Lunar New Year?

[efil]

Hello fellow Ellen lovers ;)
Just wondering if anyone here celebrates Lunar New Year? It's this week and I'm stuck in Korea, with 5 days off so if anyone is in the area... or if anyone has time to kill and wants to chat... !! I'm Canadian (well, French Canadian) and I really miss home and speaking with people who understand me :o

[Humanafterall]

HAPPY Lunar NEW YEAR http://www.stargazing.net/david/moon/moonrise20050917/DSCN8205b600x600d1.jpg

[syndrome]

we kinda celebrate Chinese new year in my family... with all those luck charms and all...

[jjjoan]

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s30/jjjoan/happylunarnewyear2008.jpg

Happy lunar new year!:D and i know Ellen ( 26th Jan 1958) born in the year of Rooster!:D

[efil]

we kinda celebrate Chinese new year in my family... with all those luck charms and all...
do you eat the delicious rice cake too? oh... the rice cake...!!:disc_laugh:

[jjjoan]

do you eat the delicious rice cake too? oh... the rice cake...!!:disc_laugh:
hey efil! I'm Chinese so we also celebrate lunar new year. but i thinks in Korea their food is different from chinese's family!:p we have many other foods. but now i need to go get some flower maybe chat to u some other time.;)( i wish i have time! because 7th Fed is the new year day! so have to do last min. shopping!) wishing u have a nice holiday! :D
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s30/jjjoan/rat_CNY2008.jpg
Edit: i forgot red color to chinese is a happy and lucky color. But Korean don't like red color, that is a bad color to them.:o so i change a pic!:p

[maddog]

We call it chinese new year here in Australia, seems a bit unfair to me. So HAPPY NEW YEAR WHERE EVER YOU ARE AND WHEN EVER YOU CELEBRATE !!! :D
Love and peace :thumbup:;)http://www.findyourfate.com/chineseastro/images/dog.gifIm a dog, who woulda thought, lol

[jjjoan]

i just found that Portia birthday (31 Jan 1973) is the lunar year of rat! ( her birthday is two day b/f lunar new year!). and ellen lunar year birthday is the 7th days of the last month of the year of rooster.:D

[syndrome]

do you eat the delicious rice cake too? oh... the rice cake...!!:disc_laugh:

we dont have rice cakes... my family always had some sticky foods for a strong family bond they say. we had "tikoy" i dunno what is it in english. we also had 12 round fruits on the table when the new year approaches.. round or circles because it means money.

[syndrome]

kung hei fat choi!

[AnastasiaBeavrhausen]

Forgive me, and forgive my laziness for looking it up on my own, but for anyone else that doesn't know, what is a lunar new year? I'm interested in knowing...;)

[jjjoan]

Forgive me, and forgive my laziness for looking it up on my own, but for anyone else that doesn't know, what is a lunar new year? I'm interested in knowing...;)

Chinese New Year (simplified Chinese (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_character): 农 (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%86%9C)历 (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8E%86)新 (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%96%B0)年 (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B9%B4); traditional Chinese (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_character): 農 (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%BE%B2)曆 (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%9B%86)新 (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%96%B0)年 (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B9%B4); pinyin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinyin): Nónglì xīnnián; literally: "Agrarian Calendar New Year") or Spring Festival (simplified Chinese (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_character): 春 (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%98%A5)节 (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%8A%82); traditional Chinese (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_character): 春 (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%98%A5)節 (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%AF%80); pinyin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinyin): Chūnjié) is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_holidays). It is sometimes called the Lunar New Year (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_New_Year), especially by people outside China. It is an important holiday in East Asia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Asia). The festival traditionally begins on the first day of the first lunar month (Chinese (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language): 正月; pinyin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinyin): zhēng yuè) in the Chinese calendar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_calendar) and ends on the 15th; this day is called Lantern Festival (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lantern_Festival) (simplified Chinese (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_character): 元宵 (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%85%83%E5%AE%B5)节 (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%8A%82); traditional Chinese (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_character): 元宵 (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%85%83%E5%AE%B5)節 (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%AF%80); pinyin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinyin): yuánxiāojié).
Chinese New Year's Eve is known as Chúxī (除夕). Chu literally means "change" and xi means "Eve".
Celebrated in areas with large populations of ethnic Chinese (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_groups_in_China), Chinese New Year is considered a major holiday for the Chinese and has had a strong influence on the new year celebrations of its geographic neighbours, as well as cultures with whom the Chinese have had extensive interaction. These include Koreans (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koreans), Mongolians (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongolians), Nepalese (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal), Bhutanese (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhutan), Vietnamese (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_people), and formerly the Japanese (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_people) before 1873 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1873). In Singapore (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore), Indonesia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia), Malaysia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia), the Philippines (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines), Thailand (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand), and other countries with significant Chinese populations, Chinese New Year is also celebrated, largely by overseas Chinese (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overseas_Chinese), but it is not part of the traditional culture of these countries. In Canada (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada), although Chinese New Year is not an official holiday, many ethnic Chinese hold large celebrations and Canada Post (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Post) issues New Year's themed stamps in domestic and international rates.:D

[AnastasiaBeavrhausen]

WOW that is so freaking cool. I seriously thought it was something else... thanks for the info...

Happy Lunar New Year (if thats the right thing to say)!:o:o

[jjjoan]

oh yes Happy lunar new year! :D my place now the new year just arrive!

[misskitty]

Chinese New Year (simplified Chinese (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_character): 农 (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%86%9C)历 (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8E%86)新 (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%96%B0)年 (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B9%B4); traditional Chinese (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_character): 農 (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%BE%B2)曆 (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%9B%86)新 (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%96%B0)年 (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B9%B4); pinyin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinyin): Nónglì xīnnián; literally: "Agrarian Calendar New Year") or Spring Festival (simplified Chinese (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_character): 春 (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%98%A5)节 (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%8A%82); traditional Chinese (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_character): 春 (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%98%A5)節 (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%AF%80); pinyin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinyin): Chūnjié) is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_holidays). It is sometimes called the Lunar New Year (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_New_Year), especially by people outside China. It is an important holiday in East Asia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Asia). The festival traditionally begins on the first day of the first lunar month (Chinese (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language): 正月; pinyin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinyin): zhēng yuè) in the Chinese calendar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_calendar) and ends on the 15th; this day is called Lantern Festival (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lantern_Festival) (simplified Chinese (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_character): 元宵 (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%85%83%E5%AE%B5)节 (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%8A%82); traditional Chinese (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_character): 元宵 (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%85%83%E5%AE%B5)節 (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%AF%80); pinyin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinyin): yuánxiāojié).
Chinese New Year's Eve is known as Chúxī (除夕). Chu literally means "change" and xi means "Eve".
Celebrated in areas with large populations of ethnic Chinese (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_groups_in_China), Chinese New Year is considered a major holiday for the Chinese and has had a strong influence on the new year celebrations of its geographic neighbours, as well as cultures with whom the Chinese have had extensive interaction. These include Koreans (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koreans), Mongolians (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongolians), Nepalese (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal), Bhutanese (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhutan), Vietnamese (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_people), and formerly the Japanese (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_people) before 1873 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1873). In Singapore (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore), Indonesia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia), Malaysia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia), the Philippines (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines), Thailand (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand), and other countries with significant Chinese populations, Chinese New Year is also celebrated, largely by overseas Chinese (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overseas_Chinese), but it is not part of the traditional culture of these countries. In Canada (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada), although Chinese New Year is not an official holiday, many ethnic Chinese hold large celebrations and Canada Post (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Post) issues New Year's themed stamps in domestic and international rates.:D

that is very interesting thanks for sharing that