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About the Chinese Lunar Calender and the new piggy year 2007

The Chinese Lunar New Year is the longest chronological record in history, dating from 2600BC, when the EmChinese New Year is the longest and most important celebration in the Chinese calendar. The Chinese year 4705 begun on Feb. 18  2007.The Chinese New Year starts with the New Moon on the first day of the new year and ends on the full moon 15 days later. The 15th day of the new year is called the Lantern Festival, which is celebrated at night with lantern displays and children carrying lanterns in a parade.

Chinese months are reckoned by the lunar calendar, with each month beginning on the darkest day. New Year festivities traditionally start on the first day of the month and continue until the fifteenth, when the moon is brightest. In China, people may take weeks of holiday from work to prepare for and celebrate the New Year.

According to the legend, Buddha asked all the animals to meet him on Chinese New Year. Twelve came, and Buddha named a year after each one. He announced that the people born in each animal's year would have some of that animal's personality and one of the animals was the pig. 

The pig people...
Pig people love to read, are generally thirsty for knowledge, and not readily talkative, but if presented with an opportunity to discuss topics of interest with like-minded individuals Pigs may find themselves talking non-stop for hours. People born in the Year of the Pig are trusted associates in whatever career they happen to choose.

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