Chinese New Year 2005 is coming up..McDonald's even launched Prosperity burger (haven't tasted it 'cause I'm not an onion lover. Hmm...haven't heard about ChowKing having any additional promo for the Chinese New Year.). What is there to remember about chinese new year? well, i guess there's 'ang pao', 'tikoy', and chinese horoscope.
Isn't it this time of year where even pure Filipinos get to ask or know their 'year'(year of the rat, tiger, ox, and so on). My parents are apparently experts in knowing what 'year' you are - just tell them the year of your birth and they'd start saying chinese words and counting their fingers (I wonder why I can't memorize the damn thing) and then...in a couple of seconds, they'd know. They don't only know what year you are, it also gives them an idea about you (If you're chinese, I guess your parents are like that too). Exactly! It's chinese horoscope.
How has chinese horoscope, or let's include feng shui, affect my life? Since I'm born on the 'year of the tiger', I never get the chance to be part of many wedding entourage (yeah, been a flower girl twice only). If you guys are chinese, you'd know why. It's because, year of the tigers are believed to bring bad luck to the marriage so, you can only be part of the entourage if one of the couple is also born on the year of the tiger. Feng shui on the other hand is very much evident in my life. When deciding a date for an event, we have to consult our grandfather what date would be best. In building or structuring a house, it takes forever because there are so many beliefs. and the list goes on (but we don't follow everything said, ok?).
Personally, I'd say that some of these superstitious are quite pratical. In fact, they are not based primarily on superstition. However, there are also some that are irrational such as those about compatibility. If you ask, why do we follow this? My dad would say, there's nothing wrong about it. I guess that would depend upto what extent you believe in it. If you believe in it, that it drives and revolves the way you live your life, I don't think that's good anymore. Superstitions are to remain as superstitions. They are not to overlap your faith.
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it is ironic that no matter how man has become so sophisticated, supertitions and beliefs are always there. perhaps its just one way of preserving the legacy of the past, which i think is essential inorder to understand the present and face the future.
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