Chinese New Year 2016 will take place from February 8 to 22 this year. During the Lunar New Year period, it is a tradition for us Chinese to greet our family, friends and loved ones with auspicious sayings when we meet. Here are some we can teach our children:
Popular Greetings for Monkey Year 2016
猴年吉祥 Hóu Nián Jí Xiáng | Have an auspicious Monkey year
猴年大吉 Hóu Nián Dà Jí | May you be extra lucky this Monkey year
Common Greetings and Sayings for Chinese New Year
新年好 Xīn Nián Hǎo | Have a good New Year
新年快乐 Xīn Nián Kuài Lè | Have a Happy New Year
新春快乐 Xīn Chūn Kuài Lè | Happy New Spring
吉祥如意 Jí Xiáng Rú Yì | May you have good fortune according to your wishes
年年有余 Nián Nián Yǒu Yú | May you have abundance and surpluses year-after-year
吉星高照 Jí Xīng Gāo Zhào | May your lucky star shine on you
心想事成 Xīn Xiǎng Shì Chéng | May all your wishes come true
大吉大利 Dà Jí Dà Lì | May you be blessed with good luck and profits
Greetings and Sayings for Health
龙马精神 Lóng Mǎ Jīng Shén | May you be as energetic as dragons and horses
身体健康 Shēn Tǐ Jiàn Kāng | May you enjoy good health always
精灵活泼 Jīng Líng Huó Pō | May you be lively and smart (especially used for children)
Greetings and Sayings for Students
学业有成 Xué Yè Yǒu Chéng | May you achieve success in your studies
学习进步 Xué Xí Jìn Bù | May you obtain good progress in studies
金榜题名 Jīn Bǎng Tí Míng | May you score well in your examinations (especially for those taking an important examination)
Greetings and Sayings for the Family
合家欢乐 Hé Jiā Huān Lè | May your entire family be happy
合家幸福 Hé Jiā Xìng Fú | May your entire family be blissful
Besides exchanging greetings, it’s another tradition of Chinese families to host our guests with yummy CNY goodies when visiting one another’s homes. This year, Emicakes (who is well-loved for their durian cakes and desserts) have launched Premium Durian Tarts to pamper our taste-buds! Yes, you heard it right – not Pineapple but Durian Tarts! Customers are also spoilt for choices by Emicakes’ CNY Festive offerings which include:
- Pineapple Tarts – A tangy combination of rich pineapple filling and buttery pastry!
- Pineapple Chocolate Tarts – Pineapple Tarts with chocolate pastry – ingenious and a hit with choc lovers!
- Pineapple Cheese Tarts – Pineapple filling garnished with strings of Parmesan cheese with Parmesan-infused pastry, giving it a yummy crunch with every bite!
- Durian Tarts – Durian lovers (like us) will fall in love with these Premium Durian Tarts which come filled with a generous amount of REAL durian flesh. All handcrafted and lovingly baked fresh DAILY. I’ve seriously never eaten any tarts these fragrant, soft and delicious. They literally melt-in-the-mouth and it took me a great deal of will-power to stop myself from polishing off the entire tin! So so irresistibly yummy (I just popped a few more into my mouth after drafting this post haha).
Shop: Emicakes
Price: S$11.80 – 18.80 per container
How to Order: Order directly from their outlets or online.
Website: http://emicakes.com.sg
Special Promo: For a limited time, Emicakes is offering a Durian & Pineapple Tart Combo. For just S$25.80 (UP$40), you get 1 container of Durian Tarts and another container of Pineapple Tarts.
Emicakes outlets and opening hours during CNY period
Thanks to Emicakes, we are giving away 2 Tins of CNY Tarts (your choice of any 2 different flavours) to 2 loyal readers. To participate, follow these 3 simple steps:
- Like Life’s Tiny Miracles Facebook Page
- Like Emicakes‘ Facebook Page
For bonus entries, follow the steps in the online widget here:
The giveaway ends 31 Jan 2016, 11.59pm and is open to readers in Singapore. The winner will be contacted using the contact particulars provided when entering this draw and will have 24 hours to respond, failing which a new winner will be drawn. All incomplete and unverified entries will be disqualified. All entries will be verified before the winners are announced. Please note that all fake Facebook and Instgram accounts (e.g. accounts set up purely to take part in contests with no authentic posts or very few real friends) will be disqualified. All the best!
My Favourite part of Chinese New Year is reunion dinner and eating pineapple tarts!! Hope to try durian tarts and pineapple tarts!!!
Fav part of CNY is able to indulge in many many pineapple tarts without any guilt as it’s just once a year right ! ?
Hope to win durian tarts & pineapple chocolate tarts!
