SM North EDSA Opens Up Chinese New Year With Chan Lim Exhibit!

The Lunar New Year is upon us this 2017 with the year of the Fire Rooster and it is also a great time to look into Chinese culture and the colorful traditions that are celebrated and passed on to many generations. One of these is visual art through Chinese painting. 

The name that comes in mind with this art here in the Philippines is the Chan Lin Family which have gone a long way with their art and even opening their school to students who are interested in the art which has its own techniques and charm to its audience. With the patriarch, Jose Chan Lim celebrating his 80th year, it marks a milestone not only for the family but also for the larger family of artist.

Duterte is “strong & fiery leader”, Feng Shui expert Marites Allen said at Pandesal Forum of Kamuning Bakery Cafe

President Rody Duterte is a strong and fiery leader due to his fire sign, that the good fortune of a leader benefits the whole nation and that a leader should be given support by the people, feng shui expert Marites Allen said at the Pandesal Forum of 78-year-old, artisanal Kamuning Bakery Café in Quezon City. She advised President Duterte to be extra careful and rest more in the month of March this new year,m because this is the bad month for people like him born in the year of the rooster.

Marites Allen urged people to not only adopt new year’s resolutions for the Chinese Lunar New Year starting on January 28, but to try to forsake things such as giving up old habits and even old things in one’s wardrobe or homes. She said the Lunar New Year is celebrated by many Asians worldwide as an annual period for renewal, for new plans, new positive attitude. She reminded people that the ancient Chinese tradition of spring cleaning should be done days before New Year’s Day or only up to January 27 new year’s eve, but that there shouldn’t be any cleaning done on the very first day of the new year.