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关键词:Chinese New Year Lunar New Year Year of the Rat
概念:
CHRISTMAS AND THE WESTERN NEW YEAR HAVE COME AND GONE. CHINESE NEW YEAR IS JUST A FEW DAYS AWAY. IT IS KNOWN GLOBALLY AS LUNAR NEW YEAR ALTHOUGH HONG KONG PEOPLE PREFER TO CALL IT CHINESE NEW YEAR. PEOPLE ON THE MAINLAND USUALLY CALL IT THE SPRING FESTIVAL. TO ME, THIS DOESN’T MAKE SENSE BECAUSE CHINESE NEW YEAR IS ALWAYS IN WINTER, NOT SPRING. I PREFER TO CALL IT THE LUNAR NEW YEAR BECAUSE THE FIRST DAY OF CHINESE NEW YEAR IS BASED ON THE LUNISOLAR CALENDAR. THE WORD “LUNISOLAR” RELATES TO THE PHASES OF THE MOON AND THE SUN. THE LUNAR NEW YEAR IS ALSO THE NEW YEAR FOR VIETNAM AND KOREA. THAT’S WHY I THINK IT’S MORE ACCURATE TO CALL IT LUNAR NEW YEAR INSTEAD OF CHINESE NEW YEAR.
THIS IS WHERE SOME ASTRONOMY ARRIVES TO MAKE THINGS MORE INTERESTING. EACH CHINESE ZODIAC SIGN CORRESPONDS TO A WESTERN STAR SIGN; THE ONE THAT CONTAINS THE GIANT PLANET JUPITER IN THAT YEAR. THIS YEAR THAT’S THE CONSTELLATION OF SAGITTARIUS. “JUPITER TAKES ABOUT 12 YEARS—ACTUALLY 11.86 YEARS—TO GO THROUGH THE WESTERN ZODIAC, SPENDING ROUGHLY ONE YEAR IN EACH STAR SIGN,” SAYS DE GRIJS. “AS A GENERAL RULE, JUPITER IS IN SAGITTARIUS IN THE YEAR OF THE RAT, IN CAPRICORN IN THE YEAR OF THE OX, IN AQUARIUS IN THE YEAR OF THE TIGER, ETC. BUT NOTE THAT THIS IS A PURELY SYMBOLIC CORRELATION, MEASURED IN AVERAGES AND NOT JUPITER’S ACTUAL MOVEMENT.”
THE 21ST ANNUAL CHINESE NEW YEAR PARADE WILL KICK OFF ON FEBRUARY 9 AT 1 P.M. ET AND THE CELEBRATION WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 4:30 P.M. ET. THE LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATION BEGINS AT MOTT AND CANAL ST AND GOES TO CHATHAM SQUARE TO EAST BROADWAY TOWARDS THE MANHATTAN BRIDGE, AND ENDS ON ELDRIDGE AND FORSYTH STREETS TOWARD GRAND STREET, NEXT TO SARA D. ROOSEVELT PARK.
THE CHINESE HOLIDAY CALENDAR IS INCREASINGLY COMPLEX WITH FOUR VALENTINES’ DAYS, SINGLE’S DAY, INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY, AND CHILDREN’S DAY BEING JUST A FEW OF THE WIDELY CELEBRATED EVENTS. AS SUCH, THE TWICE A YEAR APPROACH MOST RETAILERS TAKE (CNY AND GOLDEN WEEK), NOT ONLY LEAVES BRANDS CAUGHT IN A BATTLE TO PRODUCE THE BEST OFFER AMONG MANY, BUT ALSO MEANS THEY MISS OUT ON YEAR-ROUND GIFTING ACTIVATIONS, AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A MORE AUTHENTIC CONNECTION WITH CHINESE AUDIENCES.
LAST YEAR MARKED THE YEAR OF THE PIG, THE LAST ANIMAL ON THE CHINESE ZODIAC, WHILE 2021 WILL SIGNIFY THE YEAR OF THE OX, THE SECOND IN THE CYCLE. THE RAT IS THE FIRST OF THE 12 ANIMALS IN THE CHINESE ZODIAC.
IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE READING THIS POST AND HAVE NEVER PURCHASED A DEAD ZEBRA FIGURE OF YOUR OWN, THESE ROUGHLY 3" TALL PLASTIC SCULPTURES FEATURE POSEABLE ARMS AND A ROTATING HEAD. THIS YEAR"S MODEL, A HIGHLY STYLIZED RODENT FIGURE, COMES WEARING A TINY GOLD MEDALLION TO SYMBOLIZE ITS ASSOCIATION WITH WEALTH. DUE TO LIMITED QUANTITIES, THERE IS A SUGGESTED PURCHASE LIMIT OF ONE BUGDROID PER HOUSEHOLD. THANKFULLY, THE ODDS OF RECEIVING THE COVETED GOLD EDITION OF THIS YEAR"S FIGURE HAVE BEEN IMPROVED DRASTICALLY TO 50/50 FROM THE 1/10 SHOT OFFERED DURING THE YEAR OF THE PIG IN 2019.
