Happy New Year! OK, Happy Lunar New Year! In the Chinese calendar, the longest chronological record in history dating back to 2600 B.C., this year marks the lunar year 4709 -- Year of the Hare or Rabbit. The first day of the lunar year is February 3, 2011. For the Tet Vietnamese New Year it will be the Year of the Cat!
Famous people born in the Year of the Rabbit include: Albert Einstein, Leon Trotsky, Frank Sinatra, Pope Benedict XVI, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp, David Beckham, Tiger Woods, Whitney Houston
Here are selected local events celebrating the Lunar New Year in Santa Clara and San Francisco counties.
Silicon Valley/Santa Clara County:
Saturday, February 12, 1:00-4:00pm - Performances, cooking demos & more, Santana Row Park, Santana Row, San Jose
Gung Hey Fat Choi! Santana Row celebrates Chinese New Year with a festival of live performances, cooking demos and more to usher in the Year of the Rabbit.
http://www.santanarow.com/events/item/santana_row_celebrates_chinese_new_year/
San Francisco/San Francisco Chinatown:
Thursday, January 27, 6:30 - 9:00pm - Fine Arts Exhibit Art, People Gallery - San Francisco
Saturday, January 29, 10:00am-10:00pm, also Sunday, January 30, 9:00am-6:00pm - Flower Fair San Francisco Chinatown
Celebration of Chinese New Year in San Francisco kicks off with the Chinese New Year Flower Fair. Each year, the Chinese New Year Flower Fair takes place the weekend before the lunar new year holiday so that families can come to the flower fair and purchase their traditional holiday plants, flowers and fruits.
http://www.chineseparade.com/parade_events.asp?pEvent=flower_fair
Saturday, January 29, 3:00pm - Chinese New Year Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Davies Symphony Hall - San Francisco http://www.sfsymphony.org/season/Event.aspx?eventid=43474
Thursday, February 10, 7:30pm - Miss Chinatown USA Pageant, Palace of Fine Arts Theater - San Francisco http://www.chineseparade.com/pageant.asp
Sunday, February 13, 7:00am registration, run starts at 8:00am at Sacramento and Grant, YMCA Chinese New Year Run.
This event raises funds for the YMCA's youth and teen programs. This year's proceeds will benefit PEP, the Physical Education Program serving more than 1,200 youth in Chinatown with weekly physical fitness programs and expects 2,500 participants and 300 volunteers. Registration must be postmarked by 2/1/11. http://www.active.com/running/san-francisco-ca/chinese-new-year-run-year-of-the-hare-2011
Saturday, February 19, 10:00am - 4:30pm, also Sunday, February 20, 9:00am-5:00pm - Chinatown Community Street Faire, SF Chinatown http://www.sanfranciscochinatown.com/events/communityfair.html
San Francisco's Chinese New Year Parade began in 1860 and was named by the IFEA to be one of the top ten parades in the world! It is also one of the remaining night illuminated parades left in the country. Since 1958 the parade has been organized and directed by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce.
Saturday, February 19, 5:15pm-8:00pm - 2011 Chinese New Year Festival and Parade, Market and Second Streets to Kearney and Jackson. Check out "Gum Lung", the 201-foot-long Golden Dragon! http://www.chineseparade.com/
A Hundred Years of the Chinese Calendar (1924 to 2024) --
The Chinese Calendar names each year after an animal and legend has it that a person born under a certain animal will display traits of that animal. What sign are you in the Chinese 12-year calendar cycle? Look up in the table below what year you were born and the corresponding animal.
Rat: 1924 1936 1948 1960 1972 1984 1996 2008 2020
Ox: 1925 1937 1949 1961 1973 1985 1997 2009 2021
Tiger: 1926 1938 1950 1962 1974 1986 1998 2010 2022
Rabbit: 1927 1939 1951 1963 1975 1987 1999 2011 2023
Dragon: 1928 1940 1952 1964 1976 1988 2000 2012 2024
Snake: 1929 1941 1953 1965 1977 1989 2001 2013
Horse: 1930 1942 1954 1966 1978 1990 2002 2014
Ram: 1931 1943 1955 1967 1979 1991 2003 2015
Monkey: 1932 1944 1956 1968 1980 1992 2004 2016
Rooster: 1933 1945 1957 1969 1981 1993 2005 2017
Dog: 1934 1946 1958 1970 1982 1994 2006 2018
Boar: 1935 1947 1959 1971 1983 1995 2007 2019
Gung Hey Fat Choy! Happy Year of the Rabbit!
Chúc Mừng Năm Mới! Happy Year of the Cat!
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