Durian tart and pineapple tarts
Sorry the forgot the first part
I love the feasting !
My favourite part of CNY is being able to enjoy a sumptuous hot-pot reunion dinner. I am usually the last few person in the family to enjoy the hot-pot after the elders in the family had their, so I always get to enjoy the flavourful soup in the hot-pot.
Being a durian lover, I would definitely like to try both the durian tarts and the pineapple tarts.
FB : Carolyn Lim
IG : carolyn_lim2004
Twitter : @dane8caly
My favorite part of CNY is able to indulge with delicious, yummy pastries, pineapple tarts, love letters, egg rolls, bak kwa, kueh lapis and also durian tarts.
Definitely will loved by all my family and kids
Hope to win so that I can shared with all my loved one.
Facebook Name: Jazlinlin Jaz
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My fav part is to count the ang pow with my children. Fav foods are pineapple tart and almond cookie
My Fave part of CNY is the gatherings and endless eating!! Good to gather at least once a year to catch up with my aunts and uncles and cousins !
Hope to win Durian tarts and Pineapple chocolate tarts!
FB: Joanna.tan
my birthday is on CNY; i hope to be able to win pineapple tart and durian tart to share with mommy to show my appreciation towards her for bringing me to this world.
I love to eat around the steamboat with my beloved family! I would love to win the durian and pineapple cheese tarts! ?
My favourite part of Chinese New Year is reunion dinner; my mother will cook lot of yummy food for us. We will make sure all siblings and children will come home together to eat. That is the happiest moment to us..Pineapple tart & durian tart because that is my mother’s favourite. We never tried durian tart before, that is new to us. Hope I can be the lucky one to give my mother a surprise… this Chinese New Year. Thank you.
FB : Zhen Hui Koh
I love the catching up with loved ones and spending quality time together! I would love the pineapple tart and durian tart!
My favorite part of any to me tis have long week of holiday.. and eat goodies without been nag……
The favorite food besides pineapple tart is yusheng..
Hope to win.pineapple chesse tart n durian tart
Julie tan
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My Favourite part of Chinese New Year is definitely the reunion dinner and eating pineapple tarts!! Hope to try durian tarts and pineapple tarts!!!
I love reunion dinner! I hope to win pineapple tarts and pineapple cheese tarts.
My favourite part of Chinese New Year is the reunion dinner with my family! I hope to try the famous Durian Tarts & Pineapple tarts!
Reunion Dinner
Durian & Pineapple Tarts
I like the gathering of relatives and friends. That is when everyone is free to meet up and feast
Durian and pineapple tarts.
I love Pineapple and Durian tarts.
Hope to win
Fb name: Adeline Tan huixiu
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Emicake Is famous for its durian product so I hope to win it’s durian tarts and pieaplle tart is a must have goodie at home “Wang lai” for prosperity I buy it every year.
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Emicake Is famous for its durian product so I hope to win it’s durian tarts and pineapple tart is a must have goodie at home “Wang lai” for prosperity I buy it every year.
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Rosalind leong
I love Chinese New Year where relatives , families and friends come together to gather for chat and feasting.
I love pineapple tarts , prawn rolls and seaweed cracker.
Hope to win Emirates pineapple chocolate tarts for my son and durian tarts for me and my husband.
Fb: Tan Bee Chin.Joyce
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I like pineapple tarts and cornflakes cookies.
I love CNY because thats the only time when all family members will gather together, good to catch up.
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Fb: caroline kong
1) Love the times spent with loved ones because we usually are too tied up with our work and this is the best time to gather, enjoy steamboat and of course eating those CNY tarts!!
2) Favourite CNY food – pineapple tarts and Bak kwa!
Hope to win Pinapple tarts & durian tarts! 🙂
Favourite part is the long holiday this year! Would love the durian and pineapple tart.
name: karen
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My fav part of Chinese new year is the reunion dinner as we indulge in the sumptuous feast with our family members.
Ang bao & good food!!!
Fb chengling tan
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I enjoy shopping for CNY goodies with my family. I have not tried the tarts from Emicakes before, hope to win 2 tins of Durian Tarts and get a chance to savour them! My family and I are durian fans!
My favourite part of CNY is gathering with my family and friends.
I would love to win the pineapple chocolate tarts and durian tarts.
My favorite part of CNY is the long holidays where my company gives us a long one week break. I can have a real good time resting and enjoying myself. On CNY, I get to see all my loved ones, eat yummy CNY food, play mahjong, collect ang baos, and I l have so much fun to lao yu sheng with everybody.
1. Pineapple Chocolate Tarts
2. Durian Tarts
pineapple cheese and durian tarts
i love watching lion dance
My favourite part of CNY is seeing all my relatives & friends , updating one another on our life while indulging ourselves with all the delicious CNY goodies ! ??
