The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-01-23
The Chinese
New Year

China know little For they as
among Chinese emgran pass Chinese with
little apparent influence things that
But the Chinese New Year observed by all ranks and conditions
of the Chinese thoroughly universally with such demonstra
ton and with such hospitality and good WILL as to make itself felt
among Whatever people the Chinese be soJournerS Nor the
hospitality and good will of the holiday of those whose holiday
seemingly impaired acened by the abuse OF the rudness
displayed regard by many among the foreign population in
California especially and dscredt
day and the its observance prey pretty way
the generosity but the obearance and hospitality of the
Chinese The deness that is often exhibited would go justify
the Chinese their appeaton of foreign devil other
Happily this rudeness these mpotion the least
Hawaii where genuine feeling good will and sympa
thy in the holiday season felt by those of other
be division among the Chinese themselves day
braed Perhaps the Chinese seriously
as we would This division OF sentiment the day to celebrate
does not exist in China and did not exist here America until
about nine or ten years 1t had its origin the nnoyang and
Washington i'S TIC munster S
The first emigants China America for
matter counted the days from their ebarkaon at Hongkong
other Chinese ports until their landing here paying attention to
18oth medanm fact knowing nothing about either the meridian
what it stands for in modern calculations of time The
Of the day China the relations of days each other
rized in modern computations of time
But the great bulk of the emgant ignorant
this fact day To computation
the succession of days from their setting out from China till their
landing in America ouweghed any arguments computations
could be addressed them conclusive
personal experience The acqueced in by officials
well commonay in America until WI Ting Fang
Educated in America he understood and appreciated fully
one the error that had creP into the computation to the day He
undertook it. Either nine years he issued
proclamation all Chinese America he called
the curious computation of the Weseers by which the relation
days each other preserved how may wander
the face of the earth He decreed that thereafter the
celebrated Chinese Year should be day upon which
would fall allowance made for the change crossing the
meridian official celebration goes that day
that celebrated AT the Chinese Embassy in Washington the
embassies Europe Chinese consuaes throughout the
world the date according modern computation OBJ
served.
But among the conmonaly Whatever the
Chinese official wisdom for scholarship,
enough him follow this innovation of WI
Ting Fang. sticks given in the Hongkong
Amancs by the days the Pacific
will the Chinese New Year the rice planters
planters employees generally, to the whole
commonay the community will know While Thursday will be
official circles and among those who approaching
the the difference have the nnovang spirit sufficiently
strong break away from old custom.
Among the things that tend to keep the commonay welded
and mpeOus the innovation the widespread belief
lucky unucky days These the forth with great
particularly unucy particular things occupations
These published for part China
them published San Francisco By changing the dy
for New relative position everyone lucky and
unucy days will changed No tmorous therefore take
chances of mixing his lucky and unucky by possible
mistake in starting with the right day for New Years And the
brought the forum OF argument there perhaps
superstition the arrogant westerne yield the argument
should chances be taken?
But Chinese not the only people with whom the