On the day I officially moved into my new house, my sifu told me to hang a 9 feet long red banner over my front door. This is a sign that a red occasion is taking place.I was supposed to hang up the cloth early in the morning at around 7.00 or 8.00 but then I had to go to school and I did not want to take special leave as I wanted to carry out my class with my Form 5 students.
At around 10.00 a.m., I asked for permission from the principal to go home to get some repairs done for the house. I also took the opportunity to go hang the banner up.
I was actually having trouble to hang the banner up and then appeared the Maintenance manager and the contractor for the toilet doors, Mr Lee. He was the one who helped to hang the red cloth for me. According to the maintenance manager, Mr Chong, it is usually a male who is given the task of hanging up the red banner. Hmm ... I think that Heaven must have sent me help. After the banner was hung, Mr Chong reminded me to give a red packet to Mr Lee for good luck. I gave him RM11.00 as to the Chinese this amount represented Chut Tow or forging ahead.
2 comments:
CONGRATULATIONS!!! to u Lina for moving into a new house. How's ur feeling now? Great??? Now time for u to relax after all hassle and bustle of preparation. Ch-Annie
Hi! I'm a college student from Oregon, USA. My friends and I live in a house together and we noticed today that the last owners of the house hung a red banner just like this over the door. What meaning does it have?
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