Year 4705, the year of the pig
People born in the Year of the Pig are chivalrous and gallant. Whatever they do, they do with all their strength. They have tremendous fortitude and great honesty. They don’t make many friends but they make them for life....Chinese New Year is the longest and most important celebration in the Chinese calendar. The Chinese year 4705 (= 2007) begins on Feb. 18, 2007. The 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. Some famous people born in the year of the pig are: Humphrey Bogart, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ernest Hemingway, Alfred Hitchcock, Mahalia Jackson, David Letterman, and Arnold Schwarzenegger .
Sources: www.c-c-c.org, wikipedia.com, infoplease.com, www.chizod.com
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