Comments on: Happy Chinese Lunar New Year

By: sjpx

sjpx — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:57:33 +0000

I read that 2007 is called the year Of the Pig, but here it is called the Dog Year. What is correct?

By: Pie and Coffee » Happy Chinese New Year

Pie and Coffee » Happy Chinese New Year — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 15:27:47 +0000

[...] Global Voices has a good Chinese New Year wrapup. [...]

By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » The Year of the Dog Comes to the Rest of East Asia

Mon, 30 Jan 2006 02:49:38 +0000

[...] Blogs all around East and Southeast Asia have gone grey this past weekend as many, particularly those in the overseas Chinese community, celebrate the Lunar New Year. As part of Global Voices Online’s continuing celebration of the arrival of the Year of the Dog, here’s a quick sampling of celebratory posts around the Asian region, outside China, Vietnam and Malaysia: [...]

By: Peta de Aztlan

Peta de Aztlan — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 22:26:33 +0000

Happy Chinese New Year of the Dog! I for one appreciate your sharing and educating all of us who check out Global Voices.I was always impressed by the idea that the Chinese calendar is so much older than the Western calendar. I know the Chinese are a fine ancient people who have given much to the world in many ways: from paper to gunpowder and beyond. My best friend next door was a young Chinese Brother named Bic who helped to spur me to reading and studying. I grew to appreciate Chinese culture in general. Later, this made me open to reading Chairman Mao!

By: Fons Tuinstra

Fons Tuinstra — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 17:41:46 +0000

I just walked into a supermarket in Brussels: they had all their staff dressed up like Chinese (like the pre-liberation ones). Very strange.

By: EthnicLoft » It’s the Dog’s Year in China

EthnicLoft » It’s the Dog’s Year in China — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 16:48:48 +0000

[...] It is the Dog’s year in China. “Today is the Chinese Lunar New Year’s eve, which is regarded as the most important festival in China and mark the beginning of a year with warm spring coming, so it’s also called Spring Festival” according to Frank Dai over at Global Voices Online. [...]