Show happy new year chinese celebrated two weeks our new year celebration is equally gay perhaps but still short lived in comparison gitil tile the ob ser servance vanco that took place in old china in the ancient land of china tile tho now year celebration lasted from days to two weeks and its equal equalled led nil all of our holidays rolled into ono one family fawal gatherings aro are as aa traditional in ba china as in in i alo tho rest of tho world but thoro there was also alfio tho constant burst of exploding firecrackers gala feasts and the exchanging of gay presents and cards carda tho ilie chinese too considered it to visit friends and to pay debts at tile the start of tho the now new year mankind first celebration of the now new yeni borys is lost somewhere in ill tho the pages oj of time it ia h acci CC tall tain however that january y 1 has haa not always been tile late date celebi celebia celebrated ted the ed the ovel ove flow flowing ilig of tile nilo tho the stait stai t of it a now year and consequently cole berated during tile the month of juno june tho the romans and began their lr ellk eni in ill Atil maich lell ja january I 1 did not be become collio universally until 1702 when great britain joined the other kurop europ elii countries 1 ea which lind had already at r ady adopted tile tho orian calendar tho jewish calendar now reads reada in ili i elation to A 1 I tho jowa jews ob owrie herve one day new year Reft reason soll at tile tho time tillio of tho ail autumn equinox begina ilig on oil rosh ibosh fashana Ha shana and ending on oil yom kippur Kipp lil bells ring ang out timea at ini midnight tillight on oil now yeats years evel jbv usher ilig in hi tal the 0 new year and ro rc urill minding 4 the people of tho the of bui buddha 1 ilia among tile the ancient costoma still in 18 alie lie or oc ing beant about tile the bour hoibo 1 to alive awit away ovil find and invite hood luck to enter tile homo tn in earlier blives lines tile the flimsy construction or of gnp ant anhao homes home made them file and alindo firc men inen 0 pular lucioes in japan one of tho outstanding feature fent utes of now new jearos day Is tho the par para ailt of the fird brigade amnia tho ho caily new year was mhd dipping custom loul tho fiend bead of the faintly with lilt bla eyes closed opened the iho family bible and indicated it passage with III ills finger tho text solemnly lead jewl and interpreted was Ieli believed eved indicative tit of the iho luck good dorbad or bad aliat was in ili stoic mot during ill lie year ahead alie siJ watching tho bid yeat out and afi iho 0 new year lills in is one ona of tile tho oldest abid most universal of ml all celebrations col obra vallar illo ho erecting la Is 1011 bonne onne Anti annert cePI such buch a ns in ill france eunice beliz ano allo as ono would hoar hear in ili spain or just HAPPY NEW it is a good time to bo with friends and to join in it ft sincero toast to the future and whatever it may hold |