It's February, and let's face it, by now, almost all of us have already broken our New Year's resolutions. However, we do have a chance to start over, since this coming Sunday, February 18, 2007 is the beginning of the new lunar year. Year 4704 is the Year of the Pig.
Everyone knows it's the Year of the Pig, but did you also know that it's the year of the golden pig? The Pig (sometimes referred to as "boar") is a symbol of sincerity, honesty, and patience -- an all around "nice" person. We won't go into all the deep details behind Chinese astrology, but we will say that because the year of the Golden Pig only comes every 600 years, it's pretty special -- we're talking about the difference between plain old pork and Nueske bacon! People are expecting prosperity in Year 4704, and anyone born this year is sure to be wealthy in the future.
There are a lot of traditions associated with Chinese New Year, and so many of them have to do with food! Between now and the first day of the new year, expect a few posts, aside from the ones we've already started, to celebrate the new year. Gung Hay Fat Choy!
2-17-2007 @7:26AM Ed said... Sarah - sorry to disappoint people but it's actually the year of the Fire Pig. The Golden Pig schtick is just a marketing ploy - that year is still some way off.
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2-17-2007 @11:53AM Alexis said... re: ed: and to top that off, all I can tell is that its on a 60 year cycle, not some 600 year cycle (says everything I found on wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_astrology#Cycles ) ... and it seems the wiki article for pig was changed recently... hurray for wikiality
anywho, the discussion says any year of pig fire is a golden year of said pig, but I don't know. Ed is correct though, it IS a year of fire Pigs (think BBQ Pork)
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