil servants to "bet" (gambling). After the "New Year", Macao and completely back to the traditional Chinese New Year customs, until the Lantern Festival, is also a fireworks festival, play dragons and lions, happy days.