The Chinese New Year that is being celebrated every January 29 is adapted by the Filipinos. Filipinos are greatly influenced by the Chinese people so they celebrate Chinese New Year. Celebrating the Chinese New Year also known as the Lunar New Year is said to bring good luck and prosperity in the coming year for everyone. Chinese New Year is celebrated in many Asian countries, including the Philippines.
The usual practice that Filipinos continue to do in order to celebrate Chinese New Year is wearing red colored clothes because red is what they call a lucky color. Moreover, they give out red envelopes filled with bills, which they call the "ang pao". Furthermore, they would cook the traditional glutinous sticky delicacy, which is the Tikoy. Tikoy comes in different flavors like ube, pandan, original, chocolate, and more. There are many ways to cook tikoy. And lastly, Filipinos would also consult a feng shui for advice and read Chinese horoscopes.
In general, celebrating Chinese New Year is a part of Filipino culture due to the influence of the Chinese people. They continue to adapt practices and traditions that make the essence of prosperity and good luck to continue in the next following years. We can see that in the near future, celebrating the Lunar New Year would still be relevant like the other holidays that Filipinos continue to celebrate.
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