2017 Year of the Rooster

[samsara]

Im thinking of getting married this year.

Rooster is going to be a memorable year.

When I was a kid, my aunt bred some chickens for own egg and meat consumption. I noticed a rooster might have many hens

i am not a fan of year of rooster......
I advice add year of pandas and pikas.

But in no way one is allowed to change such tradition I'll vote for the much more useful donkey to take over the rat if it's allowed and yes, panda for rooster

 

[ahojunk]

Stamps set to mark Year of Rooster
2017-01-04 09:56 | China Daily | Editor: Feng Shuang

Rooster-themed stamps to celebrate the Year of the Rooster are displayed at a post office in Weifang,
Shandong province, on Tuesday.Zhang Chi / For China Daily​

China Post Group Co will release a new set of rooster-themed stamps to celebrate the Year of the Rooster based on the Chinese zodiac.

The set, which goes on sale on Thursday at designated post offices, includes two stamps and has a face value of 2.4 yuan ($0.34). People can also buy them through the company's official app as well as on its online shop on WeChat, according to an announcement by the company.

One stamp features a running rooster, while the other displays a hen with two chickens.

Han Meilin, designer of the stamp set, said many artists enjoy painting roosters because of their colorful feathers, adding that the animal is the most popular topic of folk paintings in China, according to a report by China News Service.

Han said Chinese have a special affinity for roosters because their silhouette resembles the shape of China on a map. "The stamps symbolize family harmony," he added.

Han, 80, who is well known for his paintings and sculptures, said he is passionate about the world, children and animals, despite the fact that he is getting older.

It is the third time that he has accepted the invitation to design Lunar New Year stamps.

A sheet of 32 stamps with a face value of 38.4 yuan costs about 150 yuan on the company's website, while a private business on Taobao, a popular shopping website in China, is selling the stamp sets for 25 yuan.

The newspaper quoted a senior stamp collector as saying that the value of the rooster stamp set is less than the monkey stamp set issued the previous year.

The rooster is the 10th Chinese zodiac in a 12-year cycle, with the previous Year of the Rooster being in 2005.

The coming Year of the Rooster starts on Jan 28, 2017, which is Chinese Lunar New Year Day, and ends on Feb 15, 2018.

The rooster is said to be the epitome of fidelity and punctuality, as it was used to awaken people for centuries before alarm clocks were invented.

 

[ahojunk]

China issues Year of the Rooster coins
2017-01-04 15:45 | Ecns.cn | Editor:Yao Lan

The People's Bank of China has issued commemorative coins for 2017, the Year of the Rooster according to the lunar calendar.

Commemorative coins for the Year of the Rooster in Beijing, Jan. 4, 2017. (Photo: China News Service/Li Huisi)

Commemorative coins for the Year of the Rooster in Beijing, Jan. 4, 2017. (Photo: China News Service/Li Huisi)

Residents queue to buy commemorative coins for the Year of the Rooster in Beijing, Jan. 4, 2017. (Photo: China News Service/Li Huisi)


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First they issues stamps.
Now, it's coins.
What's next?
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[ahojunk]

China Post issues Lunar New Year special stamp
(Xinhua) 20:58, January 05, 2017

Photo taken on Jan. 5, 2017 shows the special stamps for the Year of the Rooster (Dingyou Year) in Beijing, capital of China. China Post on Thursday officially issued the Lunar New Year special stamp. (Xinhua/Zhang Yuwei)

This picture shows samples of the special stamps for the Year of the Rooster (Dingyou Year). China Post on Thursday officially issued the Lunar New Year special stamp. (Xinhua)

This photo shows a sample of the special stamps for the Year of the Rooster (Dingyou Year). China Post on Thursday officially issued the Lunar New Year special stamp. (Xinhua)

Han Meilin, designer of the Year of the Rooster (Dingyou) special stamps, signs autographs after a ceremony of the release of the special stamps in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 5, 2017. China Post on Thursday officially issued the Lunar New Year special stamp. (Xinhua/Zhang Yuwei)

 

[IblinI]

Is rooster good or bad for china

http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/28/asia/donald-trump-rooster/

Roflamo..

 

[ahojunk]

Commemorative coins for Year of Rooster issued
(Xinhua) 10:39, January 05, 2017

Photo taken on Jan 4, 2017 shows the commemorative coins for the Year of the Rooster in Wuxi city, East China's Jiangsu province. The People's Bank of China issued commemorative 10-yuan coins on Wednesday. [Photo/Xinhua]

Photo taken on Jan 4, 2017 shows the commemorative coins for the Year of the Rooster in Huai'an city, East China's Jiangsu province. The People's Bank of China issued commemorative 10-yuan coins on Wednesday. [Photo/Xinhua]

Photo taken on Jan 4, 2017 shows the commemorative coins for the Year of the Rooster in Handan city, North China's Hebei province. The People's Bank of China issued commemorative 10-yuan coins on Wednesday. [Photo/Xinhua]


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Neat, photos of the rooster coins were taken in three cities; Wuxi, Huai'an and Handan.
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[ahojunk]

