Sunday 14 February 2010

the Golden Year...

Chinese New Year starts with the New Moon on the first day of the new year and ends on the full moon 15 days later. The 15th day of the new year is called the Lantern Festival, which is celebrated at night with lantern displays and children carrying lanterns in a parade. The Chinese calendar is based on a combination of lunar and solar movements. The lunar cycle is about 29.5 days. In order to "catch up" with the solar calendar the Chinese insert an extra month once every few years (seven years out of a 19-yearcycle). This is the same as adding an extra day on leap year. This is why, according to the solar calendar, the Chinese New Year falls on a different date each year.
New Year's Eve and New Year's Day are celebrated as a family affair, a time of reunion and thanksgiving. The celebration was traditionally highlighted with a religious ceremony given in honor of Heaven and Earth, the gods of the household and the family ancestors. The sacrifice to the ancestors, the most vital of all the rituals, united the living members with those who had passed away. Departed relatives are remembered with great respect because they were responsible for laying the foundations for the fortune and glory of the family. Happy New Year to Everyone!

9 comments:

Suruyevsky. said...

Happy New Year !!!
Happy Year of Tiger.
Greetings from Mandrilland.-

★ Crazy Drile™ said...

Happy New Year Suruyevsky...take a look in the second video here...Obama Chinese New Year Greetings and wishes ! enjoy

Greetings in Mandriland

Susanne said...

Happy New Year Crazy Drile!
great video ...best wishes for lunar new year & Obama !

XOX

Susanne said...

Awesome photo with the tiger as a background...powerful feeling;)

gabriela said...

Thanks a lot and...

Happy New Year!!! for you too.

The las part of your report is the best...the Respect and honor for the ancestors.

Really beautiful.

Cheers Crazy Drile. greetings from LA

★ Crazy Drile™ said...

Happy New Year Gabriela, I´m glad that you enjoy this chapter and the meaning as well

best wishes for this New Year...peace, love and prosperity

Greetings from Downunder

★ Crazy Drile™ said...

Best wishes for you too Susanne; really amazing the video of Obama, you can see that the world is changing very fast and silent...

greetins back in Germany

★ Crazy Drile™ said...

...the picture with the Tiger as a backgroung was taked in the Chinese temple in Bangkok, Thailand

Cheers!!

★ Crazy Drile™ said...

...the picture with the Tiger as a backgroung was taked in the Chinese temple in Bangkok, Thailand

Cheers!!