The spring festival or lunar new year is the year-end holidays in the Chinese calendar, commonly called the "new year". A celebration of the traditional feast of the most festive and solemn among the Chinese people. Prior to January 1 (Chinese calendar) there is a ceremony of prayer, a memorial to those who died and other ceremonies: in the feast there angpao giving to children, friendship antarfamili and friends and other celebrations, after a mid-day feast was Capgomeh party lanterns at night, and after the party passed the night Capgomeh lanterns filled with decorative lanterns all over the city, the feast of the new spring festival actually considered expired.History of the spring festival is very long, its origin comes from prayer ceremonies commemorate ancestors and praying to god when the new year during the Yin and Shang Dynasties. And about various mythology too many.
The myth of the "Year" Animals
There is an ancient legend that tells of the origin of the tradition of Chinese New Year celebrations in China, here's the story:
Once upon a time there was an evil monster that has a long head and sharp horn. Monster called Nian is very fierce, she dwells bottom of the ocean, but every new year he appeared to land to attack the villagers and livestock swallowing. Therefore each before the new year, the entire village was always hiding behind the mountains to avoid this Nian monster attacks.
On New Year's Eve in a year, the people in the countryside were bolster and guide parents of small children to go to the mountains to avoid the catastrophe, and from outside the country came a beggar grandfather, his hand holding a cane, looks old but healthy, full of vitality and enthusiasm is outstanding.
People compatriot was busy packing, there is a busy guiding cattle herding sheep, seems a hasty atmosphere and scary. And at such times, there is no one who concentrates attention to the grandfather beggar.
Just a kindly grandmother at the east end of the village that gives food to a beggar's grandfather, as well as recommend him to immediately go to the mountains to avoid. The old man said: "Grandma, if you allow me to stay overnight in your home, I will definitely repel the monster.
The grandmother thought that his grandfather was joking, then continue to persuade his grandfather to immediately go to the mountain, but grandpa beggar shook his head would not go away. The grandmother was helpless, would not want to leave his house and yourself to go to the mountains to escape the disaster.
At midnight, a monster "Nian" broke into the village. He was found at the east end of the house of the grandmother, the door plastered with large red paper, and in the house illuminated with candle lights are very bright. Monster glanced angrily to her grandmother's house, and immediately lunged to her grandmother's house, shouting angrily. When nearing the entrance, suddenly heard the sound of explosions firecrackers in the inner room, and her whole body shaking chills, and did not dare to approach again.
Apparently, the monster is afraid of red, light a fire and an explosion. And in that moment, the door was wide open, in the house seemed an old man whose body was wrapped in a red robe. I was so shocked monster "Nian" turned and scuttled.
On the second day is January 1, people who returned from the camps were very surprised to see the village in a state of safety and security. At that time my grandmother realized what had happened, and told him about his grandfather's promise to the people of beggars compatriot.
People flocked to compatriot grandmother's house, and it looks just patches of red paper on the door Grandma's house, in the yard there is a pile of firecrackers that survives still explosive, and some red candles in the house with the rest of the light still burning.
The old man is actually the Gods who came to help villagers expel these nian monster. They also found three tools used to drive the old man Nian.
People who compatriot merry rollicking new clothes and hats, visited the homes of family and friends congratulate greetings and celebrate peacefully and safely passed that day. Thus, everyone has to know how to safely dissipate the animal named "Year" in the new year.
Since then, every celebration of the Chinese New Year they put red cloth, set off firecrackers and lanterns lit all night, waiting for the New Year, keep up late and waiting for the turn of the year. January 1 morning, still had to visit the family home and friends to congratulate the new years. This tradition is more and more widely spread, and a traditional feast of the most solemn of Chinese people.
Starting from that, these customs eventually spread out and become a traditional celebration of the majestic Chinese people in welcoming the "passing of Nian" (in Chinese, nian mean years)
The Chinese always associate the time period from 23 days to up to 30 in 12 twelve lunar months of the year just before the Day of the Lunar New Year as a "small Nian".
