Photo Source - AFPBesides very bad weather, the week long new year celebrations are in the full swing with traditional fireworks, red lanterns and drums.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
CHINESE WELCOMES LUNAR NEW YEAR OF RAT
In China, the year of Pig came to end and people now welcomes the new year of rat. In Chinese zodiac, the 12-year cycle is represented by 12 animals and the rat is the first among them. There has been a legend that these animals were in a race to cross a wide river and the rat rode on an ox and finished the race first showing its canniness character. It is believed that those who born on this rat year will be clever, hard working, friendly, ambitious and not lazy.
Photo Source - AFP
Besides very bad weather, the week long new year celebrations are in the full swing with traditional fireworks, red lanterns and drums.
Photo Source - AFPBesides very bad weather, the week long new year celebrations are in the full swing with traditional fireworks, red lanterns and drums.
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