Okay, it is Lantern Festival, her in Taipei. And, uh, that ball there has got, uh, “fortune” and “happy” on it. So, “Gongxi facai! Xinnian kuaile!”. We’re celebrating Lantern Festival.
I’m over here, right in front of the Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall in Taipei, and, um, beautiful—love that red color up there. So, and uh, there’s lots of people here—I don’t know how many people, but an awful lot of people. They’re covering up my spotlight over there for some reason—I’m fading in and out.
But, Chinese New Year is always very interesting—I’m an ox, so this is the year of the rat. And, um, the ox helped carry the rat over the river, and uh—but the rat jumped off and beat the ox to the other side of the river. So, I’m a little upset about that—the rat kind of cheated me out. But that doesn’t matter; at least I came in second place.
So, the Jade Emperor had this race—I would suggest that you go back and take a look at Advanced Magazine for February, and read all about Chinese New Year. We talk about the tradition of the Jade Emperor, and how he came up with twelve animals for Chinese, for the Chinese calendar.
But, I just thought we’d take a look at the Lantern Festival here in Taipei.
See you next time!
Key Words
Spotlight-n-a strong light, directed at an object.
Fading-v-not clear, losing the ability to be seen.
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