Happy Chinese New Year
Saturday, January 28, 2017 is Chinese New Year. Since it is celebrated by many Southeast Asian Countries, it is also referred to as Lunar New Year.
According to the Lunar Calendar, there are 12 Chinese Zodiac signs. Each sign is represented by an animal. 2017 is the year of Rooster. Some Chinese, especially the older generation, believe in the Zodiac and look for what the year will bring to their lives.
Dragon Dances in Hong Kong visited businesses wishing them prosperous!
I visited my family in Hong Kong during one of the Chinese New Year.
The Current Gregorian calendar is the internationally accepted civil calendar that was first adopted in 1582. The Gregorian calendar adds one leap day on February 29 every four years.
The Chinese calendar uses the phases of the moon to determine its months and days of the month. The first day of the month is always the new moon; the 15th day of the month is always the full moon.
https://stardate.org/nightsky/moon
There are 29 days or 30 days in a lunar month. This would mean a 12-month year would have 354 days. As a result, to keep months and holidays in line with the seasons, the Chinese calendar requires a “leap month” to be inserted about every two or three years.
Between the 11th month of this Chinese calendar year to the 11th month of following year, if there is 13 moon phases, a leap month will be added. The leap month do not fall on the same month each appearance. It is added when there is a 13 moon phases. The name of the leap month is the same name as the prior month.
http://heredg.com/2014/01/whats-deal-chinese-leap-month
Great info and lovely pictures! Thank you for sharing, Miriam!
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I’m glad you like it. Thank you.
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Gong hei fat choy from Leicester square: https://tootinghustle.wordpress.com/2017/01/29/gong-hei-fat-choy/
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Thank you, same to you!
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Happy New Year Miriam! I attended a New Year’s Celebration back home and it was awesome. Wonderful post and very imformative.
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Thank you! It’s always good to go home! It’s about time for me to visit my siblings back home. Hopefully it won’t be a long time away!
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What a wonderful post. Ive always been fascinated by Chinese New Year.
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I’m glad you like it!
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It was a very nice post.
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Thank you a whole bunch!
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Happy New Year, Miriam! This is fascinating! ❤
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Thank you, hav a fantastic year. I added some more info to the post after one blogger friend asked a question. I like the interaction, feedback, comment, and I would edit my post to reflect that!
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Fantastic explanation!
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Thank you!
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Happy Chinese New Year ! Have a great year ahead!
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Thank you, same to you!
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Thank you 😊
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You’re welcome.
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Happy Chinese New Year as well! 🙂
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Thank you. Have a good year ahead!
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I follow the Lunar calendar, so I thought it was really nice that you had information about it. Happy Chinese New Year to you. Sorry, I’m late in dating that.
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*saying
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I’m retired, but running an after school care for Chinese kids. I had to give them Lucky Money envelopes, that’s only reason I kept track. We don’t do anything at home.
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Happy New Year! I learned that I am a rabbit and my husband a tiger but I roar more loudly than he does 😄 The personality traits are accurate though.
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Oh wow, he is a gentle tiger then. He must like strong woman!!
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I was quiet and shy when he met me 😄
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His gentleness encouraged you to be yourself!
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Happy New Year! This reminds me that as well as seeing Chinese New Year celebrated in London a couple of times, I have also seen it celebrated in Calcutta, where there is still a fair-sized Chinese population.
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Yes, most of the Chinese try to cluster together for language comfort. When I visited London, my girlfriend who lives there took me to Chinatown, just for a photo because we had other plans. I’m a little far away from the Chinatown here in southern CA, but close enough to drive there.
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I’m a rooster 😳 loved this post, I learned loads thank you 🌹
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Oh, my other resource says Rooster this year is strong – have a good year!
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I will do my best, thanks 😉
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You’re welcome!
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Interesting. Thanks for sharing Miriam. And happy new year to you.
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Thank you, Miriam. Good year ahead to you!
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And to you too.
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Thanks!
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Happy New Year!
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Thank you Dahlia!!
