Chinese New Year - Chinese 2008 horoscopes

by Kundan Singh Khati

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Chinese New Year follows the track of Chinese calendar and the people of China give it a hearty welcome in the cheerful season of spring. And therefore, the entire month of February brings in exciting holiday time for all parts of East India. The entire fervor attached to the Chinese New Year 2008 that is about to begin with 7th February, is bound to stretch to the next 15 days that comprise to form the time when the New Year seeps in. And the last day of Chinese New Year celebrations touches its culminating mode with the bright celebrations of Lantern festival, which adds glitter to the overwhelming celebration mood with an array of bright and colorful lanterns.

Lighting numerous lanterns is similar to glorifying all the newfangled things coming our way with New Year. Also, the days preceding the Lantern festival are filled with the illumination of candles of varied sizes. People consider it auspicious to refurbish their surroundings through and through so that their homes exude good vibes to influence their future days. Along with candles, all the bulbs and chandeliers at home are turned on to burnish every pocket of home. Thus, we can say that all the jolly fifteen days marked by New Year gaiety witness the sparkle of lights that New Year brings with it.

Apart from lights, a variety of flowers are drizzled over varied parts of our house and all of them together add the scent of New Year to everyone's life. Beautiful flowers like Plum blossom, Sunflower, Narcissus and many others promise to bring in loads of good fortune. Their fragrant bunches spill over the display areas of almost all the markets.

Other than flowers and lights, there are a host of multifarious objects that hold immense significance in all Chinese New Year celebrations. Embroidered decors surfacing various colorful fabrics are used to spruce up different walls of your home. They showcase wonderful Chinese calligraphy that is used to convey wishful New Year messages. Chinese people make it a point to shape up such pretty wall adornments and many traditional designs along with rich Chinese idioms find their space on the whatever material they use to make them. Such compelling adornments with their indigenous Chinese element diffuse every aspect of our home with their compelling beauty and ensure to remain close to us throughout the year.

Another thing that Chinese people consider extremely felicitous is Koi Fish. Even the artificial image of this fish stands for brighter fortune. Also, this fish has direct associations with the inflow of money. They appear to be extremely lively and their cheerful posture along with their slanting tail brings in bundles of money and good luck. Because of their high significance in the beliefs of the people of China, beautiful figures of these fishes can be easily spotted as the attractive toppings of several Chinese dishes.

Moreover, Chinese New Year celebrations cannot be imagined without being redolent with elegant Lion dances that team up with the rhythm of complementing musical drums. The entire dance is rejuvenating and symbolizes happiness to accompany us in the upcoming Chinese New Year 2008.

About the Author

Kundan writes many Chinese New Year related articles. 123chinesenewyear.com provide ideas about Chinese New Year eve, Chinese New Year animal, gifts, songs and Chinese New Year 2008 activity. For more information visit www.123chinesenewyear.com

Valentine's Day

by Jenny Chane


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Valentine's Day celebrates all the vibrant love stories that have existed in the history since the time we can't even imagine. And the most illustrious story has been that of Saint Valentine, who set a pioneering example of sweeping the world off its feet. He was the one, who did the priestly service of letting all lovers assert their love without being scared by the wiles of the world.

Emperor Claudius of Rome was one of those rulers who adopted every adroit move to abolish love only to satisfy his selfish aims. But Saint Valentine stood like a wall in the midst of all his cunning strategies. He acted as a resolute supporter of love marriages and did not falter even in the thick of ruthless law introduced by King Claudius, which had been trying its best to banish love completely. Because of his heroic attitude, everyone pays obeisance to him on the Valentine's Day of every year.

The love-driven spirit of this special lovers' day gets livelier with all the associations this day has with the inspiring Saint Valentine. The way he stated the depth of his love by the famous words, " From your Valentine" and the way he got martyred and motivated the love spirit of a series of lovers of the proceeding generations is something that stays indelibly stamped on every feature of Valentine's Day. Another reason for considering this day truly auspicious for lovers is its relation with goddess Juno. Being the deity of fertility, she promises to gift all the sincere lovers, a flourishing relationship and lifetime of love. Therefore, we can say that there is no scarcity of valid reasons to celebrate this day with uncommon zest and to allow cupid to make everything all the more magical in the love groove of 14th February.

And as soon as we allow the magic of love, it takes no time to get enamored by a host of Valentine cards. Truly, all the love-filled feelings become all the more apparent when they showcase themselves in the form of chromatic cards peppered with the hearty love messages. When teddy bears snuggle into each other or when ardent lovers gaze into each other's eyes or when two hearts come closer in the scenario of Valentine cards, the feeling of love takes no time in getting into its full expression mode. And all such cards along with expressions make all of us in full swing of the Valentine fever.

Author's Bio: Jenny Chane is an associated editor of http://www.mydearvalentine.com/. Grab the latest ideas and views by flipping through the pages of mydearvalentine. Your feedback is highly appreciated at jennychane@gmail.com

About the Author

Jenny Chane is an associated editor of http://www.mydearvalentine.com/. Grab the latest ideas and views by flipping through the pages of mydearvalentine. Your feedback is highly appreciated at jennychane@gmail.com

The First Funny SMS in the year 2008

Happy New Year 2008

Hi all my friends now we are living in the best year 2008. So this is the great year for all of u, u know y? bcos i will share u the best funny sms and jokes or something strange happened around the world to tell u. Here the first thing that u 1 2 know:

I = I

T= Trust

A = And

L = Love

Y = You

The 5 letters above is the name of one country in Europe. Can u guess ?

If u can not so let me tell u then 1 2 3

Here we are ...........................................

It's ........................................."Italy" the city is Rome.

Rome is the ancient city and it has a great culture and very powerful at that time in Europe.