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關鍵詞:Chinese New Year Lunar New Year
概念:
YOU』VE PROBABLY HEARD OF CHINESE NEW YEAR, BUT DID YOU KNOW THAT THE MORE ACCURATE TERMINOLOGY IS LUNAR NEW YEAR? THE HOLIDAY IS OBSERVED BY MANY NON-CHINESE ASIAN COUNTRIES AND ASIAN DIASPORA AS WELL. LUNAR NEW YEAR KICKS OFF ON THE FIRST NEW MOON OF THE LUNISOLAR CALENDAR, WHICH IS BASED ON THE CYCLES OF THE MOON AND ENDS ON THE NEXT FULL MOON FIFTEEN DAYS LATER. UNLIKE UNDER THE GREGORIAN CALENDAR, WITH NEW YEAR』S DAY ALWAYS FALLING ON JANUARY 1, LUNAR NEW YEAR DEPENDS ON CYCLES OF THE MOON
THE LUNAR NEW YEAR, A 15-DAY FESTIVAL THAT CELEBRATES THE BEGINNING OF THE LUNAR CALENDAR ACROSS ASIA, STARTS ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, THIS YEAR. IT IS CELEBRATED DURING THE SECOND NEW MOON AFTER THE WINTER SOLSTICE, USUALLY BETWEEN JANUARY 21 AND FEBRUARY 20 ON THE GREGORIAN CALENDAR.
A VISITOR TAKES A SELFIE NEXT TO A CHINESE CHARACTER "FU", WHICH MEANS "GOOD LUCK", DURING A MUSEUM EXHIBITION TO MARK THE UPCOMING CHINESE LUNAR NEW YEAR IN THE FORBIDDEN CITY IN BEIJING, CHINA JANUARY 30, 2019.
SATURDAY MARKS THE FIRST DAY OF THE LUNAR NEW YEAR, ALSO KNOWN IN CHINA AS SPRING FESTIVAL. IT"S A TIME WHEN FAMILIES GATHER, OFTEN TRAVELING HUGE DISTANCES TO GO HOME. REVELERS GORGE ON BANQUETS, GIVE EACH OTHER PACKETS OF MONEY KNOWN AS "HONG BAO," WEAR THE LUCKY COLOR RED, AND SET OFF FIRECRACKERS TO SCARE OFF THE LEGENDARY HALF-DRAGON, HALF-LION MONSTER "NIAN" WHO COMES OUT OF HIDING DURING LUNAR NEW YEAR.
OVER 1.5 BILLION PEOPLE GLOBALLY ARE CELEBRATING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR ON SATURDAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND, USA TODAY REPORTS, AS PARTICIPANTS HONOR ANCESTORS, EXCHANGE GIFTS OF GOOD FORTUNE, AND TOAST TO ABUNDANCE.
WHILE CHINA SWITCHED TO THE GREGORIAN CALENDAR IN 1921, THE CHINESE LUNAR CALENDAR—WHICH SETS THE BEGINNING OF MONTHS BASED ON THE NEW MOON, WITH THE NEW YEAR DETERMINED IN RELATION TO THE WINTER SOLSTICE—CONTINUES TO BE USED FOR HOLIDAYS LIKE CHINESE NEW YEAR AND HAS BEEN ADOPTED BY OTHER CULTURES AND COUNTRIES IN THE REGION, INCLUDING KOREA AND VIETNAM.
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS FOR THIS WEEKEND INCLUDE RAT FANCY: A LUNAR NEW YEAR PARTY ON FRIDAY AND THE FUTURE ANCIENT LUNAR NEW YEAR"S PARTY ON SATURDAY.
