Google Chinese New Year 2007
The Lunar New Year, also celebrated by Koreans, Vietnamese, Mongolian, etc. for hundreds of years, is called Korean New Year, Vietnamese New Year, etc. by other peoples and known in Chinese as the Spring Festival or the Lunar New Year.
It is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays (The second most important one is the Moon Festival).
The festival proper begins on the first day of the first lunar month in the Chinese calendar and ends on the 15th; this day is called Lantern Festival. Lantern Festival is also known as the fifteenth night.
Google is well known for having Dennis Hwang create witty and colorful logos and today is no exception with their tribute to Chinese New Year 2007 - The year of the pig:
Celebrated internationally in areas with large populations of ethnic Chinese, Chinese New Year is considered a major holiday for the Chinese and has had a strong influence on the new year celebrations of its neighbors.
These include Koreans, Vietnamese, Miao (Chinese Hmong), Mongolians, Tibetans, the Nepalese and the Bhutanese.
Around Chinese New Year is also the time of the largest human migration, when overseas Chinese around the world travel home to have reunion dinners with their families on Chinese New Year’s eve.
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February 18th, 2007
It’s the year of the golden pig, actually, which explains the coloring of the second pig there, not to mention the high numbers of Chinese children planned to be born this year; supposedly babies born in the year of the Golden Pig will make mucho dinero (or should that be “mucho yuan”?) during their lives and couples plan their pregnancies to coincide with it.
I’m a born rat and I’m proud of it.
February 18th, 2007
Hey Luke. I am also born in the year of the Rat.
Some characteristics of the Rat according to the Chinese:
Smart, Magnetic, Well-liked, Affable, Quick-witted, Surreptitious, Selfish, Protective, Calculating.
Sounds about right, wouldn’t you agree?
February 18th, 2007
It sounds spot on.
Let’s see, you don’t look like you were born 24 years ahead of me, so I’m betting you were born only one year of the rat before me, or ‘72. Your birthday is in January though, or near the end of the Chinese year, so that would actually be ‘73.
February 18th, 2007
I sure look good for my age don’t you think? :)
February 18th, 2007
[...] (Even Google has a logo for Chinese New Year.) [...]
February 19th, 2007
Happy Chinese New Year!
I’m a Wood Horse:
“Like other Animal Signs, wood gives this Horse stability and strength. These Horses don’t have such a hard time making decisions that other Horses do. Their ability to stick to their guns makes them a bit more predictable than other Horses. They are better equipped to maintain a disciplined approach to their lives and the lives of those they are associated with. They have no problem working with other people and to a point, Wood Horses will stick to their scheduled tasks more readily than other Animal Signs, or even other elemental Horse signs. Because of their ability to easily adapt and work with other people they are successful in their professional and personal lives. Still, don’t try to tell a Wood Horse what to do unless you are his superior. Otherwise, he will simply gawk at your attempt to boss him around.”
Basic Horse characteristics:
Self-reliant, Joyful, Outgoing, Sophisticated, Greedy, Resilient, Arrogant ;)
February 20th, 2007
I agree to that bit on rats. lol