Last Wednesday, Chinese New Year's Eve, we did a Lai See or Hong Bau exchange at Wee Care. These red envelopes or packets are often filled with money or candy and are given to children or singles by their elders and by married folks. I remember getting red packets as a kid and being really excited. I think Chris and I made 200HK one year with all the red packets. Pretty exciting. For the Wee Care kids, the packets had little candies or chocolates, and we passed around the packets like Hot Potato. We (the staff, really) sang a New Year's song, Gong Xi Gong Xi (pronounced Gung She), and Josh found a version of it online. So for Chinese New Year, get some red packets, fill them with candy, and then pass them around while you sing this New Year's Song.
The original post of this song was found on mumsgather.blogspot.com and the PinYin had been posted on Tok3Tok4.blogspot.com.
Gong Xi Gong Xi
mei tiao da jie siao siang
mei geh ren di zhui lee
jien mien di yi ju hua
jiu si gong xi gong xi
gong xi gong xi gong xi ni ah
gong xi gong xi gong xi ni
dung tian yi dao jing tou
zhen shi hao di siao xi
wen nuan di chuen feng
jiu yao chui sing da di
gong xi gong xi gong xi ni ah
gong xi gong xi gong xi ni
hao hao bing xue rong jie
yan kan mei hua tu rei
man man chang yeh guo chu
ting dao yi shen ji ti
gong xi gong xi gong xi ni ah
gong xi gong xi gong xi ni
jing guo duo sao kuen nan
li jing duo sao muo lian
duo sao xin er pan wang
pan wang chuen de xiao xi
gong xi gong xi gong xi ni ah
gong xi gong xi gong xi ni
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