CelebRABBITions: Happy Chinese New Year!
Posted: February 3rd, 2011 | Author: LumDimSum | Filed under: A Day In My Life, Food For Thought, Personal | Tags: Chinese New Year, holiday | 1 Comment »
After a passionate year of the Tiger, I welcome the tranquil, considerate and wise characteristics of the Rabbit year. This Thursday, February 3 brings the beginning of a new lunar year or Spring Festival, the most important of traditional Chinese holidays.
For those who are unfamiliar with Chinese New Year customs, the Chinese New Year is celebrated quite differently than New Years Celebrations in Western cultures. It’s celebrated a different day for starters and rather than focusing on glamorous, sparkly parties and scrambling to find someone to kiss at midnight, the Chinese New Year is a time for family. Why does Beijing become a desolate ghost-town overnight? Because everyone is rushing back to their home town to spend the new year with their families. It’s a cherished time spent indoors with home-cooking, stuffing your face with copious amounts of jiaozi and let’s not forget the endless drum of fireworks and firecrackers…nonstop…for a week.
This year in particular is the year of the rabbit, an animal both adored and loved, symbolizing mercy, elegance, and worship of beauty. This is a year to catch your breath and calm your nerves.
“The year of the rabbit is a time for negotiation. Don’t try to force issues, because if you do you will ultimately fail. To gain the greatest benefits from this time, focus on home, family, security, diplomacy, and your relationships with women and children. Make it a goal to create a safe, peaceful lifestyle, so you will be able to calmly deal with any problem that may arise.” – Chinese Zodiac
This light-hearted image is is devoted to all things funny, bunny, hilariously hare-brained, or perhaps just a bit rambunctiously rabbit .
*Courtesy of my brilliantly creative friend Jennie Glorey.
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