China welcomes Year
of the Horse
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The Year of Horse
gallops in
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Australian Chinese
zodiac launched for Lunar New Year
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Australia's answer to the Chinese zodiac means that
you now have not one but two animal symbols to mark the year.
Developed by the
Australian Chinese business community, the new zodiac pairs each of the
traditional animals in a 12-year cycle with an Australian equivalent.
The Year of the Horse
for example, is also the Year of the Kookaburra in the new calendar. Both
animals are known for their cheerful disposition, popularity and resourceful
nature.
Chinese Precinct
General Chamber of Commerce president Wayne Tseng says the new zodiac reflects
a desire within Australia's
Chinese community to forge their identity as Chinese Australians. He says it
will help Australians to have a better understanding of the traditional Chinese
culture and also give Chinese Australians an opportunity to learn about
Australian native animals and their characters.
The new zodiac was
launched by the Chinese Precinct General Chamber of Commerce for Australia Day,
which this year falls in the same week as Chinese New Year. It was designed in
consultation with Australian wildlife experts and Chinese heritage experts.
Take a look and discover your Australian animal sign.
President Xi extends
Lunar New Year greetings
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BEIJING - President
Xi Jinping has extended Lunar New Year greetings to Chinese people at home and
abroad ahead of the traditional Spring Festival, which falls on Friday.
Xi sent greetings to
Chinese of all ethnic groups, both in China and overseas, and compatriots from
Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan while extending his wishes to local herdsmen in
Xilingol League in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
"I wish good
health, happiness for you and your families and may all go well with you,"
Xi said.
Xi said that he hopes
the Chinese will continue to work hard and strive for prosperity and a better
life.
China welcomes Year
of the Horse
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Portraits of fortune
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Spring Festival is
when Mianzhu Lunar New Year block prints trace the historical images of
seasonal celebration in Sichuan
province. Huang Zhiling reports in Mianzhu.
People like Li Fangfu
give color to the Spring Festival. The holiday and its leadup is the busiest
time for Lunar New Year block print artists. So the 84-year-old, who learned
his trade from age 12, creates and sells the traditional paintings in the
central square of
Sichuan province's
Mianzhu city from 8 am until 7 pm."This is what I'll do every day until
the festival is over," he says. "Business is booming in the
square."
The city's government
is sponsoring the 13th Mianzhu Lunar New Year Block Print Festival until Feb 14
to brighten the holiday festivities. There are lanterns with block prints,
tents belonging to artists like Li and the city's print museum is staging
exhibitions.
Mianzhu is one of the
four schools of the millennia-old Lunar New Year block print style. The others
hail from Tianjin's Yangliuqing,
Shandong province's Weifang and Suzhou's Taohuawu.
Mianzhu block prints
have remained popular among rural areas for more than 1,000 years. They're
adorned with auspicious symbols meant to coax fortune in the new year -
harvests, rosy-cheeked toddlers bearing fish and door guardians.
Painters create
Mianzhu prints by drawing a picture on paper fastened to wood as an outline for
carving. Prints are produced when the raised surfaces are coated with ink and
then pressed on paper to create image outlines.
Beijing, Seoul
concerned over Tokyo’s
revised history lessons
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Obama says he
believes Sochi
is safe
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