My earliest memory of Chinese New Year is that of the Dragon Dance and the celebrations that was much more prominent in this part of India a few years back. Those were the days when I had a lot of Chinese friends at school, I would pass through Chinatown while returning from school and feel the excitement of Chinese New Year approaching with lots of preparations going on all over the area. How I miss those days!
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| Chinese New Year Celebrations at Tangra - Chinatown, Kolkata(2008) |
ABOUT CHINATOWN
- Chinatown in the eastern part of the city of Kolkata is the only Chinatown in India.
- The locality was once home to 20,000 ethnic Chinese, now the population has dropped to 2,000 or so.
- The traditional occupation of the Chinese community here had been working in the nearby tanning industry and the Chinese restaurants.
- The area is still noted for the Chinese restaurants where many people flock to taste traditional Chinese and Indian Chinese food.
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Lion's Break Dancing in Pei Moi School, Tangra
(The only Chinese school in India)
CHINESE NEW YEAR - Which Animal rules your Year of Birth?
Please note that generally, the Chinese NewYear starts around 14th or 15th February each year.
If you are born before 15th of Febreary, you actually belong to the animal before the given year.
Example: If you are born on 12th Jan 1971, the year 1971 is indicated as Year of Boar but since you are born before February 15th, you actually belong to Year 1970 or Year of Dog.
If you are critically born in the month of February, it is advisable to consult a Chinese expert or check your birth date against 100 Years Chinese Calendar as the Chinese Lunar Calendar varies slightly each year against the Christian Calendar.
Some Chinese years are long and some are short, thus the new year date varies, it is not always fixed on 14th or 15th of February.
Here's a link where you can find out your birth animal:
The celebration of the Chinese Lunar year goes back centuries.
There are 12 different creatures represented in the Chinese calendar.
A different animal is commemorated each year.
After 12 years the animals are repeated.
Were you born in the Year of the Horse? Snake? or Tiger? Locate the year in the chart, then look at the top of the column to discover the most likely animal celebrated during your birth year.
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| Were you born in the Year of the Horse? Snake? or Tiger? Locate the year in the chart, then look at the top of the column to discover the most likely animal celebrated during your birth year. |
If you are born before 15th of Febreary, you actually belong to the animal before the given year.
Example: If you are born on 12th Jan 1971, the year 1971 is indicated as Year of Boar but since you are born before February 15th, you actually belong to Year 1970 or Year of Dog.
If you are critically born in the month of February, it is advisable to consult a Chinese expert or check your birth date against 100 Years Chinese Calendar as the Chinese Lunar Calendar varies slightly each year against the Christian Calendar.
Some Chinese years are long and some are short, thus the new year date varies, it is not always fixed on 14th or 15th of February.
Here's a link where you can find out your birth animal:
Spreading Joy, Bringing Hope, Comes the year of Rabbits with immense scope! Happy Chinese New Year :)
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