THIS YEAR, THE LUNAR NEW YEAR FALLS ON SATURDAY, JAN. 25 AND WILL BE FOLLOWED BY 15 DAYS OF CELEBRATIONS MARKING THE TRANSITION FROM THE YEAR OF THE PIG TO THE YEAR OF THE RAT.
IT’S FRIDAY, JAN. 24, 2020, AND ON SATURDAY WE'LL CELEBRATE THE CHINESE NEW YEAR — OR LUNAR NEW YEAR — AND HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR: THIS IS THE YEAR OF THE RAT, ACCORDING TO CHINESE VERSION OF THE ZODIAC.
WHILE LUNAR NEW YEAR 2020 OFFICIALLY FALLS ON JANUARY 25, THE HOLIDAY IS CELEBRATED ACROSS MULTIPLE DAYS AND EVEN WEEKS IN PLACES LIKE CHINA, HONG KONG, SINGAPORE, SOUTH KOREA, TAIWAN, AND VIETNAM. UNDER THE GREGORIAN CALENDAR USED BY MOST COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE, THE NEW YEAR STARTS ON JANUARY 1. LUNAR NEW YEAR IS THE CELEBRATION UNDER THE LUNISOLAR CALENDAR — WHICH IS BASED ON CYCLES OF THE MOON — AND TYPICALLY FALLS ON THE SECOND NEW MOON AFTER THE WINTER SOLSTICE.
WITH THE LUNAR NEW YEAR TAKING PLACE ON JANUARY 25, WE’VE SEEN A FAIR SHARE OF SEASONAL OFFERINGS RANGING FROM SNEAKERS TO WATCHES. BUT TO HELP YOU MAKE THE BEST OUT OF THE OCCASION, WE’VE ROUNDED UP THE CREAM OF THE CROP. LEADING THE 2020 LIST ARE VIRGIL ABLOH‘S OFF-WHITE™ “LUNAR NEW COLLECTION” AND THE NIKE AIR MAX 1 PREMIUM “CHINESE NEW YEAR LONGEVITY,” ALONG WITH DISNEY AND GUCCI‘S EXCLUSIVE MICKEY MOUSE COLLECTION TO CELEBRATE THE YEAR OF THE RAT.
THIS LUNAR NEW YEAR MARKS NOT ONLY THE BEGINNING OF A NEW DECADE BUT ALSO THE START OF THE 12-YEAR CHINESE ZODIAC CYCLE. THE YEAR OF THE RAT IS KNOWN TO BE A SYMBOL OF WEALTH, VITALITY AND THE BEGINNING OF A NEW DAY. LIKEWISE, FINEWS.ASIA WISHES YOU ALL THE BEST IN A FRESH START TO A 2020 FILLED WITH GREAT HEALTH AND PROSPERITY.
GRAFFITI AND THE VISUAL LANGUAGE OF THE STREET BECOME THE CRUX FOR THE COLLECTION’S GRAPHICS; THE RAT IS ITS CENTRAL THEME. THE LINEUP GRAVITATES AROUND TWELVE KEY ITEMS. LEATHER JACKETS, OUTERWEAR DENIM, AND BLACK AND RED BOMBERS ARE TREATED WITH GRAFFITI-STYLE ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE ANIMAL, WHICH ARE SURROUNDED BY THUNDERBOLTS AND SCRIPT. THESE SAME THEMES ARE CARRIED OVER TO T-SHIRTS, HOODIES, 5 POCKET JEANS, KNITWEAR, SWEATSHIRTS, UNDERWEAR AND ACCESSORIES. THE YEAR OF THE RAT CAPSULE COLLECTION WILL ONLY BE RELEASED IN SELECT DIESEL STORES AND ON WWW.DIESEL.COM.
ASIDE FROM ALL THE DISCOUNTED GAMES, THE SALE IS KEEPING WITH THE LUNAR NEW YEAR THEME WITH VARIOUS ACTIVITIES AND FREEBIES. EACH DAY, YOU CAN OPEN A NEW RED ENVELOPE (WHICH ARE TRADITIONALLY GIVEN AS GIFTS DURING CHINESE NEW YEAR) AND RECEIVE YEAR OF THE RAT TOKENS, WHICH CAN BE SPENT TOWARD SEASONAL ITEMS AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY IN THE LUNAR NEW YEAR NIGHT MARKET.
WELCOME TO THE YEAR OF THE RAT! BRITAIN"S CHINESE COMMUNITY WEAR FACEMASKS AS THEY CELEBRATE NEW YEAR AMID...
WHILE THE LEGAL HOLIDAY IS SEVEN DAYS LONG, FROM THE LUNAR NEW YEAR’S EVE TO THE SIXTH DAY OF THE FIRST LUNAR MONTH, CELEBRATIONS OFTEN LAST UP TO 10 DAYS OR MORE, RUNNING UNTIL THE 15TH DAY OF THE FIRST LUNAR MONTH - KNOWN AS THE LANTERN FESTIVAL (5 TO 8 FEB).

 

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