Spring Festival
! (Nee Gwuh in Haowen!) Happiness, health and prosperity to each of you throughout the year of the pig. On the Chinese calendar, 2007 is the year 4704-4705 and the celebrations of Lunar New Year begins February 18.
Spring Festival, also known as Chinese New Year is the biggest holiday in China. It has the same, if not more, important as Christmas in Western countries. Traditional Spring Festival is synonymous with good fortune and happiness, contribute more than 15 days, special foods and activities, for, dear memories for life. temple fairs, dragon and lion dancing, fireworks equals a war zone, its proportions and light, ran on stilts, acrobatic shows and carnivals lanterns are everywhere. Images of the god of gates and wealth, Chinese calligraphy with black characters on red paper, red and light silhouettes adorn the houses and add the atmosphere of good humor.
The celebration of the Spring Festival are the most delicious meals of the year. Dishes such as chicken, fish and tofu are the favorites, their meanings or JEE, and foo doh yiew means good fortune, abundance and prosperity. Jee-AOW ZIH (Chinese dumplings), born-in gaow (New Year cake) and tahng yiew-in (a sort of round ball of glutinous rice flour and sweet fillings are served in soup) are also special dishes season.
After dinner, play cards or board games for family, or watching TV programs highlighting the holiday. The New Year’s Day itself, the ancient custom of Hong Baow (ie red packet) takes place. Children and unmarried adults are red envelopes with money, which symbolizes luck and wealth data. Hong Baow, families say greetings from door to door, first their parents and their neighbors. As the West: the past is the past around the Chinese New Year, grudges are put aside.
The end of the year is the Lantern Festival, a celebration with singing, dancing and lantern shows, and yes, is more marked fireworks. Traditional Chinese lanterns parents for their children ready to take to school in the early days of the new year. It symbolizes the hope that children have a bright future. Another tradition is interesting is the posting of puzzles called Lantern riddle. They are written on a piece of paper and lanterns or walls, and everyone, the solution of the riddle was awarded a prize.
Born in the Year of the Pig
If you were born in 1923, 1935, 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983 or 1995, you are born under the sign of the pig. known as pork, you are for your chivalry and pureness of heart is, and you often make friends for life. People of the Year of the Pig to be calm and firm in all things born and warm to others. Competent and persistent as they are, they will spare no effort to perform a task. According to the Chinese zodiac, pigs can overcome all obstacles and setbacks in 2007, so expect a year of success, both personally and professionally.
Famous people born in the Year of the Pig include Lucille Ball, Humphrey Bogart, Thomas Jefferson, Mahalia Jackson, David Letterman, and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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