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Chinese New year
Topic Started: Jan 28 2006, 01:34 AM (579 Views)
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I was wondering since CHinese New year is nearing I wanted to know who celebrates it? I definately do since im viet and stuff. And every year we get,... MONEY! Well I'll try to explain it a little bit as well as my teacher did a few years ago to ppl who dont know that it is. Though im bad at explainin. Anyways like most of you know every year contains 365 days and we follow the time of the sun. In the chinese calendar they follow the rotation of the moon. Also known as Lunar Year. Whichmeans Moon Year. There is also 12 animals that represent every 12 years. Legend says that there was a arguement of the animals over which one was declared 1st 2nd, 3rd so on so forth order. So the "Gods" Declared there should be a race and whichever Animal swims cross the river bank is declared well the number that they made it to the bank. The others I forgot how they got to where they were but... The ox was swimming but then the rat snuck up and was on the ox's back during the whole swim. While the ox was near the bank the rat quickly jumped off and was declared first. Obviously ox was declared second. And rest u can search up on... And yeah. ANy questions for ppl who dont get it? And so... anyone celebrate it?
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I don't celebrate it, but my Chinese friend does. I suppose we'll be out that night for the sake of my friend since she celebrated our new year with us, but it doesn't mean much to the rest of us.
I was born in '84 so I'm one of the rats :P I got there first.
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Lei see is great.
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I personally don't celebrate it, but I do know people who'd use it as an excuse to have a party.
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Auron89
January 31, 2006 01:15 AM
I personally don't celebrate it, but I do know people who'd use it as an excuse to have a party.

LMFAO! Thats kinda sad

I don't celebrate it but i don't use it for an excuse for a party either, i have no friends who celebrate it either, i guess it's just not popular with Kiwi's
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I find it to be a weird superstition. Gods and races....weird.
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I don't celebrate it, but the Chinese New Year was on my birthday (jan 29). I didn't notice that till yesterday...
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teen prodigy
January 31, 2006 01:21 AM
I find it to be a weird superstition. Gods and races....weird.

Do you celebrate Christmas or Easter?
Solstices?
Columbus day?
Etc?
Same deal, different stories.

Anyway, I'm not sure I know anyone who celebrates it, except I think Mercury does. :unsure:
I will after I move though, since there's apparently a Chinese family living next door or nearby, who came over to my future house to offer my friend freshly homemade potstickers and fortune cookies during their celebration. :drool:
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IT'S the year of the DOG at LAST!!! <---Ramdom post
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Both my parents are in dog years...1946....
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PhranK
January 31, 2006 06:16 PM
teen prodigy
January 31, 2006 01:21 AM
I find it to be a weird superstition. Gods and races....weird.

Do you celebrate Christmas or Easter?
Solstices?
Columbus day?
Etc?
Same deal, different stories.

Anyway, I'm not sure I know anyone who celebrates it, except I think Mercury does. :unsure:
I will after I move though, since there's apparently a Chinese family living next door or nearby, who came over to my future house to offer my friend freshly homemade potstickers and fortune cookies during their celebration. :drool:

Nope. I don't celebrate any of those either.
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PhranK
January 31, 2006 11:16 PM
I will after I move though, since there's apparently a Chinese family living next door or nearby, who came over to my future house to offer my friend freshly homemade potstickers and fortune cookies during their celebration.  :drool:

Lucky. <_<
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teen prodigy
February 1, 2006 12:18 AM
Nope. I don't celebrate any of those either.

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Halloween? :/
Surely you celebrate some things?
Life would be pretty boring without celebrations.
And when else but Halloween and Easter can you justify eating rediculous amounts of chocolate?

Anyway, yeah, I'm looking forward to next year and a chance for nice, warm potstickers.
I missed the parade and festival here this year.
They close the streets off downtown and put up banners and lanterns and things and have dancers and all sorts of stuff.
Used to be my job (volunteer) to hang up all the banners around town, which took most of a day.
I need to stop volunteering for so many things. :lol: :logik:
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