2010年1月1日 上午8点58分37秒When Does a new year start?

How did January 1st became the first day of the
year.
According to the Roman calendar, March 1st was the 1st day of the
year.

Traditionally, the Roman calendar began the first day of March.
However, it was in January (the eleventh month) when the consuls of
ancient Rome assumed the government. Julius Caesar, in 47 BC,
changed the system, creating the Julian calendar. It was modified in
the time of Mark Antony consul in 44 BC, again by the emperor
Augustus Caesar in 8 BC and finally by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582,
which brought the calendar to its present day form. This year begins
on January 1. Subsequently, this day was marked with a religious
significance during the Middle Ages and later centuries./

In the Eastern Orthodox Church the new year is January 14th. According
to the Chinese, it "occurs every year on the new moon of the first lunar
month, about four to eight weeks before spring." It is also referred to
as the Lunar New Year. The Lunar New Year is also used in Japan, Korea,
Tibet, Vietnam, and Cambodia.

/The exact date can fall anytime between 21 January and 21 February
(inclusive) of the Gregorian Calendar./

Here are a few more new years.

* /Islamic New Year --- This may be the only major new year
celebration that is based on a purely lunar calendar/
* /Rosh Hashanah --- In the Jewish tradition, Rosh Hashanah
begins at sundown on the 29th day of the month of Elul/
* /Thai New Year (Songkran) --- Although the traditional Thai
calendar is also lunisolar, Songkran is determined on a purely
solar basis/
* /Tsagaan Sar, Mongolian lunisolar new year/
* /Sinhala and Tamil new year celebrated in Sri Lanka coincides
with Thai New Year. It is based on an astrological event
within lunisolar calendar/
* /Ugadi & Gudi Padwa --- This is the New Year's Day for the
Deccan people of India, who also use a lunisolar calendar/

The Wikipedia link (below) lists all the different "new years" by month
of the year.

For more info -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_year
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_New_Year

 标签 : new, Year | 58 浏览数 | 1 评论 | 与朋友共享 | 推荐

2009年11月19日 上午10点00分13秒Letter to a bank manager by a 86 yearold lady

86-year old lady's letter to bank



Shown below is an actual letter that was sent to a bank by an 86 year old woman. The bank manager thought it amusing enough to have it published in the New York Times. ...

查看更多...

84 浏览数 | 发表评论 | 与朋友共享 | 推荐

2009年11月17日 下午3点41分20秒Today is my first ever Internet Friend's birthda...

It was in 2000 we first Met in a cat club in Yahoo Groups!

Today is a special day for the first Internet Friend I really talked to and got to know a bit.
She is Jess.... from Phoenix, Arizona. Today is her birthday, and I have made her a special stamp issue, as I do for all my friends.
I first started talking to Jess, when she was 18, from knowing her in a Yahoo group for cat lovers, she called... herself Pluto. I remember that it was this name that started the ball rolling. I thought PLUTO, and I knew it was her cat's name, is a funny name for a ...

查看更多...

分类: My round the world trip 2006/7 |  标签 : jess | 67 浏览数 | 1 评论 | 与朋友共享 | 推荐

• 一月 2010 (1)
• 十一月 2009 (3)
• 五月 2009 (2)
• 四月 2009 (1)
• 一月 2009 (1)
• 十二月 2008 (3)
• 十一月 2008 (4)
• 十月 2008 (2)
• 七月 2008 (1)
• 六月 2008 (1)
• 五月 2008 (1)
• 四月 2008 (2)
• 二月 2008 (1)
• 一月 2008 (1)
• 十二月 2007 (2)
• 十一月 2007 (2)
• 十月 2007 (1)
• 九月 2007 (3)
• 八月 2007 (5)
• 七月 2007 (5)
• 五月 2007 (2)
• 三月 2007 (2)
• 二月 2007 (6)
• 一月 2007 (7)
• 十二月 2006 (4)
• 十一月 2006 (3)
• 十月 2006 (2)
• 九月 2006 (2)
• 八月 2006 (6)
• 七月 2006 (4)
• 六月 2006 (3)
• 五月 2006 (4)
• 四月 2006 (1)
• 三月 2006 (2)
• 二月 2006 (1)
• 一月 2006 (9)
• 十二月 2005 (6)

Posted at Wednesday,Apr 29 2009, 09:38:53 PM (www.youtube.com)Westlife - When You Tell Me That You Love Me [live]

12

Posted at Monday,Dec 10 2007, 03:21:51 PM (www.zorpia.com)The 2007 March to the USA Embassy for demanding Action

3

Posted at Saturday,Nov 17 2007, 07:27:03 AM (www.zorpia.com)Devor�nd P%u0103m�ntul

3