CRIZ'S SANCTUARY: Chinese New Year

I went to a Chinese New Year Street Party in Penang recently and managed to shoot some unexplained shots. There were flying orbs almost everywhere. Most of them are in blur white light forms but you can also see some in pinkish or bluish in some of the photos. I have checked with some of the experts and some said it was due to dust or bugs but are they the real answers to the mysterious flying orbs? Some of my reader even said those are deities or ghosts. Maybe you can give me your point of view (you can click on the 3 photos below to view a larger photo).

These 3 photos are real mysterious. I took few more shots few steps later and at other dimmer areas but those orbs disappeared. You can see the normal shots below.

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The Chinese Calendar is calculated based on the 10 Heavenly Stems (Yin-Yang + 5 Elements, Metal, Water, Wood, Fire and Earth) and 12 Earthly Branches (12 Chinese Zodiac animals) system as far back as 2697 B.C. Yang represents odd number and male whereas Yin represents even numbers and female. Therefore you can see that the odd numbers in the Chinese Zodiac animals sequence are male Rat, Tiger, Dragon, Horse, Monkey, and Dog.

The 10 Heavenly Stems in order are Yang Wood, Yin Wood, Yang Fire, Yin Fire, Yang Earth, Yin Earth, Yang Metal, Yin Metal, Yang Water and Yin Water. The 12 Earthly Branches in order are Rat, Cow, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Chicken, Dog and Pig. Combined together they formed a cycle of 60 counting systems for the Chinese Calendar, starting with Wooden Rat and ending with Water Pig.

Here is why the Rat ranked as the number one spot in the 12 Zodiac animals based on a folklore story that has been passed down from generations to generations. The Heavenly God wanted to choose 12 animals for the Chinese Calendar and decided to hold a race. The first 12 positions will determine the sequence of the calendar. All the animals chose their best runner for the event.

On the day of the race, Rat’s good friend, the forgetful Cat asked Rat about the time. The Rat purposely gave the Cat the wrong time to minus out one unnecessary competitor. During the race, the smart Rat jumped onto the horn of the Ox while crossing a river. As the Ox approached the river bank, the Rat jumped down and was declared the first place. Now you know why Cats have never stopped their revenges on Rats until today. :P

The Chinese New Year this year belongs to the Brown Male Earth Rat, which falls on 7 February 2008. Check out your Chinese Zodiac sign here. For further information, here are the Chinese New Year dates for the next five years: 26 January 2009, 14 February 2010, 3 February 2011, 23 January 2012 and 10 February 2013.

To all my readers who are celebrating Chinese New Year:
May 2008 Year of Brown Earth Rat
Brings you lots of
Good Health, Happiness and Prosperity!

To all my “single” readers:
May there be lots of “Ang Pow” collections!
I hope you can collect as much as Jayson below… hehe