中国古代的历法，是用天干和地支的组合来纪年的。古典文学名著《西游记》第一回中有一句话“山中无甲子，寒尽不知年”。这里所说的〃甲子〃即是指用干支纪年的历法。意思是说，由于深山里面没有历法，二十四节气中小寒、大寒已经过去了，还不知新春即将来临。
古代采用干支纪年的方法，是非常科学的，但在当时乃至后来漫长的社会进程中，能识文断字的人毕竟是极少数。要用甲乙丙丁、子丑寅卯等天干地支的组合来记住所生的年份，这对于不识字的大多数人来说是非常困难的。为了便于记忆和推算，人们就采用鼠、牛等十二种动物来与十二地支相对应的方法，每年用其中的一种动物来作为这一年的属相。如公元二OO四年按农历是甲申年，属相便是猴。记住甲申年比较困难，记住猴年就容易多了。历史上，人们结婚生子后，不用户籍登记，对平民百姓来说孩子出生那年的年号记住记不住倒是无所谓，记住的是孩子的属相就可以了。因此，属相起到了强化记忆的作用。这种对年龄特殊的记忆方法成为我国民俗文化的一大特色。由于天干十位，地支十二位，所以每过十二年就是一个小循环，每过六十年就是一个大循环（一个花甲子）。这就是说人人每过十二年就会遇到与自己出生那年相同的属相年，这就是人们所说的本命年。
人逢本命年对红颜色特别钟爱。本命年的红色讲究应该是源于中国汉民族传统文化对于红色的崇拜。在汉族的旧式婚礼中，红花轿、红色穿戴的新娘、红灯笼、红地毯、红蜡烛，一片红光笼罩。在古代，军队打了胜仗，要派专人手执红旗报捷，学子们考取了功名要披红戴花，京剧中红色脸谱只有忠勇之神关云长才有权享用。汉民族把红色视为喜庆、成功、忠勇和正义的象征，尤其认为红色有驱邪护身的作用。因此在大年三十，人们便早早地穿上红色内衣，或系上红色腰带，有的随身佩带的饰物也用红丝绳系挂，来迎接自己的本命年。认为这样才能趋吉避凶，消灾免祸。

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过完年后，狗年就会过去－摆脱本命年的霉式，BB就可以行运了，期待．．．

中毒

 

这几天除了见朋友就是在和老妈比拼看韩剧．诶，还是她厉害，虽然我一口气也看了三部韩剧，呵，但比起她我只有她的一半呀，算了～认输＠＠．

奇怪呀，记得以前有人说过当你真正不再喜欢任何明星的时候才算真正长大．．原以为自高中时疯狂得迷恋H.O.T阶段后，就不再可能再崇拜，喜欢什么明星了．．因为我长大了－－早在大一下半学期开始就从来没喜欢过这种东西了．可最近真是奇怪呀～奇怪,怎么会这么喜欢RAIN呢～～自己也想不明白，呵，难道我还没长大吗？！

 

Wow~ so quickly. Till today, I have been NY one year. Meanwhile, today is also the last day in this winter semester. Till today, I have finished 7 classes.

En~ anyway~ celebrate it by myself~

 

Remember, first day I arrived JFK 1/26/05, I did not know how to go to college, did not know anybody. So I called Classic Van, beginning my first NY “trip”. Snow` big snow, I have never seen the snow in Shanghai~ everything was white.  I asked driver how much, he said $43, but it was only paper value. I confused?! What~ “paper value”? What that mean? Actually, he just means I should give him tips. Oh~ l0l , right , that time I totally forgot should give him the tips, I forgot now I was not in China, was in a tips country. Then I gave him $50.

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I lived in the college dormitory first, then move to the apartment – upstairs- downstairs; then to Bayside; then back Oakdale again home-stay…wow~ totally 4 times, why I always move, ha, I don’t know, but I like , maybe it can keep fresh feeling!

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Remember lots of FIRST:

First to Manhattan was a cloudy day;

First drove the plane in the sky to see the sunset ~beautiful ~;

First to all foreigners dancing club with my American friends;

First saw NY auto show;

First lived in my good American girl friend’s home;

First took part in American’s Halloween party to DIY myself pumpkin.

First saw the Thanksgiving Parade;

First saw DIY bay auto movie;

First to Boston to see my desiring university—Harvard, Yale, MIT…;

First to New Jersey but missed the program;

First took part in a real American Christmas party;

First not sat in Shanghai theatre, sat in Broadway theatre to see opera;

First saw movie which should “climb” long time;

First saw beach firework;

First to Mohegan Sun to gambling, won $60;

First drove car by myself;

First interviewed in NY;

First worked as a sale in NY;

First slept all night in the car;

First to see Time Square New Year Program but the police told me baby you only later 15 minutes, before 15 minutes I would say “yes”, let you in…;

First to Pennsylvania to skiing;

First communicated with professor;

First sat in all foreigners classroom;

First did more than 15 pages English paper;

First did one hour presentation;

First made a good friend on the bus;

First…First…too much…

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Ok, anyway, Wish myself ----have a more marvelous next year----!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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