I hope to win pineapple tarts & durian tarts ! ♡♡
Facebook Profile Name : Alice Jun
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I like Lo Hei with my loved ones and family! I wish to win the durian tarts and pineapple tarts!
I love most about CNY is my entire family & relatives will gather at grandma’s home. We will have a real good time eating grandma’s super delicious home cooked food, CNY goodies, chit chatting, singing, play games, watch movies & at the end of the day we will lao my aunt’s self made yu sheng. I am excited & looking forward to see all my cousins.
Looking forward to try the
Pineapple Cheese Tarts
Durian Tarts
one thing that i love about CNY is the big feast prepared by my mum ! She say chinese new year is an important meal in the chinese calender. As such, she always put in great efforts to whip a nice meal for us. Also my favourite part of CNY is receiving ang baos because it means that i will have more allowance ! hope to be the lucky one because my family loves pineapple tarts. It always make us hook onto it after one bite ! cant wait to share the joy with everyone ! 🙂 😉 😉 😉 <3 <3 <3 <3
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I love CNY because of the Reunion Dinner and been single, the Ang Pows! My favourite is Pineapple Tart and Pineapple Cheese Tart. Name is Suzanna Lim and email is [email protected].
Done all steps . My favourite part of Chinese New Year is the variety of traditional festive goodies and delicacies and the two types of tarts I hope to win are Pineapple Chocolate Tarts and Durian Tarts ! Interesting flavours ! May your life be free of worry and fear ; Instead , may you have happiness , good health and success all year ! Wishing you a happy and prosperous Chinese New Year ! I would love to win this for my beloved family . They have always been there for me through thick and thin . Thanks very much and have a nice day ! ??? *praying hard for the best* Facebook Name : Irfan Ozil , IG handle : @fanozil , Twitter handle : @Mizteerio
My favourite part of CNY is to be able to indulge in lots of CNY snacks with a good reason and having my favourite steamboat with my beloved family!
I love the durian and pineapple tarts???
My favourite part of CNY is to bring my 3kids house visiting to get all the ANG BAOS ? plus eat all the yummy goodies !
Hope to win the Pineapple cheese tarts and Durian tarts ?
FB – Kong Meifong
Instagram – @mommyofverelleveionjarell
Twitter – @meifongkong
fav part of CNY is the non stop feast
i want to try pineapple chesse and durian tarts
FB name Vincent Lee Wee Ping
ig @wlee76
My favourite part of Chinese New Year is the mingling session. Food is an universal language to bring people together. We will engage in small talks to catch up on one another’s life and plans. I would love to win Pineapple tarts and Pineapple Chocolate tarts for my family to share for this joyous Lunar New Year!
Name: Kathy Woon Tan
Email: [email protected]
Best part about CNY: Getting to take a break.. being able to go for get-togathers, meeting old friends, catchingup with everyone.. wooo miss those gossips moments.. LOL
Would love to win: Pineapple Tart (Good old fashion) & Durian Tart (Emicake Specialty Durian creation)
猴猴猴 happy year ahead!!!!
What I love most about Chinese New Year is having reunion dinner with my family, visiting my relatives, giving out red packets and finally I will celebrating it with the many old folks in the old folks home
I hope to have the Durian Tarts and Pineapple Tarts
Name : June Lee
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Food is always a highlight and i am glad i have many good cooks around me. Haha! Will love to win the pineapple and durian tarts to share with everyone =)
My favourite part of Chinese New Year is the Reunion Dinner and I would love to win the Durian and Pineapple Tarts!
Jaslyn Chong
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Name: Andy Neo
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What I love about CNY is the fun of having everyone gathered round at the same table, squeezing together to have a steamboat reunion dinner!!! The steamboat may be hot and stuffy but the love all around is warm!
Where do you want me to start on tarts? I love so many!!!!!!!!! But in the context of Emicakes, I do love their classic pineapple tarts and obviously THAT durian tarts too! Yummy
My favourite part of Chinese New Year is enjoying Reunion dinner with my family.
R- Reunite with our family members where
E- Everyone of us gather to
U- Usher in the
N- New Year together and emphasizing the
I – Importance
O- Of family ties and bonding while enjoying on
N- Nice feast together
Hope to win Pineapple Cheese Tarts and Durian Tarts for my family as they all love cheese and durian hence is the perfect combination !
Most joyous occasion ever, CNY Reunion with numerous family members gathering to share this wonderful festive mood, where all stopped work to enjoy home cooked delicacies with the most hearty chats.
My favourite part of Chinese New Year is reunion dinner with whole family !
I love to win the Pineapple Cheese Tarts and Durian Tarts !