Canada Post issues stamps for upcoming Chinese Lunar Year of Rooster
2017-01-10 15:57 | Xinhua | Editor:Xu Shanshan

Greg Kabatoff, director of retail business of Canada Post, displays the domestic rate stamps of the Year of Rooster in Vancouver, Canada, Jan. 9, 2017. Canada Post issued on Monday both domestic and international rate stamps in celebration of the upcoming Chinese Lunar Year of Rooster. (Xinhua/Liang Sen)

Greg Kabatoff, director of retail business of Canada Post, displays the international rate stamps of the Year of Rooster in Vancouver, Canada, Jan. 9, 2017. Canada Post issued on Monday both domestic and international rate stamps in celebration of the upcoming Chinese Lunar Year of Rooster. (Xinhua/Liang Sen)

A man purchases stamps and other collectibles of the Year of Rooster at a post in Vancouver, Canada, Jan. 9, 2017. Canada Post issued on Monday both domestic and international rate stamps in celebration of the upcoming Chinese Lunar Year of Rooster. (Xinhua/Liang Sen)

A man looks at stamps and other collectibles of the Year of Rooster at a post in Vancouver, Canada, Jan. 9, 2017. Canada Post issued on Monday both domestic and international rate stamps in celebration of the upcoming Chinese Lunar Year of Rooster. (Xinhua/Liang Sen)

People queue to purchase stamps and other collectibles of the Year of Rooster at a post in Vancouver, Canada, Jan. 9, 2017. Canada Post issued on Monday both domestic and international rate stamps in celebration of the upcoming Chinese Lunar Year of Rooster. (Xinhua/Liang Sen)

 

[TaiShang]

Chinese factory cashes in on Trump with look-alike rooster balloons

Source: Global Times Published: 2017/1/12

Two workers erect a Trump rooster.Photo: Yang Hui/GT

A designer looks at a 3D model of the rooster on a computer. Photo: Yang Hui/GT

A worker sews pieces of the rooster together. Photo: Yang Hui/GT

Workers cut out large pieces of the rooster's hairdo and lay them on the floor.Photo: Yang Hui/GT

A worker folds up a balloon so it can be put in a box and shipped to a customer. Photo: Yang Hui/GT

A woman holding her child watches as workers scramble to meet their production deadline. Photo: Yang Hui/GT

Donald Trump has become a Spring Festival mascot for Chinese people following his election win in November 2016.

At a factory in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province workers are busy sewing, cutting and inflating balloons that resemble the tycoon. Large roosters with Trump's signature hairdo stand all over the workshop floor.

The factory started making these balloons this week to mark the beginning of the Year of the Rooster, which is coming this month. It has hired designers to generate 3D computer models and hired about 20 workers to cut, sew and inflate the balloons with air night and day.

The roosters range from 5 to 20 meters tall and vary in price, starting from 2,600 yuan ($377). A worker at the factory claims most of its orders are coming from overseas and that it has already sold 30 samples. He does not know who the buyers are or how the balloons will be used.

Since Trump won the presidential election, he has been as much of an unavoidable topic on the Chinese Internet and media as he has in their Western counterparts. His bold words, actions and flamboyant personal style have made him an endless source of jokes and arguments, with many Chinese netizens openly endorsing or criticizing him.

Chinese manufacturers and retailers have jumped on this money-making opportunity.

Last month, a giant rooster sculpture with Trump's signature wavy hairdo and hand gestures was erected outside a shopping mall in Taiyuan, capital of North China's Shanxi Province.

The mall's designer told the media that ever since the sculpture was erected, the mall has seen more customers than it usually would at this time of year. Some miniature versions of similar sculptures are also being sold on Taobao, the Chinese e-commerce giant owned by Alibaba.

 

[ahojunk]

Rooster-shaped clay sculptures made for Chinese lunar New Year
2017-01-21 12:21 Xinhua Editor: Feng Shuang

A girl paints a rooster-shaped clay sculpture in Botou, north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 20, 2017. Sculptures in the shape of rooster were made in Botou to meet the need for the Chinese lunar New Year - the Year of Rooster starting from Jan. 28 this year. (Xinhua/Fu Xinchun)

A girl paints a rooster-shaped clay sculpture in Botou, north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 20, 2017. Sculptures in the shape of rooster were made in Botou to meet the need for the Chinese lunar New Year - the Year of Rooster starting from Jan. 28 this year. (Xinhua/Fu Xinchun)

A girl paints a rooster-shaped clay sculpture in Botou, north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 20, 2017. Sculptures in the shape of rooster were made in Botou to meet the need for the Chinese lunar New Year - the Year of Rooster starting from Jan. 28 this year. (Xinhua/Fu Xinchun)

 

[ahojunk]

Children perform at concert to celebrate upcoming Year of Rooster
(Xinhua) 14:22, January 21, 2017

Children perform during a concert to celebrate the upcoming Year of the Rooster, or the Chinese lunar New Year, in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 20, 2017. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

Children perform during a concert to celebrate the upcoming Year of the Rooster, or the Chinese lunar New Year, in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 20, 2017. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