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Happy New Year, Miriam! Very interesting post–I especially loved learning that I was born in the Year of the Dragon–powerful!
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Wow, dragon – yes, very powerful!
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🙂
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Happy Chinese New Year, Miriam! I love you!
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Oh thank you Debbie. I love you too! Hope you have a nice weekend!
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❤ ❤
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Such an excellent explanation of the Chinese calendar. And I love the photo of you celebrating in Hong Kong with your family a while back!
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That was a celebration of Chinese New Year and also celebrated my mom’s Home going!!
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What a wonderful opportunity to celebrate!
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Yes. We were happy to see mom going HOME. She had a heart failure!
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Oh! That sounds scary!
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I was in the middle of a meeting when I got the call, couldn’t hold back my tears. I couldn’t do my share to take care of her but my sibling did a good job.
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I’m so sorry. That is awful.
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In a sense. It was expected!
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Oh wow I didn’t know all of that.
An educational post. Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you for reading. I’m glad the occasion lands it to the opportunity to share!
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Gong Xi Fa Cai
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Oh, that’s mandarin! 恭喜發財! 新年快樂!
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Great information. Happy Chinese Year to you.
I am hosting a blog party right now on my blog and you are invited.
Here’s the link https://acookingpotandtwistedtales.com/2017/01/28/yay-its-party-time-come-right-in/
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Yes, I just saw that Brenda reblog your party. I’m coming right over, yea…..
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Ok, don’t let this get any further, but I’m a dog!😂
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Look at the characteristics of a dog. It must be good!
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Great post and wonderful photos! Happy Chinese New Year to you! 😀
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Thank you very much!!
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Very much welcome! 😀
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My pleassure!
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Happy Chinese new year! ☺
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Thank you very much!
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Enjoyed the photos, thank you for sharing!
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You’re welcome. I added some info about how the months and days work in the Chinese calendar to alighn with the modern calendar, if you’re interested.
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I am, thanks!
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This comment went to spam! Mmmm. Thank you for your Thanks!
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Happy Chinese New Year! 🙂
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Thank you so much!
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Happy new year, Miriam. May the year of the Rooster be auspicious and prosperous for you and your family! 😉 xoM
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Yes, thank you! This year, the rooster is a strong rooster!
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Beautiful photos and Happy New Year! My husband was born in the year of the Rooster. I in the year of the snake. Does that show compatibility I wonder?
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I don’t go by that to consider the compatibility. So if you want to know, I have to do some research. I added one section to explain the months and days in Chinese calendar because one blogger would like to know!
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I know some of it, and no that in the zodiac that I use sometimes, Capricorns (which is my husband) and Leos (which I am) are compatible. Or so I remember. We are completely polar opposites. And they say opposites attract….very nice post.
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Thank you! Good to know that you and your hubby are compatible… Happy love life!
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I hope to continue as such! I really enjoy your blog.
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I’m doing my best everyday. Have your support motivates me!
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I’ve always wondered how or why the Chinese calendar starts on a different day, and how else it differs from the rest of us. Is it still 365 days? And what’s the history behind it?
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Hi Alexis, I added one section to this post to describe the months and days of the Chinese calendar. I hope it is clear. If it’s not, let me know and I would do some editing.
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For meee??? Awww! I’m flattered. Thank you. That explains it perfectly.
I now believe all werewolves would be better off using the Lunar Calendar, and now I understand how it got its name. Haha.
Thanks again!
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This month, January 11, 2017, the full moon is a wolf moon. You’re right on the target!!!!!!!
https://theshowersofblessing.wordpress.com/2017/01/14/weekly-photo-challenge-ambience-full-moon/
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Awesome! I feel a Chinese werewolf short story stirring in my mind haha.
How do they name days by the way? What format do they use?
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By the numbers. Month #1, #2… Days: similar ways…
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Interesting! I thought maybe the months would have other names. Thanks for taking the time to explain. 🙂
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No problem! I wanted to write a post about lunar calendar but didn’t. Thank you for the motivation for me to add that to part of my post!
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