2010 - “Lunar New Year beginning” = February 14th (why not any other new moon?)
13 lunar months later…
2011 - “Lunar New Year” = March 4th
13 months later…
2012 - “Lunar New Year” = March 22nd
13 months later…
2013 - “Lunar New Year” = April 10th
13 months later…
2014 - “Lunar New Year” = April 29th
…Get my drift?
This is absolutely fine if you favor a 13 month lunar calendar over other calendars. Likewise, a Solar Calendar may be preferred over a lunar one. Alternately, a combined calendar may be used. This is what I advocate. The Sun is as important as the moon.
Re a kid born on Feb 5th: depends on what the heck timescale you’re looking at. If it’s on a yearly scale, then the child will be an earth ox by convention. On a monthly scale, the child would be a water ox.
[QUOTE=Xiao3 Meng4;991520]
Re a kid born on Feb 5th: depends on what the heck timescale you’re looking at. If it’s on a yearly scale, then the child will be an [SIZE=“5”]earth ox[/SIZE]by convention.[/QUOTE]thank you for your response.
from http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jfoZqqQau5zICT9rp5LW-2O4fJ7AD9DR2LR80
BEIJING — Train and bus stations overflowed and airports were packed Saturdayas tens of millions of Chinese rushed home to be with their families for the start of the Lunar New Year holiday and the Year of the Tiger. hmmm… seems they weren’t rushing last week to be with their families on the 4th…
from http://www.timeslive.co.za/news/local/article306407.ece
The Chinese Year of the Tiger [SIZE=“5”]begins[/SIZE] on Feb 14, 2010. Here members of the Chinese community in the UK prepare for the New Year with traditional lanterns in the street of China Town, Leicester Square London.
odd…
from http://www.unobserver.com/layout4.php?id=7262&blz=1
Because of cyclical lunar dating, the first day of the year can fall anywhere between late January and the middle of February. On the Chinese calendar, 2010 is Lunar Year 4708. On the Western calendar, the start of the New Year falls on Sunday, February 14, 2010 — The Year of the Tiger. This year, the date has special significance since it also happens to fall on Valentine’s Day making it a doubly auspicious day to celebrate in the West.
absolutely amazing…
from http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/culture/2010-02/14/c_13175163.htm
BEIJING, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) – The first thing Qiwen did when she woke up Sunday on the first morning of the Year of Tigerwas to run towards the windows.
wonder why this little girl didn’t run towards the windows on the morning of the 4th?? how odd indeed… one would think that if the year of the tiger started on the 4th as gene would have you believe, that all these people are deluded into thinking that the year of the tiger started on the 14th.
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