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The God of Fortune The 5th lunar day of Chinese New Year is the Welcome Day for the God of Wealth. Its presence confers fabulous luck and is considered a very auspicious symbol. According to the legend,the 5th day of the Chinese New Year is the day to welcome the God of Fortune to everyone’s home,or to welcome the God of Fortune to “return”,because he has gone to heaven to report about how the family was doing before New Year’s Eve. On the 5th day,he returns from heaven to the family to keep bringing more fortune to the family. That’s why people donot sweep the floor during New Year as they fear they might sweep away the visiting god of fortune and fortune itself. God of fortune is always seen carrying a pile of gold ingots to bestow upon those who see him. How to celebrate on this day? Many families worship the God of Wealth in the early morning. After the ceremony, people explode firecrackers to invite the God of Wealth to enter the house. Thats why we can keep continuously hearing the sparsely sound of firecrackers in the morning. Many stores open on this day after Chinese New Year holiday. Some religious store owners put a table in the front of companys main entry. They prepare fruit, flower, candy, tea, candles and animal sacrifices on the table to worship the God of Wealth. Some even invite the lion dance team to celebrate the opening ceremony. Other kinds of Gods of fortune. God of Fortune through Careers and Work God of Fortune through Lotteries(made up of 5 brothers) God of Fortune who was a scholar God of Fortune who was a sodier-GuanYu The Silk Road It linked the Roman Empire in the West with the imperial court of China in the East. Three major routes The Silk Road not only for items and goods being transported from east to west and vice versa,but also as a door for foreign ideas,religions,culture,knowlegle and arts. The German scholar,Barom Ferdinand von Richthofen named the route—the Silk Road. The rise of the silk road The