Every Chinese family is required to clean up the environment in which they live to welcome the new year. Besides cleaning the environment, every Chinese family making various dishes welcome Lunar made from chicken, duck, fish and beef / pork, as well as sweets and fruits. Not to forget also the parents buy new clothes for their children and prepare Angpao gifts while visiting relatives and family.
When New Year's Eve arrived, the whole family gathered together. In the northern region of China, every family has a tradition of eating apple dumplings, which in Chinese language was called Jiao, same pronunciation with the word in Chinese, so the apple dumplings as a symbol of togetherness and family happiness. Jiao also significant addition coming new year. Region of southern China, people love to eat sweets New Year cake (made from sticky rice flour), which symbolizes the sweetness of life and make progress in the New Year (in Chinese language the word "cake" and "making progress" has the same pronunciation word Gao) Towards 12 o'clock at night, each family will set off firecrackers.
The first day of the Lunar New Year, Chinese people use new clothes and congratulate older people. Children who say the new year older, will get Angpao money. While the second and third day, they were visiting friends and relatives nearby.
During the time of the celebration of Chinese New Year, in general, the streets crowded trade area with families shopping for Chinese Lunar purposes. In some places abroad are usually held various entertainment events such as the welcome the Lunar New Year and the Dragon Lion Dance performances, flower markets and temple fairs.
After the 15th day of the first month in the Lunar calendar, is a time of the Lantern Festival, which marks the end of Lunar New Year celebrations. (xinsheng.net)
So far, we only know as a hero Wong Fei Hung Kung fu in the movie "Once Upon A Time in China". In the film, the character of Wong Fei Hung is played by famous Hong Kong actor, Jet Li. But who the Wong Fei Hung?
Wong Fei Hung is a scholar, expert treatment, and legendary martial arts expert whose name is designated as a National Hero of China by the Chinese government. He was a Muslim who dared to resist oppression. Wong Fei-Hung was born in 1847 in Kwantung (Guandong) from a devout Muslim family. In 1924 Wong Fei-Hung died at the age of 77 years. The Chinese community, especially in the Kwantung Canton remember him as a hero and defender of the Chinese government often seeks tertindas.Namun obscure the identity of Wong Fei Hung as a Muslim in order to maintain the rule of communist rule in China.
Wong Fei-Hung was born in 1847 in Kwantung (Guandong), in the village FUSAN from a devout Muslim family. Name on Wong Fei Fei Hung is Cantonese for Arabic name, Fais. While the name Hung is also a Cantonese dialect for Arabic name, Hussein. So, when in-the-arab language, his name is Faisal Hussein Wong.
His father, Wong Kay-Ying was a scholar, and physician specialists of traditional medicine and traditional Chinese martial arts expert (wushu / kung fu). His father owned a medical clinic named Po Chi Lam in Canton (Guandong capital).
Wong Kay-Ying is a scholar who mastered the science of high-level wushu. The height of martial arts Wong Kay-Ying made him known as one of the Ten Tigers of Kwantung. Position Kwantung Tigers this later passed on to the Wong Fei Hung.
The combination of knowledge of traditional medicine and martial arts techniques and supported by the nobility of character as Muslims make frequent Wong family intervened to help the weak and the oppressed people of the time. That's why the Kwantung great respect and idolize Families Wong.
Wong family clinic patients requesting medical assistance generally comes from the poor who can not afford the cost of treatment. Even so, Families Wong still helping every patient who comes in earnest. Wong family never indiscriminately to help, regardless of ethnicity, race, religion, all assisted selflessly.
In secret, Wong family is actively involved in the underground movement against the Ch'in dynasty rule a corrupt and oppressive. Ch'in Dynasty Dynasty is a knock down power of the Yuan Dynasty that ruled before. Yuan dynasty is known as the only Dynasty Emperor of China who had family members who embraced Islam many.
Wong Fei-Hung began honing talent beladirinya since studied to Luk Ah-Choi, who also became his teacher. Luk Ah-Choi is then taught him the basics of Hung Gar stance makes Fei Hung success breeds stance "Kick Without Shadows" is legendary.
Fundamentals of Hung Gar stance discovered, developed and is a mainstay of Hung Hei-Kwun, brother seperguruan Luk Ah-Choi. Hung Hei-Kwun is a Shaolin warrior who escaped a burning and massacre by the Ch'in dynasty rule in 1734.
