It's New Year, 2014, everywhere, finally!
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| Happy New Year！ 新年快乐！ |
Dec. 31st 2013 (Texas, US), I called to my family in Nanjing and Erenhot to deliver my greetings for the New Year. They were going to spent their first morning in 2014. Hours later, I received group messages from my friends in Germany since they heard the sounds of fireworks to celebrate the New Year. They had just spent the last minute of 2013. Yesterday, Jan. 1st 2014 (Texas, US), we went out for diner together to celebrate the New Year. Then, Spend New Year's messages were no longer.
This morning, it became quite cold here. When I opened the door, saw the mat on the front of the door was blown away by the strong wind yesterday night. Oh, yes, the New Year is always arrival on the occasion of the coldest (hottest). This reminds me of the pre-dawn darkness. Let the New Year start from the pre-dawn darkness, not a bad idea.
Yesterday, a happy America guy came to our table, and asked, normally how to celebrate the New Year in China. We actually do not "really" celebrate the New Year of Jan. 1st, but Chinese New Year. It is also known as the Spring Festival since it generally falls on the day around Lichun (start of spring) when the most severe days of the year are already passed. It becomes warm again and plants start to grow faster. People lived in Sinosphere decide the New Year start from we have already see the dawn.
This world is wonderful. We live in the same earth, but have the different start point of a year.
Happy New Year !!!
