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Time gallops! (or rocks)
Jan. 24th, 2014 01:43 pmJust by accident, a second post in a row about calendars - or triggered by calendars, anyway. :)
It's very, very nearly New Year here, the Lunar New Year, celebrated in China, Viet Nam, Tibet, Japan, Korea.... and of course in many other countries, depending whose ancestors moved where. The streets here have been full of cumquat trees for sale, and pink peach blossom, and yellow maibossom, and especially of gifts to give everybody - business, friends or family. Huge travelings are happening everywhere, with people travelling to see family, especially, if they can, in the home village. Businesses are shutting down, government offices will close down and seal up next week. I expect this weekend the streets will start to empty.
I guess most of you already know that the coming year is Year of the Wood Horse. :) (Hence the "gallops or rocks" in the subject-line) ! I love there being a big cycle of sixty years, though I am (as a not-Asian Australian) very ignorant of what each year might mean. I'll have to find out - how is the Wood Horse Year different from other Horse Years?
It's very, very nearly New Year here, the Lunar New Year, celebrated in China, Viet Nam, Tibet, Japan, Korea.... and of course in many other countries, depending whose ancestors moved where. The streets here have been full of cumquat trees for sale, and pink peach blossom, and yellow maibossom, and especially of gifts to give everybody - business, friends or family. Huge travelings are happening everywhere, with people travelling to see family, especially, if they can, in the home village. Businesses are shutting down, government offices will close down and seal up next week. I expect this weekend the streets will start to empty.
I guess most of you already know that the coming year is Year of the Wood Horse. :) (Hence the "gallops or rocks" in the subject-line) ! I love there being a big cycle of sixty years, though I am (as a not-Asian Australian) very ignorant of what each year might mean. I'll have to find out - how is the Wood Horse Year different from other Horse Years?
