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A SUPPLEMENT TO THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
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Phil TsaiDaily Nebraskan
Analysis by Phillip Tsai
Staff Reporter
Just when you're tired of all the
holiday shopping and are glad
it's all over, on the other side
of the earth, a nation with an
ancient history is about ready to
celebrate an ancient holiday.
Beginning Feb. 9 1986, the Chinese
will celebrate their annual Spring
Festival, commonly known as the
Chinese New Year.
Despite much religious activity
in China, the Chinese are
primarily "secularist" because
their major religions Taoism,
Buddhism and Confucianism,
which have more to do with
Chinese philosophy than religion,
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which deal fundamentally with how
to live a happy and meaningful life.
Unlike Christmas, the date of
the Chinese New Year does not
regularly fall on the same day of
the year because it is measured on
the Chinese calendar, commonly
known as the Moon calendar.
There is no one particular way
of celebration. The best way to
describe the way the Chinese
celebrate their New Year is to say
they do it like Americans
celebrate Thanksgiving or the
Fourth of July a lot of food
(and you eat more than you
should), calling or visiting parents
or good friends and exchanging
good wishes.
When I was growing up in
Shanghai as a child, the things I
remember liking most about the
New Year were the fireworks and
playing in the snow (yes, we have
snow too and it usually falls
during the New Year time). When
waking on New Year's morning,
the first thing 1 did was dress in
new clothes and go down to the
garden to light fireworks.
Like all major holidays, the
Chinese New Year has been
celebrated by many different
people world-wide. In New York,
Hong King and San Francisco
(where there is a large Chinese
populations), the Chinese New Year
is a major annual holiday.
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