Guest guest Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 Good Morning! This is the beginning of the new lunar calendar. In celebration of the Chinese New Year, I will be discussing the many wonderful contributions the Asian cultures have given the world in relation to alternative medicine. Celebrating Chinese New Year: The Year of the Ox Chinese New Year starts with the New Moon on the first day of the new year and ends on the full moon 15 days later. The 15th day of the new year is called the Lantern Festival, which is celebrated at night with lantern displays and children carrying lanterns in a parade. Prior to New Year's Day, Chinese families decorate their living rooms with vases of pretty blossoms, platters of oranges and tangerines and a candy tray with eight varieties of dried sweet fruit. On walls and doors are poetic couplets, happy wishes written on red paper. These messages sound better than the typical fortune cookie messages. The Year of the Oxen (Ox) - begins on January. 26, 2009 The lunar calendar has a sixty year cycle. In Chinese Astrology, the five basic elements of Metal, Water, Wood, Fire and Earth, which make up all matter, are combined with the twelve animal signs of Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Lamb, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig to form the sixty year cycle. One's Chinese horoscope is based on which lunar year in this sixty year cycle one was born. The Oxen Oxen are born leaders, inspiring confidence in everyone they come into contact with. However, they can be too demanding. Methodical and good with their hands, they make fine surgeons and hairdressers. People of this sign are usually very patient and inspire confidence in others. However, they tend to be eccentric and are easy to anger. They inspire confidence from all around them. They are conservative methodical, and good with their hands. Guard against being chauvinistic and always demanding there own way. Lucky Numbers: 1, 3, 5, 12, 15, 33, 35, 51 and 53. Learn more about your Chinese horoscope and determine which animal you were born under: http://www.peacefulmind.com/feng_shui.htm Andrew Pacholyk, MS, L.Ac. http://www.peacefulmind.com/feng_shui.htm Therapies for healing mind, body, spirit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 you made a very good description of the chinese new year and characteristic of the ox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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