Happy Chinese New Year!
January 31 2014 is Lunar new year. The year of the horse.
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Chinese new year is also known as Spring Festival. Chinese characters in this video says 春節好 Chinese new year is also known as Spring Festival. 春 節 means spring festival. It is the beginning of the new year and also the beginning of spring. The weather usually becomes warmer around this time of the year.
恭賀發財 Kung Hei Fat Choi!。 新年好 Xin nian hao 。 春節好 Chun jie hao。
All these phrases are New Year’s greeting words in Chinese.
People in Hawaii also celebrate Chinese new year as there are large number of Asian immigrants and visitors. They have special events in China town every year. China town Parade, Narcissus Queen Pageant, Lion Dances, martial arts demonstration, and others.
In this video, the martial artist in Hawaii is practicing Xing Yi Long Spear 形意大槍. His spear is 3.3m(10.8ft) long. It’s very heavy and hard to keep the balance. Taichi mark means Yin and Yang 陰陽. Yin is earth地 energy and Yang is sky天 energy. They are balanced. Man is in the center (in between earth and heaven) Tian Di Ren 天地人.
See the explanation of the phrases in the horse picture from HERE.
See the explanation of the phrases in the horse picture from HERE.
