I browsed a bit about this year Chinese new year. In one sentence, the Chinese New Year is the second New Moon after the winter solstice. New moons occur when the Moon is between the Earth and Sun. The new moon reaches its highest altitude at noon. If u wondering when is the new moon scheduled, see this site. Itungannya bnr complex abis! This year's new moon time is at 06:28 on 9-Feb-05 in China time zone. However, the new moon time is at 14:28 of 8-Feb-05 in the US Pacific Standard Time and also at 17:28 of 8-Feb-05 in the US Eastern Standard Time, so the Chinese New Year day is on February 8th, 2005 for USA time zones.
There are three ways to name a Chinese year:
1. By an animal (like a mascot). The new year is known as the Year of the Rooster. Many web sites say 2005 is a Chinese Rooster Year. Actually, 2005 is a Green Female Chicken (Hen) Year, because there is no male chicken year in the Chinese calendar (gada male chicken? ada2 aja). There are 12 animal names; so by this system, year names are re-cycled every 12 years.
2. By its Former Name. The new year is the year of Yiyou. By this system, the Name of the Year is repeated and re-cycled every 60 years.
3. It is Year 4702 by Chinese calendar.
Weew, learning new things everyday.
As for me.. what do I have in plan 4today? Makaaan!
Rencana si 2nite rame2 ke ChinaTown gitu looking for that Chinese New Year "feeling" on the air (and tummy!).. Hehehe.
Again, Qhung Xie for all celebrating Chinese NuYear.. Wan Shi Ru Yi..
Xin Nian Kuai Le..!! (Apa sih nih artinya gw copy dari Frenster temen gw
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Kalo makan2 enak inget2 gw yaaa
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