Lucky Dog - The Year of Marriage and Newborns

I went to visit one of my best friends in Nanjing yesterday.  She is pregnant and is going to have a baby in August. Unlike those thousands of Chinese who rush to get married or to get pregnant in the year of dog, she didn't plan to have a baby this year, but is happy to join the trend in China.

Lunar Year of the Dog is considered to be an auspicious year for weddings and newborns. According to the Chinese lunar calander, the year started from January 29, and the lunar cycle will last 385 days until February 17,2007,  a phenomenon that will occur only 12 times betwwen 221 BC and 2100 AD. The last time that the lunar year had 385 days was in 1944.

According to the lunar calendar, this Year of the Dog has 13 months. The extra month, called an intercalary month, is being inserted between the seventh and eighth lunar months to put things on par with the solar calendar since a lunar cycle lasts about 29.5 days.

 

The year also has two lichun, or beginnings of spring, February 4, 2006 and 2007. People believe a year with two spring beginnings and an intercalary month is a golden time to tie the knot or to have a baby.

On the contrary, people were waiting for the inauspicious Year of the Rooster to pass because it was considered a "widow year" due to the lack of any lichun.

It look like that Brad and I will join the trend as well because we are going to get married in the year of dog too. We are all lucky dogs.

Hope the year of dog bring luck and happiness to every one.

Comments

[fei]

hello, i just emailed you an article on the ongoing wedding frenzy. should i be sending such stuff to Sabrina's email address displayed on this blog? I'm never sure if those emails ever reach her... :i

[Sabrina]

Hi fei,

Thanks for the article. I received it and read it. It was interesting.

Yes you can reach me via that email address for sure.

Cheers,
Sabrina