People are already preparing for the next mega-party: El-Têt!!!! This year, the Year of the Rat will come on the 7th day of the 2nd month. But read about it yourself:
Rats love to sleep in hammocksUh... don't take all this too seriously, because I know a Rat and he's not like that at all, especially the hard working part (Sorry, little brother!).Chinese New Year (or Têt, in vietnamese) is the longest and most important celebration in the Chinese calendar. The Chinese year 4706 begins on Feb. 7, 2008.
Chinese months are reckoned by the lunar calendar, with each month beginning on the darkest day. New Year festivities traditionally start on the first day of the month and continue until the fifteenth, when the moon is brightest.
Legend has it that in ancient times, Buddha asked all the animals to meet him on Chinese New Year. Twelve came, and Buddha named a year after each one. He announced that the people born in each animal's year would have some of that animal's personality. Those born in rat years tend to be leaders, pioneers and conquerors. They are charming, passionate, charismatic, practical and hardworking. Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Affleck, Samuel L. Jackson, William Shakespeare and Mozart were all born in the year of the rat.
It's hard work to be a rat!Next time, I"ll give you some recipes of traditional Têt dishes, to be prepared from scratch. One has to start early with this type of endeavour.
Rats are the bomb!
2 comments:
I would like to tag you with some (meme thingy) I have recieved asking what your eight best wishes would be for the new year.
All the best!
dizzy, darn it! more work! lemme think, ok?
Have a great new year and all the best to you and the ones you love.
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