Chinese New Year

Eve wrote:I married a PIG and it seems to be a good combo. :hehe:

No need to insult his personal habits, Evie. :beaten:

bmwracer wrote: Unless they already factor in the 15% for a large party. :shakehead:

Down here it is usually !8%. :sweat:

So rude when the service isnt up to snuff.

I'd love to eat a nice CHinese meal right now though. :mrgreen:

Eve wrote:So rude when the service isnt up to snuff.

It was way below snuff... Subterranean. :bleh:

bmwracer wrote:
No need to insult his personal habits, Evie. :beaten:

Just on the forum, Beem. ;)

Happy New Year!

It's my brother's year this year. Hope all goes well for him. :woot: :fingerscrossed:

To all chinese, HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR . Kong xi fa cai. May all of you life in wealthy and healthy .

We already have a Chinese New Year thread:http://jdorama.com/viewpost.865145.htm#865145

Oops double post. :beaten:

Chinese New Year in Kobe:http://kobe-mari.maxs.jp/kobe/nankin_syunsetsu.htm

gaijinmark wrote:We already have a Chinese New Year thread:http://jdorama.com/viewpost.865145.htm#865145

Merged.

gaijinmark wrote:Chinese New Year in Kobe:http://kobe-mari.maxs.jp/kobe/nankin_syunsetsu.htm

I'm rather surprised that they celebrate Chinese New Year in Japan...

It's Lunar New Year really, Japan just happens to share the same calendar as China, and China has the most people, so that's probably why it's called Chinese New Year.

And one legend says Japanese originated from China, but who really knows...

xploring wrote:And one legend says Japanese originated from China, but who really knows...

Well the kanji characters definitely originated from China. :)

True. But the Japanese expanded upon the characters :)
Both amazing countries, though... love both of 'em!

xploring wrote:It's Lunar New Year really, Japan just happens to share the same calendar as China, and China has the most people, so that's probably why it's called Chinese New Year.

Korea also celebrates the Lunar New Year.
Is it called "Chinese New Year" in most English speaking countries? I thought it was just an American thing.
In any case, Happy New Year. It's the year of the rabbit, any one watch Moteki? :mrgreen:

Jav_sol wrote:Is it called "Chinese New Year" in most English speaking countries? I thought it was just an American thing.

Actually, it's a Chinese thing. :mrgreen:

In any case, Happy New Year. It's the year of the rabbit, any one watch Moteki? :mrgreen:

Yup, it's Wabbit Season.

No, it's Duck Season.

No, Wabbit Season. :beaten:

happy Chinese New Year ... the Year if the Rabbit ...Thats a good thing right :woot: :mrgreen:

I just celebrated Setsubun at a local Buddhist temple.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setsubun
Kind of fun. :mrgreen: