The Year of the Fire Monkey, according to the lunar calendar, occurs on the night of February 7-8, 2016. There are certain rituals to attract good luck in the new year. Let's consider some of them.
Many peoples adhere to the tradition of throwing out unnecessary things in the New Year, that is, they cleanse their homes of the old, making room for the new. It is necessary to clean not only the room, but also your body. For example, to drink sorbent preparations on drink.
It will be useful to wash the floors with water with the addition of pine essential oil.
To attract good luck and fulfill your plans before the New Year, you can perform a ritual called "108 oranges". For this, 108 oranges or tangerines are bought, scatter them at home with the whole family in all rooms, except for the bathroom and toilet. Do not touch citrus fruits during the day. The next day, collect them, peel and eat. Put the peel in a cup, cover with water, add 300 g of alcoholic beverage. Put the cup on the doorstep. At the same time, you need to ask the higher powers (the Universe, guardian angels, who likes which more) to fulfill your desire, do not forget to thank them.
You can drink the water that was poured over the peel.
If it is not possible to purchase 108 oranges (tangerines), you can limit yourself to nine (1 + 0 + 8 = 9).
Meeting the year of the Fire Monkey, 5 strips of paper are hung in the dwelling, symbolizing honor, wealth, luck, longevity and joy. You can write the corresponding hieroglyphs on them, or you can just mentally imagine what this or that strip will characterize.
Bells are hung in the room 5 minutes before the New Year. This is considered a sign of respect for the god of wealth. Bells can be replaced by wind chimes with metal tubes.
In China, it is believed that you need to celebrate the New Year with dumplings on the table, because The dumplings are similar in shape to Chinese gold bars. Residents of Russia will also not give up this dish on February 7th.
