I wrote a recent post about how my late brother's birthday fell on a full moon in 2024, which also happened to be the anniversary of the date my divorce was finalized and how I was planning to have pizza for dinner that night -
If You Are Going to Do a Kubrick on a Book, at Least Make a Better Shining Story of IT Robert?๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐คก
Fifteenth day
Main article: Lantern Festival
The fifteenth day of the new year is celebrated as the Lantern Festival, also known as the Yuanxiao Festival (simplified Chinese: ๅ ๅฎต่; traditional Chinese: ๅ ๅฎต็ฏ; pinyin: Yuรกn xiฤo jiรฉ), the Shangyuan Festival (simplified Chinese: ไธๅ ่; traditional Chinese: ไธๅ ็ฏ; pinyin: Shร ng yuรกn jiรฉ), and Chap Goh Meh (Chinese: ๅไบๆ; Pe̍h-ลe-jฤซ: Cha̍p-gล͘-mรช; lit. 'the fifteen night' in Hokkien). Rice dumplings, or tangyuan (simplified Chinese: ๆฑคๅ; traditional Chinese: ๆนฏๅ; pinyin: tang yuรกn), a sweet glutinous rice ball brewed in a soup, are eaten this day. Candles are lit outside houses as a way to guide wayward spirits home. Families may walk the streets carrying lanterns, which sometimes have riddles attached to or written on them as a tradition.
In China and Malaysia, this day is celebrated by individuals seeking a romantic partner, akin to Valentine's Day. Nowadays, single women write their contact number on mandarin oranges and throw them in a river or a lake after which single men collect the oranges and eat them. The taste is an indication of their possible love: sweet represents a good fate while sour represents a bad fate.
This day often marks the end of the Chinese New Year festivities.
Main article: Lantern Festival
The fifteenth day of the new year is celebrated as the Lantern Festival, also known as the Yuanxiao Festival (simplified Chinese: ๅ ๅฎต่; traditional Chinese: ๅ ๅฎต็ฏ; pinyin: Yuรกn xiฤo jiรฉ), the Shangyuan Festival (simplified Chinese: ไธๅ ่; traditional Chinese: ไธๅ ็ฏ; pinyin: Shร ng yuรกn jiรฉ), and Chap Goh Meh (Chinese: ๅไบๆ; Pe̍h-ลe-jฤซ: Cha̍p-gล͘-mรช; lit. 'the fifteen night' in Hokkien). Rice dumplings, or tangyuan (simplified Chinese: ๆฑคๅ; traditional Chinese: ๆนฏๅ; pinyin: tang yuรกn), a sweet glutinous rice ball brewed in a soup, are eaten this day. Candles are lit outside houses as a way to guide wayward spirits home. Families may walk the streets carrying lanterns, which sometimes have riddles attached to or written on them as a tradition.
In China and Malaysia, this day is celebrated by individuals seeking a romantic partner, akin to Valentine's Day. Nowadays, single women write their contact number on mandarin oranges and throw them in a river or a lake after which single men collect the oranges and eat them. The taste is an indication of their possible love: sweet represents a good fate while sour represents a bad fate.
This day often marks the end of the Chinese New Year festivities.
And when I went out in my backyard on Moonday morning to throw my empty pizza box in my recycling bin, there was the moon hitting my eye right before sunrise.
And on a personal weird 2024 note, my younger living brother's birthday in March is the day before the full moon that marks Easter:-)
I find it amusing that the Year of the Rabbit ended when the Year of the Dragon came in and that Easter Moonday will be April 1st this year (AKA April Fool's Day):-)
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I realize now that not only did I give away my half-read copy of 'Force of Nature' to a West End neighbourhood lending library the night I went to see 'Force of Nature: The Dry 2', I also gave away my copy of 'Watching the Tree' on the night of that full moon:-)
Watching the Tree to Catch ... A Butterfly?๐ฒ๐ฆ๐
Ironically, the 2024 Oscars will be held on the night of the new moon this year, so I wonder how 'Killers of the Flower Moon' will fare on the night?-)
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