On the lunar calendar, today is New Year Eve. Many Asian countries celebrate Lunar New Year as their most important holiday of the year. Chinese people refer to this holiday as Spring Festival. It is more commonly known by the Vietnamese people as Tet Nguyen Dan or Tet for short. Regardless of the different names, the first day of the festival starts tomorrow, Feb 3rd, 2011. In Vietnam (where I came from) we celebrate this day with re-union of families, friends and relatives.
Please join me in celebrating the Lunar New Year. Warm wishes to all for a happy Year of the Rabbit.
Trang
Interesting Websites on this holiday
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%E1%BA%BFt
http://www.arirang.co.kr/News/News_View.asp?nseq=112170&code=Ne2&category=2
Congratulations Trang, and my best wishes for the Year of the Rabbit.
ReplyDeleteBy the way how long is a year in the lunar calendar?
Thank you for your wishes. I have to admit I do not know the answer to your question even though I'm aware that a lunar year is a bit shorter than a solar year. The answer can be found here:
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_calendar