Children perform during a concert to celebrate the upcoming Year of the Rooster, or the Chinese lunar New Year, in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 20, 2017. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)



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Cute kids dressed up in rooster costumes.
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[ahojunk]

Year of the Rooster - Images made with grains
(Chinanews.com) 14:21, January 23, 2017

A craftswoman creates an image of a rooster using grains in Guantao County, North China’s Hebei Province, Jan. 22, 2017. Folk artists used about 40 types of grains to create images depicting historical figures, cultural stories, animals and landscape features. 2017 is the Year of the Rooster according to China’s lunar calendar. (Photo: China News Service/Han Bing)

Two craftswomen create an image of a rooster using grains in Guantao County, North China’s Hebei Province, Jan. 22, 2017. Folk artists used about 40 types of grains to create images depicting historical figures, cultural stories, animals and landscape features. 2017 is the Year of the Rooster according to China’s lunar calendar. (Photo: China News Service/Han Bing)

A craftswoman creates an image of a rooster using grains in Guantao County, North China’s Hebei Province, Jan. 22, 2017. Folk artists used about 40 types of grains to create images depicting historical figures, cultural stories, animals and landscape features. 2017 is the Year of the Rooster according to China’s lunar calendar. (Photo: China News Service/Han Bing)

Images made with grains are on display in Guantao County, North China’s Hebei Province, Jan. 22, 2017. Folk artists used about 40 types of grains to create images depicting historical figures, cultural stories, animals and landscape features. 2017 is the Year of the Rooster according to China’s lunar calendar. (Photo: China News Service/Han Bing)

 

[ahojunk]

Giant 'rooster' with colorful striped cotton created in SW China's Chongqing
2017-01-26 09:30 Xinhua Editor: Xu Shanshan

Tourists pose for a photo with a giant "rooster" made by colorful striped cotton at a ski resort on the northern slope of Jinfo Mountain in Chongqing, southwest China, Jan. 25, 2017. The ski resort invited artists to create a giant "rooster" as the Chinese lunar new year of rooster is to arrive on Jan. 28. (Xinhua/Chen Cheng)

Artists make a giant "rooster" with colorful striped cotton at a ski resort on the northern slope of Jinfo Mountain in Chongqing, southwest China, Jan. 25, 2017. The ski resort invited artists to create a giant "rooster" as the Chinese lunar new year of rooster is to arrive on Jan. 28. (Xinhua/Chen Cheng)

 

[ahojunk]

This Rooster theme is celebrated in Canada, Australia, UK, etc.

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UK's Royal Mint launches Year of the Rooster coins
2017-01-25 09:14 Ecns.cn Editor: Yao Lan

Britain's Royal Mint, which has been making coins for everyday use in the United Kingdom for 1,100 years, launches a range of specially-struck coins to mark the start of the Chinese lunar calendar's Year of the Rooster on January 23, 2017.The coins, in gold and silver, with face values ranging from 10 pounds ($12.3) to 1,000 pounds, have been designed by Wuon-Gean Ho, a British-Chinese artist working in London.The range is part of the Royal Mint's Shengxiao Collection, which celebrates the cycle of the Chinese lunar calendar. The first design in the zodiac was struck in 2014, the Year of the Horse, and that was followed by coins commemorating the years of the sheep and the monkey.(Photo/sipaphoto)

The 2017 Rooster coin by Britain's Royal Mint.

The 2017 Rooster coin by Britain's Royal Mint.

The 2017 Rooster coin by Britain's Royal Mint.

 

[ahojunk]

2017 Rooster coins in Australia.

 

[ahojunk]

Estonia issues stamp of Chinese New Year of Rooster
Source: Xinhua | 2017-01-28 21:40:26 | Editor: huaxia

A staff at an Estonian post office shows the postage stamp of 2017, the Year of the Rooster in the Chinese Lunar New Year, issued by the Estonian Post in Tallinn, Estonia, Jan. 28, 2017. This year's stamp is the seventh of the series starting from 2011, and is dedicated to the Year of the Rooster which begins on Jan. 28. (Xinhua/Guo Chunju)

TALLINN, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Estonian Post on Saturday issued the postage stamp of 2017, the Year of the Rooster in the Chinese Lunar New Year.

Local customers were seen buying the stamps of the Year of the Rooster and the postmarked First Day Covers (FDCs), sending them out of Estonia to Australia, the United States and China among others.

This year's stamp is the seventh of the series starting from 2011, and is dedicated to the Year of the Rooster which begins on Jan. 28.

Chinese astrology has 12 animal figures and the rooster is the 10th in the series, representing trust and accuracy in the Chinese culture because it wakes up people in time.

A customer at an Estonian post office shows the postage stamp of 2017, the Year of the Rooster in the Chinese Lunar New Year, issued by the Estonian Post in Tallinn, Estonia, Jan. 28, 2017. This year's stamp is the seventh of the series starting from 2011, and is dedicated to the Year of the Rooster which begins on Jan. 28. (Xinhua/Guo Chunju)


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This Rooster theme is celebrated in Canada, Australia, UK, Estonia, etc.