2009 Lunar Calendar

Our annual pdf file showing the year's phases of the moon is ready. If you would like a copy, please post a comment with your email, or email me.

I love the look but it really helps show how each month of the Chinese calendar begins with a new moon. If there is a full moon, one knows it is the 15th of the lunar calendar. Children - and adults - always want to look at it when I take it anywhere.

Share ideas about how you use it!

Zhongqiujie 2008

Zhongqiujie yukuai

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival

Today's the day. While there will be cloudy skies for many of the people we know, it looks like everyone is safe after Ike and that is more important.

Autumn Moon 2008

It's just a month away on Sept. 14, 2008.

It is a little early to start looking for mooncakes at the Chinese grocery store, but you may want to:

• review Mid-Autumn Festival information,
• decide whether you want to go into your child's school to celebrate,
• talk to your chlid's teachers about what you can do in the classroom (the sooner the better on that one since it is "early" this year. I suspect many teachers might be happiest with just a special snack as they will be still getting their own routines set).
• Or, surprise some friends online with e-cards. You can set up today to be delivered on September 14th!

We still have a pdf file of 2008 showing how the phases of the moon compare to the 2008 calendar. If you would like a copy, please post a comment with your email, or email me.

Happy New Year!

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Reading Level

I wonder if it's due to the Chinese characters?

Happy New Year!

Found this at ChristmasMySpace.com, can't recommend all their graphics though!

Did you know...?

In Europe, Halloween and Ground Hog's Day were originally as cross-quarter days, halfway between an equinox and a solstice? Our modern calendar's have gotten away from the moon, and the real cross-quarter day will occur next week. Of course, in China they were marked as one of the 24 solar terms.