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Using Chinese astrology for travel guidance

  RootOfAllLight Lunar New Year 2024 has just ended, landing us in the year of the Dragon, and it got me to thinking: there´s quite a bit out there on where/how to travel according to Western star signs, aligning destinations with your astrological characteristics, but you don´t hear much of anything on the subject when it comes to Chinese astrology. As someone who´s studied Chinese and Sinic culture, I looked into it a bit, and here´s what I came up with, with a couple of destination…

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How they celebrate New Year's in China

  You might wonder why this is even a question. But in fact, the Chinese-speaking world has its own big Lunar New Year celebration (in 2021, it's 12 February), and so while much of the rest of the planet makes a big deal out of New Year's Eve tonight, for many of the nearly 1½ billion inhabitants of this vast country, it simply isn't all that much of a thing. There are of course exceptions, and that's what I'm here to talk about. read post

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  • On the occasion of the Lunar New Year and the new Year of the Dragon, Time magazine took a look at the role of this mythical creature in Sinic culture: https://time.com/6691804/china-dragons-symbolism-history-significan...
    Why Dragons Are a Big Deal in Chinese Culture
    Whereas in the West dragons are often depicted as winged, fire-breathing monsters, for the Chinese they are a symbol of power and prosperity.
  • Have you seen ¨The Monkey King¨ on Netflix? Here The Economist profiles it as one of China´s rare contemporary cultural exports to achieve success throughout the world: https://www.economist.com/culture/2023/08/18/the-monkey-king-is-one...
    The Monkey King is one of China’s most successful cultural exports
  • Here's a pretty interesting look on how the Internet has helped promote Sinic culture around the world: https://www.iol.co.za/business-report/ending-poverty-in-china/featu...
  • Here's an interesting interview with the author of a new book about the fraught relationship between Hollywood and Peking and how movies became a vehicle for Chinese ideology: https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/qa-erich-schwartzel-china...
    China's Battle for Cultural Power Begins at the Box Office
    A conversation with Erich Schwartzel about the vexed relationship between Hollywood and Beijing, how movies became a vehicle for Chinese ideology, an…
  • 你好,Xixi! 欢迎!我很久以前到过上海, 希望快要回去, 不过不知道什么时候。一个问题:你中文名字怎么写?
  • hello everyone,这里能说中文吗?
  • Ni hao, Iman! 你讲国语吗?
  • Ni Hao Pengyo Men
  • 是的,tripatini 非常全面。我经常来这里
  • 谢谢,Heidi! 那个网站也很好。可是只可以问关于中国旅游的问题,所以如果你只想到中国去的话,就非常有用。在Tripatini你可以问关于全世界的问题。谢谢!
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