Hung Hei-Kwun was the leader of the historic uprising that nearly defeated Ch'in dynasty invaders who came from Manchuria (now we know him as a Korean). If only the government did not ask for help Ch'in armed forces of foreign nations (Russia, Britain, Japan), an uprising led Hung Hei-Kwun it will undoubtedly succeeded in ousting the occupation Ch'in Dynasty.
Having studied the Luk Ah-Choi, Wong Fei-Hung and then sit on his own until the early age of 20 years, he has become a leading martial arts expert and treatment. In fact he managed to develop into more advanced.
Her martial arts skills increasingly difficult to surpass when he managed to create a new stance which is very tactical but efficiently moves called "Tiger Claw" and moves "Nine Special Blows".
Besides empty handed, Wong Fei-Hung is also adept at using a variety of weapons. Canton Community ever witness with their own eyes how he single-handedly by just holding the club managed to beat more than 30 ports burly hero and a ruthless gang in Canton because he defended the poor people who will be wrung.
In family life, a lot of tests with various trials. A child was killed in a fight with the mafia Canton incident. Wong Fei-Hung married three times because his wives died within a short age. After the death of his third wife, Wong Fei-Hung decided to live alone until he met Mok Gwai Lan, a young woman who happened to be martial arts experts. Mok Gwai Lan helped teach martial arts at a special class of women at her college. Mok Gwai Lan was later to become his life partner until death.
In 1924 Wong Fei-Hung died at the age of 77 years. The Chinese community, especially in the Kwantung Canton remember him as a hero and defender of the oppressed who were never afraid to defend their honor. Anyone and any number of those who oppress the poor, will be resisted with all his strength and his courage.
(yc/kungfufever)
An article that was launched by astronomy.com write a horrendous discovery of the world. There is written that Peruvian astronomers Jorge Melendez of the Australian National University and Ivan Ramirez of the University of Texas at Austin, USA, has found a "solar twins" are the best at this time. The discovery was achieved using a 2.7-meter Harlan J. telescope Smith at the McDonald Observatory. Their findings indicate that the chemical composition of the Sun is not as unique as previously thought.
The star, HIP 56948, is more similar to the Sun than any ever known. Located as far as 200 light-years away in the constellation Draco, the star is about a billion years younger than the Sun.
Previously, only three known solar twins, each of which is 18 Scorpii, HD 98 618, and HIP 100963. However, although in some respects are similar to the sun, three stars have fundamental differences in the content lithiumnya far beyond the content of lithium in the Sun. The content of lithium in the Sun is very little time to make the astronomers thought that the Sun is a very unique star among other stars.
The discovery of the sun is breaking new twin assumptions. HIP 56948 known to have the same low lithium content of the Sun. The study also revealed other twin of the Sun, HIP 73815, which also has the same low lithium content.
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Questions about the uniqueness of the Sun is related to what is known as the "anthropic principle", the question of whether there is something special about the Sun that has allowed life to our solar system. This finding is not fully answer these questions, but they do show that the uniqueness of it is clearly not in its chemical composition.
Melendez 'and Ramirez' findings support the opposite of the anthropic principle, the so-called "Copernican" view, that it is possible that life can be found anywhere in the universe. They suggest that stars like HIP 56948 may be good targets for the researchers at the SETI program (Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence).
The star has been studied by Planet Search Program at the McDonald Observatory, led by astronomer Bill Cochran of the University of Texas. His team found that, like our Sun, HIP 56 948 does not have a planet of the class of "hot Jupiter" - a large-mass planet, has a short orbital period, and circle around their parent stars in very close proximity. This type of planet known to be very common. Until now has been found more than 200 stars that have one or more of hot Jupiter-class planets that orbit.
Search for "solar twins" are important, because astronomers use the Sun as a benchmark in the various studies. However, they can not study the Sun in the same way as they learn a distant star, because it is too close and too bright.
The solar twins discovered at McDonald will be very useful in many areas of astrophysics. Among them, the stars can help astronomers who study the chemical composition of stars, as well as validate theoretical models of the interiors and stellar evolution.
