祝学生和家长们新年快乐，万事如意！
The Centre will be closed from 9 February (Sat) to 12 February (Tue).
Lessons will resume on 13 February (Wed).
As it's the Chinese New Year, we would like to share with you the story of Chinese New Year. Below is an excerpt of the myth (extracted from Wikipedia):
According to tales and legends, the beginning of Chinese New Year started with the fight against a mythical beast called the Nian (Chinese: 年).
Nian would come on the first day of New Year to eat livestock, crops, and even villagers, especially children. To protect themselves, the villagers would put food in front of their doors at the beginning of every year. It was believed that after the Nian ate the food they prepared, it wouldn’t attack any more people. One time, people saw that the Nian was scared away by a little child wearing red. The villagers then understood that the Nian was afraid of the color red. Hence, every time when the New Year was about to come, the villagers would hang red lanterns and red spring scrolls on windows and doors. People also used firecrackers to frighten away the Nian. From then on, Nian never came to the village again. The Nian was eventually captured by Hongjun Laozu, an ancient Taoist priest. The Nian then became Hongjun Laozu's mount.
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