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The Miss Chinatown USA Pageant, at the Palace of Fine Arts, is but one highlight of San Francisco's
Chinese New Year festivities. Some take it as reminders others take it as omens and charms. Never
give four of anything as four is considered unlucky. Some take it as reminders others take it as
omens and charms. Chinese Red EnvelopeThe red envelope is a traditional gift in Chinese plus some
other Asian cultures.
In 2004, "Ye Jianqing Painting Show" located in Singapore. The parade still welcomes a variety of
other groups to participate within the march, yet still hopes to educate, enrich and entertain its
audience using the colorful pageantry of Chinese culture and tradition. Everything moral and
spiritual was suddenly uprooted from people's lives--temples and buddhas were destroyed. Various
countries based on their characteristics of the Intangible Cultural Heritage self-declaration, China
declared the projects are meant to protect China's intangible cultural heritage.