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[quote=WANHU,357977]I apologise for my late reply, Katrina.
There are three sub-festivals for the Hokkien Chinese in Malaysia namely i) New Year (the first day) where we have big dinner on its eve, ii) 9th day where they have special prayer (with sugar cane or pineapple), and iii) the closing of the celebration on the 15th.  Chap Goh in Hokkien (Minnan/Fujian) means 15.  For the special prayers on the 9th day, there are many stories behind it.  My later father used to relate to me about the story narrated from his father, that the Chinese at one time couldn't celebrate its New Year because they were at war with the Japanese.  They took refuge in the sugar cane plantation and if without consuming sugar cane they would have starved to death; and only after nine days they managed to come out.  Thus they have special prayer of thanking the Lord, with sugar cane.  Well it's just stories.  Some say it was on the 15th day of the new lunar calendar.  They light firecrackers the whole night until dawn.

On the 15th night, the children do play with lanterns we called tanglung.  (Anyway, there is a special month, in August 15 of the Chinese lunar calendar, we have tanglung festival).  Sometimes certain Hokkien consider the 15th as the Chinese Valentine, where young unmarried girls would toss the tangerine into the water.

Wan[/quote]

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