{"id":4048,"date":"2021-02-15T16:39:27","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T16:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=4048"},"modified":"2021-02-15T16:48:23","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T16:48:23","slug":"the-year-of-the-ox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=4048","title":{"rendered":"The year of the ox"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Xinhua photo<\/a>, Jan 24, 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Happy lunar new year to all!<\/p>\n

Ox is the second of 12 animals of the zodiac cycle. The first is rat, next is tiger. (Here are two posts in wikipedia on zodiac<\/a> \u751f\u8096 and sexagenary cycle<\/a>\u516d\u5341\u5e72\u652f).<\/p>\n

In light of, for more than two decades, the Empire State Building lighted up in red to celebrate the Chinese New Year, someone wrote the following<\/p>\n

\u7f8e\u56fd\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 \u7ebd\u7ea6\u5e1d\u56fd\u5927\u53a6 \u8fde\u7eed21\u5e74\u70b9\u4eae\u201c\u4e2d\u56fd\u7ea2\u201d, \u795d\u8d3a\u4e2d\u56fd\u6625\u8282\uff01<\/p>\n

\u4ee5\u524d,\u4ee5\u4e3a\u522b\u4eba\u5c0a\u91cd\u6211,\u662f\u56e0\u4e3a\u6211\u5f88\u4f18\u79c0.\u540e\u6765\u624d\u660e\u767d,\u522b\u4eba\u5c0a\u91cd\u6211,\u662f\u56e0\u4e3a\u522b\u4eba\u5f88\u4f18\u79c0…<\/p>\n

\u6709\u4eba\u8bf4,\u4ec0\u4e48\u65f6\u5019,\u5317\u4e0a\u5e7f\u6df1\u7684\u6807\u5fd7\u6027\u5efa\u7b51\u4e5f\u80fd\u8fd9\u6837\u795d\u8d3a\u7f8e\u56fd\u6b27\u6d32\u65e5\u672c\u7684\u91cd\u8981\u8282\u65e5,\u4e2d\u56fd\u53ef\u80fd\u5c31\u771f\u7684\u5f00\u59cb\u5f3a\u5927\u4e86\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n

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Google translates:<\/p>\n

The United States \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 New York Empire State Building has lit the “China Red” for 21 consecutive years, congratulations on the Chinese New Year!<\/p>\n

In the past, I thought that others respect me because I was excellent. Later I realized that others respect me because they are excellent…<\/p>\n

Some people say that when the iconic buildings in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen can also congratulate important festivals in the United States, Europe and Japan, China may really start to become stronger…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For the past few years, there were of reportage on Christmas is being banned in China’s cities<\/a>:<\/p>\n