Chinese New Year is this Saturday, 28th January, and in certain respects it makes more sense to celebrate the new year a while after the Christmas celebrations. I find that a week between occasions is not enough. You get too much food, too much preparation and too much of everything. It would be good to have a month between them. People seemed to enjoy seeing the lanterns in the Mall today and most were like me, taking pictures of them because they looked so cheerful and colourful. There was a stage in the Mall itself where something will obviously be happening on another day. So, it’s the year of the rooster – the fire rooster – and rooster people are typically happy and energetic. Some famous roosters are:
- Bob Marley (born 6 February 1945), a Wood Rooster
- Jennifer Aniston (born February 11, 1969), an Earth Rooster
- Jennifer Lopez (born July 24, 1969), an Earth Rooster
- Britney Spears (born December 2, 1981), a Gold Rooster
If you are interested in the year of the rooster predictions , you can look at the astrology club site. In many ways the year of the monkey has left us a bit worn out with all the things going on. The year of the rooster will be different. In any case, Adelaide is ready for it and our Chinese population will be pleased to lead the way as they have done with other Chinese based celebrations like the moon lantern festival.
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