The Chinese New Year, in 2017 the year of the Rooster, began
January 28. It has since been celebrated in different ways at different spots
in Paris. The last great manifestation was the parade in the 13th
arrondissement, Sunday February 5.
Actually, in Chinese astrology, each zodiac year is
associated not only with an animal, but also with one the five different
elements - water, wood, earth, metal… and this year it’s the Fire Rooster. As
the Rooster is one of the 12- year cycle animals you will have to wait for 60
years to see the Fire Rooster year come back. If you are interested in the zodiac
interpretations, horoscopes etc… I will let you look for it yourselves. There
are too many sources and I don’t know which one to “trust”!
The Chinese have dated the years differently during the last four or five
thousand years. Although this celebration is a great event – and the
Chinese New Year actually is also that of Korea, Vietnam… , we must of course
remember that these countries today officially refer to the Gregorian calendar
as do most other countries in the world. Actually,
China adopted it already in 1912, earlier than countries like USSR, Romania,
Greece, Turkey…
This is not the first time I have reported on this yearly
event, but it’s quite spectacular and worth revisiting. I hope you don’t mind getting
some views also from this year’s parade. There were of course some local
politicians in the front line, including the Paris Mayor. There were a few Roosters to be seen but many more dragons, lions…
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