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Post by PaulsLaugh on Feb 11, 2024 4:58:48 GMT
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Feb 15, 2024 15:34:00 GMT
I wonder why they are calling it "Lunar" New Year now. I am pretty sure it used to be called Chinese New Year, which is more accurate - there is more than one lunar calendar after all, the Islamic and the Jewish ones being the best known examples.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Feb 15, 2024 15:53:38 GMT
Same to you, carebear and everyone else.
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Post by 𝔅𝔞𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔞𝔫 𝔅𝔞𝔩𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔷𝔞𝔯 𝔅𝔲𝔵 on Feb 15, 2024 21:25:42 GMT
I wonder why they are calling it "Lunar" New Year now. I am pretty sure it used to be called Chinese New Year, which is more accurate - there is more than one lunar calendar after all, the Islamic and the Jewish ones being the best known examples. Chinese NY starts the night when it’s a new moon some time between mid-January & mid-February, I believe.
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Post by ellynmacgregor2024 on Feb 17, 2024 5:32:10 GMT
I wonder why they are calling it "Lunar" New Year now. I am pretty sure it used to be called Chinese New Year, which is more accurate - there is more than one lunar calendar after all, the Islamic and the Jewish ones being the best known examples.
You're right--it used to be called the Chinese New Year. That is, if you happened to be Chinese. But take it from someone who lives near a sizeable Vietnamese community (the enclave is officially called "Little Saigon"): they also celebrate the holiday, and they would not take it kindly if you referred to it as "Chinese" New Year. 😉 Also, the Jewish calendar is not a "pure" lunar calendar; while it is primarily lunar, it incorporates some correctional factors that ensure that holidays remain if not at the same exact time, at least in the same season. Thus, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (the High Holy Days) always occur in the autumn; Passover always comes around in the spring. On the other hand, the Islamic calendar--or so I understand--is more truly lunar, containing no correctional factor, which allows Ramadan, for example, to move through the entire year. If we have any experts in Islamic culture on this board, feel free to correct me...gently, please. 🙏
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Feb 17, 2024 15:27:09 GMT
I wonder why they are calling it "Lunar" New Year now. I am pretty sure it used to be called Chinese New Year, which is more accurate - there is more than one lunar calendar after all, the Islamic and the Jewish ones being the best known examples.
You're right--it used to be called the Chinese New Year. That is, if you happened to be Chinese. But take it from someone who lives near a sizeable Vietnamese community (the enclave is officially called "Little Saigon"): they also celebrate the holiday, and they would not take it kindly if you referred to it as "Chinese" New Year. 😉 Also, the Jewish calendar is not a "pure" lunar calendar; while it is primarily lunar, it incorporates some correctional factors that ensure that holidays remain if not at the same exact time, at least in the same season. Thus, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (the High Holy Days) always occur in the autumn; Passover always comes around in the spring. On the other hand, the Islamic calendar--or so I understand--is more truly lunar, containing no correctional factor, which allows Ramadan, for example, to move through the entire year. If we have any experts in Islamic culture on this board, feel free to correct me...gently, please. 🙏 The Chinese calendar, like the Jewish one, has leap years with extra days or weeks to keep the months aligned with the seasons. The Islamic one doesn't. As far as I know most if not all East Asian countries have traditional calendars that are directly derived from the Chinese one. Of course as you say they probably won't like the expression "Chinese New Year".
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