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Chinese New Year |
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Chinese New Year is celebrated as a family affair, a time of reunion and thanksgiving. The celebration is traditionally highlighted with a religious ceremony given in honor of Heaven and Earth, the gods of the household and the family ancestors. Chinese New Year starts with
the New Moon on the first day of the New Year and ends on the full moon after 15 days. The 15th day of the New Year is called the Lantern Festival, which is celebrated at night with lantern displays and children carrying lanterns in a parade. The first day of the Lunar New Year is "the welcoming of the gods of the heavens and earth.
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The Chinese pray to their ancestors as well as to all the gods on second day and feed all dogs, as it is believed to be the birthday of al dogs on that day. Fifth day is called Po Woo. On that day people stay home to welcome the God of Wealth. No one visits families and friends on the fifth day because it will bring both parties bad luck.
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Another five days i.e. from sixth to tenth day, Chinese people visit their friends and relatives and also go to temples to pray to God for fortune and wealth. Noodles are eaten to promote longevity and raw fish for success. They pray to Tian Gong, God of Heaven. From 10th to 12th day, relatives and friends should be invited over for dinner. 13th day’s dinner is simple and light to cleanse the system consisting of rice congee and mustard greens called choi sum. 14th day is preparation for Lantern Festival that is about to be held on last day i.e. 15th day.
Dgreetings.com offers a glimpse of Chinese New Year Celebration of fifteen days.
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Soon this idea of celebrating Father’s Day caught on and in 1924 President Calvin Coolidge supported the idea of a national Father's Day. In 1926, a National Father's Day Committee was formed in New York City.
Nearly after thirty years a Joint Resolution of Congress gave recognition to Father’s Day. And after sixteen years President Richard Nixon established the third Sunday of June as a permanent national observance of Father’s Day in 1972. This day is a day to honor all good fathers who contribute to the betterment and well being of the children with equal intensity as the mother. |
