Only a little fish, chicken.. not any wild animals.

22, Jan. is this Chinese New Year. The "FU" express good fortune in Chinese. The small boy and girl are lucky imagines in Chinese folk culture. Hope everone have a goodl life.

We put the "FU" word into reversed. It means "FU" coming.

That's odd...in America, FU has an entirely different meaning. :D

Brian

Happy Year of the Monkey to you, Billy!

What year were you born? I was born in the Year of the Ox. I think that my element is Metal.

I'm a rat. :cool:

Really? I thought I heard LJ say something about monkey? or was it love monkey? Something like that, anyway. Must have misheard.

I was born inHorse Year. We can count your age if you told us what year you were born. In lunar calendar different time has different meaning. The China fortunetellers forecast your fate according to your born time.

I don't know how the animal year come from. I will search and post here if I get.

CCTV more topics about Chinese New Year.

Google's fun Chinese New Year Logo.

One Chinese serch web Baidu New Year logo.

The fifth Chinese Lunar New Year special stamp in the third series for the Year of the Monkey was issued on Sunday in Hong Kong. Different species of monkeys are featured in this set of colorful stamps to highlight the lively spirit of these fascinating creatures. The set also incorporates traditional Chinese paper cutting techniques as a toast to the festive spirit of the Lunar New Year.

Chinese men wearing t-shirts with the words "Protest Visit Shrine" and holding a Chinese flag protest quietly in front of the Japanese embassy in Beijing, China, Friday, Jan 2, 2004. Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi started the new year by visiting a shrine honoring Japan's war dead Thursday _ a decision that brought a swift rebuke from China and South Korea and could provoke an outcry over Tokyo's largest planned deployment of troops abroad since World War II.

Chinese travellers line up to buy tickets at a railway station in Beijing January 5, 2003. China's busiest travel period of the year has begun with transportation officials expecting hundreds of millions of people to visit relatives or go sightseeing in the coming days to celebrate Chinese New Year which begins on January 22 this year.

I did not go home to have the Festival with my families because it is too bad to take train in festival.

Guangdong suspected SARS case originated from wild animals
 

THE viral genetic sequence obtained from the suspected SARS case occurred recently in Guangdong was tested similar to that of the civet cats, said a SARS research team here Monday.

The research team, including experts from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention of Guangdong, Shenzhen and Guangzhou and the Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong, said the similarity of viral genetic sequences between the recent suspected case and the civet cats showed that the new case also originated from wild animals.

Taiwan mininature artist Chen Frong-shean displays one of his latest creations - bamboo chopsticks featuring a pair of monkeys - in Taipei January 5, 2004. The Chinese Year of the Monkey will be ushered in on January 22.