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• Pass out Lai See to children and unmarried adults.
• Birthday of chickens – represents reliability, fidelity and punctuality

Second Day Feb 13, 2021
• Married daughters often visit their parents on the second day.
• Birthday of Dogs – represents auspicious and coming fortune, understands
human spirit and obeys superiors.

Third Day Feb 14, 2021
• Relax at home and it is also considered bad luck to perform housework.
• Family often honor dearly departed relatives by visiting graves or lighting
incense and paper offerings in their memory. If you do paid respect to your
departed ancestors on this day, you should not visit anyone on the same day.
• Birthday of Pig – represents tolerance, optimism

Fourth Day Feb 15, 2021
• This is the day when people go back to work and business returns to normal.
• Make offerings of incense, food and spirit monies to the heavenly deities.
• Birthday of Sheep - the male principle, Yang of yin - yang

Fifth Day Feb 16, 2021
• This is a safe day to empty your trash.
• This is the birthday of the god of wealth. It considered not wise to leave the
house, plus you want to be home in case the god of wealth shows up to bestow
his blessings on your home.
• Birthday of Ox or Cattle means Spring is near.

Sixth Day Feb 17, 2021
• Birthday of Horse – represents speed and perseverance

Seventh Day Feb 18, 2021
• The creation-day of human being. To eat vegetarian or vegan foods on this day.
• Birthday of Humans

Eighth Day Feb 19, 2021
• Celebrate the importance of food and some
folks may visit farms to introduce children to
the importance of crops and cultivation.
• Employers host a “Spring Dinner” to thank
employees for their dedication and hard work
throughout the year. Lai See’s are presented
to each employee to show appreciation for the
past year’s work.
• Birthday of Rice - Fertility, luck, wealth, rice symbolizes a link between Heaven
and Earth

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