yea...the new TV is here today. the brand new 43" tv, doesnt matter wat brand, jus DANG(a word created from pure human emotion evoked sounds, purely concidental if it resembles any actual word) it.

thinkin abt new year lately. on TVmobile, the producers keep showing this short Chinese tale abt the story of Chinese New Year. describing a mythical creature named "nian"(in manadrin, meaning year) was defeated using loud noises and parades.

hmmm...as far as this libraian goes, i will take this story with much pinches of salt. hmmm, i think there is a much logical and less exaggarated explaination.

looking back at historical records, survival is the hip word. imagine high infant mortality rates, that the Chinese had to resort to creating a few god and goddess to look after their newborn. one can only imagine the diffculty to pass that first "nian"(year).

with the inconsistent weather, most of the Chinese, who were back then agricultural workers, had to suffer under the weather. Droughts, epidemics, shortage of food and floods are the usual doses of diasters. even now, at a much modern and advanced society, we dont even have the means to prevent deaths and the occurence of it.

then large percentage of the Chinese long history, showed that most chinese were livin in poverty and war. survive that. not to mention children, even adults may have problems survin each of them.

i guess for the majority of the Chinese, the new year, other than signifiying new clothes and "ang bao", it also means that, 'Congrats another death-filled year has passed'. birthdays also became another maker within a year to reward all the survivors, 'good job and keep it up'.