…or “Gung hei fat choi” for those who think there’s four random pictures in the title. \ud83d\ude42 Apparently, it’s now the year of the rooster\/chicken, although what that means, I don’t know. I must admit to being a bit of a geek when it comes to calendars. Did you know that the Chinese calendar is lunisolar rather than solar? It also isn’t counted from a single point in time (or epoch), but gets reset at the beginning of each emperor’s reign, unlike the Gregorian calendar which counts from the birth of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n
Geek stuff aside, to most people it’s about wishing each other prosperity and giving each other little red envelopes of money. Whilst I’m not going to wish you economic prosperity (as that might not necessarily be a good thing for you, depending on who you are), I will wish you prosperity in that which rust and moth cannot destroy and which thieves cannot steal.<\/p>\n
Happy (Chinese) New Year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
…or “Gung hei fat choi” for those who think there’s four random pictures in the title. \ud83d\ude42 Apparently, it’s now the year of the rooster\/chicken, although what that means, I don’t know. I must admit to being a bit of a geek when it comes to calendars. Did you know that the Chinese calendar is… <\/p>\n