Red package红包

Chinese New Year华人新年（农历）

2013

I wish you 愿你• A very prosperous New Year 一个大肥年，恭喜发财• A very lucky year 宏运当头• Be blessed with lots of money 财源广进• Blessings be as vast as an ocean 福如东

海• A long life 夀比南山• Successful in your study, your business

… 新年进步 , 万事如意 , 生意兴隆• Good health 身体健康

• In summary, the new year greetings are all about more money, wealth, better education, success in business, better health & peace and so on.恭喜的话都是有关发财，好生意，事业，学业成功

• The focus is on wealth. Good health is important so that one can enjoy the benefit of the wealth… 有了钱，还要有健康的身体才能享受

Blessing

The word blessing 福 is consist of two parts福由两个部份所组成 :

1. Property, wealth, money ，一口田

2. God

Money is so important. Good education will bring about money. So study hard! 金钱很重要，教育能够带来金钱。所以努力读书。Besides wealth, we must acknowledge God being the maker of all things & the Judge of all Man. 除了财富，我们应该要认识那位创造万物，审判万人的神。

Upside down

• All blessings come from heaven. 福气从天而降，天指创造天地万物的神

• Heaven refers to the most high God. 老天爷就是那位创造天地万物的之高的神

Many expressions不同的词句，看出相信有神• Heavenly God, pour down your

blessings!• Heavenly God, open your eyes,

look at our situation down here!• 老天爷赐福，老天爷开眼

• This Creator God is the one created the first man and the first woman. The Chinese word for good is 好 which is the combination of a man 子 & a woman 女。 Surely, our ancestors knew the most high God. 这位创造主就是创造第一个男人和女人的主。 中文‘好’字就是由一个男和女组成的。在文字上我认为我们的祖先认识上帝。

• Today there are more than 50 millions of Christians in China. 今天在中国就有超过 5 千万个基督徒。

There is a God有一位神

• The most high God is Jesus Christ. 上帝就是耶稣基督

• He came to earth 2000 years ago to look for us & to open a way to heaven. 祂两千年前来到世上为世人开启通往天堂的道路。

• He loves us so much that he came to pay for all our punishment so that we can be saved! 祂非常爱我们，祂为我们承担起一切過犯的惩罚，使到我们可以得赦免。

• Money is not all about life. We need money. But money can’t save us from death when we are facing imminent death. 金钱不是 生命的全部，我们需要金钱。但是当我们面对死亡的时候，金钱却不能救我们脱离死亡。

• My personal experience• 我个人的见证