China goes rabbit-crazy for Lunar New Year
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BEIJING — In stews, as pets or adorning shop windows, rabbits are ubiquitous as millions of Chinese mark the Lunar New Year, hoping for a more tranquil time ahead as the old Year of the Tiger roars its last.
The nation’s 1.3 billion inhabitants will welcome the Year of the Rabbit on the night of Feb. 2 to 3 in a hugely important family event marked by feasts and a blaze of fireworks.
Occupying the fourth position in the Chinese zodiac, the rabbit is closely linked to the moon and symbolizes happiness and good fortune.
Many — including brokerages — are banking on the calm and sensitive rabbit to usher in a calm 12 months after the tiger brought a spate of deadly natural disasters to China such as earthquakes and mudslides..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
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