Crumb - Dragon to feast in a hurry
Feet thick snow stirs.
Let this night it will love your house
And good luck to be marked with the year in it!
Feet thick snow stirs.
Let this night it will love your house
And good luck to be marked with the year in it!
According to Chinese astrology, last Sunday at 16 hours GMT, or at midnight January 23, 2012 on the Chinese standard time has come the New Year of Dragon.
The Chinese call this one event as the Spring Festival and associate it with the first new moon after the winter solstice in a traditional Chinese 60-year cycle.
The Chinese are residing outside their home country, before undertaking a series of events dedicated to this event. For example, a large Chinese community lives in London, England, UK. While they were busy affairs on the eve of spring. But still, in Chinatown in London, there was hanged more than 1,000 red-light, and many shops were decorated according to traditional Chinese New Year customs.
A dragon lantern is seen among other Chinese New Year decorations at Yuyuan Garden in downtown Shanghai Jan 17, 2012. Source cri.cn
Yesterday, on Sunday, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon made with a greeting to the Chinese people at the Spring Festival. China International Radio reported on air that in his speech in English, Ban Ki-moon said that "the Spring Festival - a time when relatives get together and everything is updated. Year of the dragon reminds us that we have enough vitality and energy to move forward, so let the new year to help those in need, promote peace and build a future in which we would like ".
The large Chinese community is living both in the UK and US. Perhaps for this reason that the British Prime Minister Mr David Cameron spoke and congratulated the people about this event.
Title: Message by the (UK) Prime Minister to mark Chinese New Year.
Channel: Number10gov
Source: YouTube
Transcription:
The large Chinese community is living both in the UK and US. Perhaps for this reason that the British Prime Minister Mr David Cameron spoke and congratulated the people about this event.
Title: Message by the (UK) Prime Minister to mark Chinese New Year.
Channel: Number10gov
Source: YouTube
Transcription:
"I want to send my very best wishes to everyone celebrating the Chinese New Year -- here in Britain, in China, and all around the world.
This is a very special year for Britain and China. Britain was the first Western country to recognise the People's Republic of China. And this year we celebrate the 40th Anniversary of full diplomatic ties.
Indeed, today Britain's ties with China are deeper and broader than at any time in our history. Our trade continues to expand rapidly, with Britain remaining the most open economy in Europe for Chinese investment. There are more Chinese students studying in the UK and more British students in China than ever before. There are even two giant Chinese Pandas in Edinburgh zoo - a great attraction, with people from all over the world going to see them. And, of course, there are Chinese communities here in Britain making an incredible contribution to our country from business to culture, from science to local government, everyday showcasing the values of hard work, enterprise and community that make this country what it is.
I hope in this Olympic year for Britain that we can not only build on the success of the Beijing games but also use the opportunity of the games to open up new areas of our relationship; taking advantage of the ways in which our two economies increasingly complement each other, and the growing conversations between our governments and our peoples about the kind of societies we want to be and the kind of world we want to see.I wish you good fortune - and hope that this year of the dragon can be a year of success for China, for Britain, and for us all.
Gong xi fa cai ("congratulations and good fortune")."
We join in congratulating and wish all the blog readers a happy, healthy, vigorous and prosperous Year of the Dragon!
