Giddy Up! It's The Year Of The Horse
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On Friday, January 31st, 2014, more than a billion people of Chinese origin will usher in the first day of the year 4712. Known as the Lunar New Year or Spring Festival, it marks the beginning of the longest and most significant of all Chinese festivals. As the name indicates, the four-thousand-year-old tradition whose date is determined by the lunar calendar, began as a way to mark the end of the dreary winter season and the beginning of spring.
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stampylongnose12년 이하If you think about time it really is a mystery... Wow. I've been watching too much 'Doctor Who'
susie12년 이하lol!!
pipermc1112년 이하Awesome!
gap43012년 이하I was born the year of the sheep. which is 2003. Which animal is your year?
- Mr.ManPerson12년 이하Wow! I cannot believe that there is a calendar that started 4,000 years ago and still exists today.
- Princeton#1girl12년 이하When I go to a Chinese restaurant called China Star, they have the same calendar under the picture of the food. Except they use it as a place mat for every table.
- anonymous12년 이하i luv horses... best animal of the year EVER!!!
mintshine12년 이하I was born in the year of the horse! except I have the traits of the snake… weird.
- gap43012년 이하wow
doctorwho12년 이하this is interesting- awesome300012년 이하first to comment