Gong chi fa chai means "Happy new year" in chinese. Every year has some significance and this time its the year of pig. The picture on the top represents 12 animals that are being considered with every chinese new year.
Interesting Facts:
Each year is also designated by one of the 12 Animals For instance, 2005 is Year of Rooster; 2006 is Year of Dog; and 2007 is the Year of Pig.
This system is extremely practical. A child does not have to learn a new answer to the question, "How old are you?" in each new year. Old people often lose track of their age, because they are rarely asked about their present age. Every one just have to remember that he or she was born in the "Year of the Dog" or whatever.
Since this is the Year of the Pig, any one who was born in the Year of the Pig is now either 0 or 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, 84 or 96 years old.
More about this can be found in the following url. http://www.chinapage.com/12animals.html
I am planning to write about the things i did on chinese new year 2007 in my next blog. Surprise!!!
