Lunar New Year
It doesn't just belong to the Chinese
Nor is it just "politically correct." Read about it in English and/or Chinese.
Happy Lunar New Year! And 萬事如意! [=van.su_ru.yi! / wàn shì rú yì! Best of luck in all things!]
UPDATE:
Being in a bit of a rush to begin my vacation, I missed these links (all are presented in both English and Mandarin):
* How the people of Vietnam celebrate Lunar New Year
* How the people of South Korea celebrate Lunar New Year
* How the people of Singapore celebrate Lunar New Year
* How the people of Malaysia celebrate Lunar New Year
Terrestrial objects: Taiwan, 台灣, China, 中國, Lunar New Year, 農曆新年
Cross-posted at It's Not Democracy, It's A Conspiracy!
posted Sunday, February 18, 2007 @ 1:19 AM by Tim Maddog
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Heads up - you linked to the wrong Johnny Neihu article.
Calling it a lunar new year instead of the Chinese New Year isn't just politically correct. It's also ethno-centric and inaccurate. Does Johnny really think that the Chinese are the only civilization that ever came up with a lunar calendar or celebrates holidays based upon it? Maybe he's never heard of any holidays based on any other lunar calendars such as oh... EASTER!!?
A "lunar calendar" could refer to any one of many different callendars. We call it Chinese New Year, because it's the one that Chinese people all over the world celebrate.
yay! I totally agree with you! This is why i have refrained from saying "Chinese New Year" and said Happy lunar New year to all that I meet.
It's not Chinese New year, because actually Koreans and Japanese people also celebrate the Lunar New year!
Thanks for that, Maoman. I've fixed the link.
Mark, calling it "Chinese New Year" sounds a whole lot more ethnocentric to me than calling it "New Year for All People Who Use the Lunar Calendar," (or "Lunar New Year" for short).
Tim Maddog
we think chinese just call it chinese new year and vietnamese just call it vietnamese new year - what ethonocentric or inaccurate???and since every body come from the Peking Man most people and things are chinese before they become something else - an emperor sent shiploads of boys & girls to populate the islands that become the japanese and taiwan was attached to the mainland before it drift away into the ocean - just some historical, anthropological, geological facts
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