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Gong Xi Fa Cai to all. "Kong Hee Fatt Choy" to our Cantonese speakers. Thanks for remembering, Britguy. Actually, many of us GuaiLos enjoy celebrating Chinese New Year as well. I have celebrated many a Chinese New Year in Malaysia and Singapore, and I still consider both to have the finest variety of food (Malay, Chinese--including "Nonya" or "Straits Chinese", and Indian) of anywhere in the world.
Cheers,
Bill
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And the end of the fight is a tombstone white, With the name of the late deceased, And the epitaph drear, "A fool lies here, Who tried to hustle the East."
Your'e probably right and i'm not an expert on the subject, but according to wikipedia there's room for discussion :-)
"Although the chinese calendar traditionally does not use continuously numbered years, outside China it's years are often numbered from the reign of the Yellow Emperor. But at least 3 different years numbered 1 are now used by various scholars, making the year beginning in 2012 AD the "chinese year" 4710, 4709 or 4649"
The Dutch version of Wiki claims 2012 "equals" the year 4709...can you confirm the complete (and especially the dutch) Chinese community embraces your 4711.... or can 4710 be correct as well in some lines/locations?
RE: 新年好 Gong xi fa cai. . . (in reply to BarkellWH)
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I have celebrated many a Chinese New Year in Malaysia and Singapore, and I still consider both to have the finest variety of food (Malay, Chinese--including "Nonya" or "Straits Chinese", and Indian) of anywhere in the world.
Well, Bill, as a poor and simple 'gui lao' (鬼人 - Mandarin); I celebrate Chinese New Year in Toronto's Chinatown and friends houses; and they have pretty good food there, too. (Love those crispy noodles - really improves my rasgueados. . .)
RE: 新年好 Gong xi fa cai. . . (in reply to Erik van Goch)
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can you confirm the complete (and especially the dutch) Chinese community embraces your 4711.... or can 4710 be correct as well in some lines/locations?
I KNEW you would check with Wiki.
And you' re right, there are some differences of opinion as to exactly what (Chinese or Lunar) year we are in. And I lay no claim no any expertise in this.
All I can add is that ( through selling my Asian Pears and other fruit) I have many Chinese ( and other Asian) friends and customers. And they tell me it's "4711". (And I think if you check the on-line "free Ecard's" people, you'll find their cards have it as 4711, also).
But, maybe in other areas of the world, whatever, wherever, it might in fact be a counted as a different year?
After all, our generally accepted "AD2014" may be questionable, too. Depending on which ancient calendar one uses to count. . .
And let's not forget Tet, with all that delicious Vietnamese food!
Cheers,
Bill
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And the end of the fight is a tombstone white, With the name of the late deceased, And the epitaph drear, "A fool lies here, Who tried to hustle the East."
All I can add is that ( through selling my Asian Pears and other fruit) I have many Chinese ( and other Asian) friends and customers. And they tell me it's "4711".
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