supposedly increases the experience of watching‚ digital video recorders that allow people to set aside time to watch their favorite shows when they please‚ and remote controls that probably have Easy Bake Ovens should one decide to look hard enough. This is not to say that all television is necessarily a bad experience (what with National Geographic‚ the History Channel‚ and news programming on every other station)‚ but for the most part‚ it has come to exist for the sole purpose of entertainment.
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For other traditions of celebrating lunar new year‚ see Lunar New Year. Chinese New Year Lion dancers at Historic Chinatown Gate‚ Chinese New Year‚ Hing Hay Park‚ Seattle‚ Washington (February 3‚ 2011) Also called Lunar New Year‚ Spring Festival‚ New Year Observed by Chinese communities worldwide[1] Type Cultural‚ Religious (Buddhist‚ Taoist‚ Confucian) Significance The first day of the Chinese calendar (lunisolar calendar) 2012 date Monday‚ January 23‚ Dragon 2013 date Sunday‚ February
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about to sail to the New World from Spain on your old reliable ship. You wonder what you are going to find and what you are going to do if you meet any Native Americans. Then you think about the past‚ and in the past what has happened when cultures collide to get you to that day. So what happens when cultures collide? Is it always battles? do new cultures always form? The advances of technology help reach new cultures like how the compass and caravel helped get to the New World. Then when Christopher
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celebrate a very important holiday which is the Vietnamese New Year. In my speech today‚ I will inform all of you how the Vietnamese New Year came into being‚ the tradition rituals‚ and how we celebrate the New Year. Vietnam is a country in the Eastern Hemisphere that was influenced by China for over decades. Therefore‚ the Chinese New Year and the Vietnamese New Year‚ which we call Tet‚ have many similarities. It was told that thousand of years ago in a small village of China‚ there was a monster who
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made a New Year resolution to improve your personal life? Every year thousand’s of people get serious about committing to change and achieving certain goals for themselves. However‚ more often than not these are the same goals you set last year‚ but were not able to succeed for one reason or another. There are so many resolutions to choose from; however‚ the top three are to lose weight‚ get organized and spend more quality time with family to make our life better throughout the next year. First
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Do you celebrate Chinese New Year with your family and friends? Well in “Begin with a Bang” by Jasper Connor and “The Night Of Lights‚” by Brenda Comper‚ both discuss Chinese celebrations. Did you know that each tradition the Chinese people must perform has its own symbolic meaning? Chinese New Year is very different from other New Year celebrations. It has its own significance celebration and traditions. For example‚ in “Begin With A Bang” by Jasper Conner he talks about what Chinese people
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LUNAR NEW YEAR IN VIETNAM [pic] Lunar New Year which is known as “Tet” is the most important and popular holiday and festival in Vietnam. It often begins on late January and ends on early February . It’s a special time for people to relax‚ forget all about the troubles‚ hope for a better new year and spend time together with their family and their friends after a hard working year. GET READY! [pic] Two weeks before the New Year’s Eve‚ family members try to come back to
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Aixuan Li 03/29/2012 Chinese New Year Chinese New Year is the most important festival of the traditional Chinese holidays. In China‚ it is known as "Spring Festival." People celebrate this day by enjoy the Dragon dances‚ Lion dances‚ fireworks‚ family gathering‚ family meal‚ visiting friends and relatives ‚ giving red envelopes‚ and decorating with duilian(usually represented as two lines of poems that match together to wish people good luck and was hung on the wall of the front
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Chinese New Year Chinese New Year is the longest and most important celebration in the Chinese calendar. The new year begins on the first day of the Chinese calendar‚ which usually falls in February‚ and the festivities continue for 15 days. At Chinese New Year celebrations‚ people wear red clothes‚ give children “lucky money” in red envelopes and set off firecrackers. Red symbolizes fire‚ which the Chinese believe drives away bad luck. Family members gather at each other’s homes for extravagant
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New Year Resolution Although many of us make a New Year resolution at the beginning of a New Year but we do it more out of a custom than with actual planning. Also‚ people don’t spare much thought in finding out what he/she will actually like to achieve in the year. Hence‚ the success rate with New Year resolution is actually poor. Some tips therefore can become handy in making your New Year resolution a success. Fix your target: What is really important to you? What do you want to achieve
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