Western Kentucky University: Students And Faculty Celebrate The Year Of The Tiger

Paducah KY

10 February, 2022

3:01 AM

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Press release from Western Kentucky University: February 9, 2022 Two weeks of red calendars, Chinese spring poems, depictions of tigers and an abundance of fish: The celebration of the Lunar New Year is underway. According to Dr. Ke Peng, the director of Chinese Flagship and the Chinese program coordinator, the Lunar New Year honors the dawn of a new lunar cycle. Peng explained that Asian cultures, including Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Malaysian, Vietnamese and Thai, distinguish between solar and lunar cycles. Feb. 1, 2022 marked the beginning of the lunar Year of the Tiger; Feb. 3 marked the solar beginning of spring. According to Peng, Asian tradition dictates that every 60 years history repeats itself. Peng explained that Chinese and other Asian calendars view history as a cycle. This Year of the Tiger indicates similar happenings to previous years of the Tiger. Click here to read the entire article published in the Talisman on February 8, 2022. This press release was produced by Western Kentucky University. The views expressed here are the author's own.