Year of the Horse
Since it is coming up in a couple of days, I thought that my first post ought to be about Chinese New Year (also known as Lunar New Year.)
Not only does the Chinese follow the Western calendar, they also follow the Chinese calendar. Chinese New Year falls on the first day of the year, so it's usually around late mid-January to early February. This year, Chinese New Year happens to fall on Friday, January 31st.
Chinese New Year is celebrated all over the world, primarily in Asian-populated areas, like San Francisco, Hong Kong, China, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Singapore, just to name a few.