A New York Times reporter describes Chinese New Year nearly 150 years ago in San Francisco:
CALIFORNIA; New-Year’s Calls in the Chinese Quarter A deaf man would know it [was New Year] by the universal renewal [...]
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swami vivekananda"Whatever you believe, that you will be. If you believe yourselves to be sages, sages you will be tomorrow...
"For if there is one common doctrine that runs through all our apparently fighting and contradictory sects, it is that all glory, power, and purity are within the soul already." click a past date for that day’s holidaysNote on spellingAll typos in this blog are actually the author's subtle attempts to alter the English language.
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February 7th, 2008 | Tags: China, Chinese New Year, history | Category: United States | Leave a comment
Finally, the Year of the Pig is over. Let’s hope the Rat won’t create the same controversy that Pig endured last year…
The Chinese Calendar is one of the oldest calendars in the world, dating back thousands of years, though it has undergone many changes in that time.
The Chinese calendar is a lunisolar [...] February 7th, 2008 | Tags: Chinese New Year | Category: Buddhism, China, East Asia, Other | Leave a comment
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