IN THE PHILIPPINES, FOR EXAMPLE THE LUNAR NEW YEAR IS CELEBRATED AT THE TABLE. ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR FOODS TO CELEBRATE IS TIKOY, A SWEET TREAT MADE OF STICKY RICE. THIS TREAT IS ESSENTIALLY A FILIPINO SPIN ON THE CHINESE NIAN GAO, A POPULAR RICE CAKE. SOME OTHER POPULAR NEW YEARS FOODS INCLUDE FISH, PANSIT, AND BOILED DUMPLINGS. THESE ARE ALL RELATED TO BRINGING GOOD FORTUNE IN THE UPCOMING YEAR.
CHILDREN POSE FOR A PHOTO NEAR A RAT SCULPTURE AHEAD OF THE UPCOMING CHINESE LUNAR NEW YEAR AT DITAN PARK IN BEIJING ON JANUARY 21. BEIJING TOURISM NET SAID THE BEIJING DITAN AND LONGTAN TEMPLE FAIRS - SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 25 TO 29 - WOULD BE CANCELLED
ON CHINA"S WEIBO MESSAGING SERVICE, STATE-RUN NEWSPAPER BEIJING EVENING NEWS SAID THE CITY GOVERNMENT IS CANCELING THE EVENTS "TO STRENGTHEN PREVENTION AND SUPPORT" AS HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL FOR THE CHINESE NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS THIS WEEKEND.
WITHIN THE PAST DECADE, A SPATE OF BRANDS BOTH LUXURY AND AFFORDABLE HAVE ADOPTED A NEW HOLIDAY INTO THEIR CALENDARS, ONE THAT』S ALREADY CELEBRATED BY MORE THAN A BILLION PEOPLE ANNUALLY: LUNAR NEW YEAR. IN THE US, THE HOLIDAY IS GENERALLY REFERRED TO AS CHINESE NEW YEAR, BUT LUNAR NEW YEAR SEEMS LIKE A MORE ACCURATE DESCRIPTION, GIVEN THAT THE EVENT IS ALSO OBSERVED BY NON-CHINESE PEOPLE.
"WE VALUE DIFFERENT CULTURES AND CHINESE NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATION IS ONE OF THE EXAMPLES WHERE WE DON'T ONLY WANT TO ENTERTAIN THE ONES WHO ARE ALREADY CELEBRATING CHINESE NEW YEAR, WE ALSO WANT TO BRING THIS TRADITION AND ALSO THIS SPIRIT TO OTHER PEOPLE WHO MAYBE DIDN'T EXPERIENCE IT BEFORE," UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD AMBASSADOR AMY TANG TOLD INSIDER OF THE PARK'S ANNUAL TRADITION, WHICH IS NOW IN ITS FIFTH YEAR AT USH.
MANY CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT NEW YORK CITY WILL HOST LUNAR NEW YEAR EVENTS, BUT TWO OF THE KEY CELEBRATIONS ARE THE FIRECRACKER CEREMONY AND CULTURAL FESTIVAL ON JAN. 25 AND THE CHINATOWN LUNAR NEW YEAR PARADE & FESTIVAL IN LOWER MANHATTAN ON FEB. 9.
NOW ADD TO THAT CHINA』S BUSIEST TRAVEL SEASON, AS HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CRISS-CROSS THE COUNTRY TO GET HOME FOR LUNAR NEW YEAR FAMILY REUNIONS KICKING OFF THIS WEEK—NEW YEAR』S EVE FALLS ON FRIDAY, JAN. 24—AND MILLIONS MORE MAKING TRIPS ABROAD. NEARLY 120 MILLION RAILWAY TRIPS HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE FROM JAN. 10 TO 19, ACCORDING TO THE TRANSPORT MINISTRY, A 20% INCREASE COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. BUT SUCH A LARGE-SCALE MIGRATION OF PEOPLE AT A TIME OF A VIRUS OUTBREAK WILL LIKELY SPREAD THE DISEASE FURTHER, BOTH WITHIN CHINA AND BEYOND. CASES HAVE ALREADY SHOWN UP IN THAILAND, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA, TAIWAN, AND THE UNITED STATES.

 

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