Happy Lunar New Year!

Published: Saturday, February 17, 2007
Filed under: All Things Events
Discussion: 2 comments

After a long, circuitous subway route into Queens on Saturday morning, I emerged at Main and Roosevelt to find the Chinese New Year festivities in full swing, effectively shutting down all bus service along that major thoroughfare. But on a positive note: everyone loves a parade! (And Dad picked me up in the car later.)

Happy Year of the Golden Pig!

Chinese New Year Parade

2 comments

Qsoz on February 28, 2007

Why is it Golden Pig this year?

vipnyc on February 28, 2007

Check out the video clip in the CNN story above. While a pig year occurs every 12 years, a "Golden Pig" year occurs only once every 60... or 600, depending on the astrologer being consulted. Either way, it's considered very auspicious, and has resulted in baby boomlets throughout China and Korea.