Comments on: Chap Goh Meh 2010

By: lechua

lechua — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:11:42 +0000

Photoblogger: now that’s one i have not heard of – throwing husbands haha. so u’ve come to malaysia before.. which parts did u visit? yes there are quite a significant population of malaysian chinese here… so some of the culture still lives on. and u know a bit of hokkien too being half chinese?

By: Photoblogger

Photoblogger — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:32:26 +0000

Woah. I was able to hear about this chap goh meh when I was in Malaysia. They even joked that women throw bad husband to get good oranges.

Malaysia is always so filled with rich Chinese culture. How I envy it as I don’t get to experience that much chinese practices despite me being a half tiong kok lang myself.

By: zzkang

zzkang — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:19:17 +0000

hope your wish will comes true ASAP..

By: lechua

lechua — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:37:07 +0000

zzkang: nope din throw orange.. it feels a bit like litterling.. but i did hang a note up on the wishing tree

Rafael: yea… the tradition lives on. actually it’s encouraged yearly to gather and carry on the tradition

londoncaller: yup not friendly envionmentally … haha using leaves is an idea… and i also hope it gets cleaned up

By: London Caller

London Caller — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:49:36 +0000

Those wishing boats were crazy?!
1. They were over-priced.
2. They were bad to the environment.

People should make their own boats using banana leaves? Ha ha…

Re:Chinese New Year in London / 伦敦的春节 / Tahun Baru Cina di London / ロンドンのお正月

Yes, London’s Chinese New Year celebration is getting slightly better than the year before.

RE: 4 and Brollies / 4和雨伞 / 4 dan Payung / ４と傘

That was only a temporary installation.
I wonder if they return those brollies to London Transport? Ha ha…

By: Rafael Lam

Rafael Lam — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:41:04 +0000

A romantic Chap Goh Meh night, orange throwing, wishing floating boats and wishing trees are both good chinese tranditions! ^.^

By: zzkang

zzkang — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:17:27 +0000

Did you throw your orange too???

By: lechua

lechua — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:12:48 +0000

wilson: yea.. some buy the ready made ones for sale.. others make their own out of paper, plastic, tupperware etc…

fufu: explore the world while u can… mebbe one of the years u can plan to come back during CNY…. or after ur exploration u can come back and spend all ur CNYs back home?

micki: the oranges custom seems to be a malaysian chinese thing that started from the north

Nicholas: i left at about 10 , there were still ppl filling in and it was packed… think most ppl drop by after dinner. the boats… til the other end of the lake or rather any side of the lake heh…

By: Nicholas Leong

Nicholas Leong — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:23:49 +0000

Ahh thought of stopping by but ended up eating dinner instead Looks interesting, the boats will make for nice pictures but since its a lake, how far can they float?

By: micki

micki — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:23:22 +0000

It is very interesting to know the custome about throwing the mandarin oranges. I have seen the wishing boats and wishing tree, but not the oranges custome, so interesting!

By: fufu

fufu — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:06:58 +0000

wow nice pictures!! erm wishing boat?? nice idea!!! but sigh…8yrs already havent got the chance to celebrate cny in malaysia ><

By: superwilson

superwilson — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:21:26 +0000

Ah… now they have something call wishing boat. Happy CNY!

By: lechua

lechua — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:53:05 +0000

Weekend Haven, beng beng: i always heard about the tradition but this is my first time witnessing it myself

mylo: good question. personslly if it were me, i wouldn’t eat it… the lake water is not the cleanest and i wouldn’t take the chance eating the orange. one thing for sure is they’ll take down the details written on the orange!

henry: thanks for the feedback – will make a mental note on it. the first and last photo was taken without a tripod so it’s pretty dark…

By: henry^munkey

henry^munkey — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:07:26 +0000

nice set but kinda dark… maybe can brighten some of the photos up happy belated cny! haha

By: bengbeng

bengbeng — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:25:06 +0000

this is an awesome post. i have heard about this but to actually the pics.. wow

By: mylo

mylo — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:03:38 +0000

First time reading a blog coverage on Chap Goh Meh. LOVE IT! Funny looking fishing nets – a combination of broom stick and ’sao kei’.

One question….Do you eat the oranges after the ceremony? or throw it away?

Cheers!
mylo

By: Weekend Haven

Weekend Haven — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:37:10 +0000

This is kinda fun. I never knew such celebration existed but its so unique. I love how you captured it.

By: lechua

lechua — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:59:39 +0000

Ron: haha yea.. remember to bring a fishing net too!

Autumn Belle: Do they do this Klang too?

Rachel: didn’t see anyone throwing banana… (the guys seemed to be throwing oranges too) but I think someone found one and passed it to the host coz he was holding one up with a number and name written on it.

By: Rachel Tan

Rachel Tan — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:53:19 +0000

Nice pic!!! Anyone throwing banana tat night?

By: Autumn Belle

Autumn Belle — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:16:40 +0000

Looks like the orange fever has spread to PJ too. It certainly is a lot of fun.

By: Ron

Ron — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:12:48 +0000

wow… this one made me smile for some reason!
cool way to let the universe find a match for you.
I should be there next year. hahahaha

By: lechua

lechua — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:50:13 +0000

taufulou: should go at least once – i was quite surprised that people were really enjoying themselves!

bazli: hey… you shouldn’t have left Taman Jaya so early… it got more interesting as the crowd poured in later in the night.

By: Bazli

Bazli — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:34:08 +0000

Who says you can’t take night shots? They look pretty darn good to me

By: taufulou

taufulou — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:22:42 +0000

heee, i have never been b4 on chap goh meh and how it looks like on throwing oranges..i think should go already next year seen you capture all the nice pics~

By: lechua

lechua — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:22:58 +0000

uLi: yea… wasn’t sure if it goes to any charity proceeds. most ppl bring a bag of oranges with them – prob those leftover or about to ‘expire’ from CNY.

By: uLi

uLi — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:15:40 +0000

Wah….RM2 for 1 oren….mahalnya. Sure they earn big $…hehe!

By: lechua

lechua — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:11:34 +0000

chyng: yup the people seem to be having lots of fun… still need to improve on my flash night photography

che-cheh: yea this is the first time i’m witnessing the tradition too… we are supposedly encouraged to carry on this tradition – i was quite amazed with the enthusiasm.

CHVoon, Ian : i really think they do call the number. loads of ppl are checking out numbers from the wishing tree as well – they look like they are storing the numbers in the phone. and some ladies have bags of oranges. Ian: I didn’t throw an orange but i did make put up a wish on the wishing tree.

Mei Teng: i was actually wondering who cleans up the mess the next day… hopefully most of the oranges would have been fished out!

By: Mei Teng

Mei Teng — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:55:51 +0000

Haha..people are still throwing mandarins into the lake huh! Pollution and a wastage of oranges.

By: Ian Tan

Ian Tan — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:21:52 +0000

Didn’t know that we actually allowed them to throw the oranges into the river. Did you throw one too? Wonder if anyone actually call the numbers written on the oranges …

By: CHVoon

CHVoon — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:10:43 +0000

interesting!

Wah… a lot of people go there as well.

I wonder if boy or girl obtain the orange… will they call the number ???

By: Che-Cheh

Che-Cheh — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:05:23 +0000

This is so interesting… especially the fishing net and the ‘improvised’ fishing net. Haha
I’ve never been to any Chap Goh Meh festival.

By: chyng

chyng — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:22:44 +0000

I enjoyed reading the tradition you guys are have. Looks fun, specially the orange throwing. Ü
Btw, i like your night shots.