Monday, January 26, 2009

Gong Xi Fa Cai



Jan. 26 ushers in the Chinese Lunar New Year, beginning with the new moon and ending 15 days later with the full moon. According to the 12-year animal cycle, we are entering the Year of the Ox. In Vietnam Tet celebrated the Lunar New Year with the same 12 year cycle as the Chinese and the same animal symbols. Some of the most deadly periods of the Vietnam War were during the "tet offensives".
This is year 4707 which means the Chinese have been celebrating the Lunar New Year over two and half millennium before Christ. So, "Gong Xi Fa Cai" which translates as "wishing you to be prosperous in the coming year."

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