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Using Chinese astrology for travel guidance

  RootOfAllLight Lunar New Year 2024 has just ended, landing us in the year of the Dragon, and it got me to thinking: there´s quite a bit out there on where/how to travel according to Western star signs, aligning destinations with your astrological characteristics, but you don´t hear much of anything on the subject when it comes to Chinese astrology. As someone who´s studied Chinese and Sinic culture, I looked into it a bit, and here´s what I came up with, with a couple of destination…

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How they celebrate New Year's in China

  You might wonder why this is even a question. But in fact, the Chinese-speaking world has its own big Lunar New Year celebration (in 2021, it's 12 February), and so while much of the rest of the planet makes a big deal out of New Year's Eve tonight, for many of the nearly 1½ billion inhabitants of this vast country, it simply isn't all that much of a thing. There are of course exceptions, and that's what I'm here to talk about. read post

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  • Xièxie, Kē xiānsheng! Ní yǒu duì le, zhèige "Pīnyīnput" shì hén hǎo de dōngxi! Meryl xiáojiě, nǐ juéde zhèige zěnmoyàng?
  • Oops, just realized, the link I provided describes the program, but doesn't actually provide a link to download it. You can download it here: http://www.chinese-forums.com/showthread.php?t=13005 (toward the bottom of the post that describes the program, you should see a "Download link for non-members"). Good luck!
  • Hi Meryl--I haven't tried it, but I found this: http://esinophile.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/type-pinyin-with-pinyinp...
    If you decide to give it a try, let us know how it works! In the translation community (I'm a Chinese-English translator), it seems most people have opted to just type the number of the tone at the end of each syllable. If this thing is user-friendly, I might give it a shot.
  • Thank you -- but is there a way not to write in characters but in pin yin with tone marks?
  • We had a question earlier today about how to type Chinese using PinYin. Here's a resource that makes it easy to set up your Windows computer.
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  • This is John Ping from Beijing China .
    Thank you very much as a member of you. I am a professional private drivers and tour guides in Beijing China, I had the honor of the Olympic Games last year been a professional driver, I own a private small company dedicated to businessmen from around the world and tourists, as well as resident in China, outsourcing to provide drivers and VIP transport and guide service, we have introduced the latest travel routes well received by the tourists of all ages. In particular, Mutianyu Great Wall tour. I'd like to share with you a happy travel to very happy to serve you and your friends and family to offer our quality services, but also want to colleagues to friends of tourism resources and to provide more opportunities for cooperation

  • 欢迎,BeijingDriver! 你是我们第一位住在中国的人!Please tell your friends and colleagues to join Tripatini and our Chinese language club! 谢谢你!
  • And yet the cowrie shell character doesn't appear in the most common (I think) word for money, 钱, which is the 'gold' radical on the left with two axes on the right... meaning, I suppose, get near my gold and I'll chop both your 手 off!
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