About the Chinese New Year
Last February 13, it was the Chinese new year, according some Chinese expert of astrology the Chinese New year had 12 animals in astrology and have corresponding named after them. This year, is the “Year of the tiger” and the cycles of this will repeat in every 12 years. Firecrackers are common we saw at time of Chinese New Year, associated with stemming from an ancient Chinese legend. These legends tell us the story of foul –smelling giant who lived in the western side of a village. If someone made the giant angry, he would inflict malaria on them. One of the villagers suggested that they might scare the giant, if they created a great deal of noise. So the people of the village made a huge pill of bamboo stem and set them on fire. As the stems burned they explode and frighten the giant badly, he run away and never returned again. So next time you see a fire crackers on Chinese New year, you can assure that no foul smelling giant nearby.
