European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 6, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Among Many de thu and folklore Hornet who promenade in Sao Francisco s Chine new year Parade an from k it the a at io6,$rmu sing Kung end Han Fyna Flytuta gooder Chaoyun and Chang Fel. Rabbit revelry getting a jump on chinese new year by Marge Bookert he Hare May lose the race to the Lor Tolse in Aesop s table but in chinese lore he s destined to overtake he Tiger every 12 years. Accordingly a Long eared Hare will hop into the Astral Hutch on Jan. 29, ousting the Tiger and inaugurating the chinese lunar year 4658. Ii should make a Nice change. The Rabbit is the most benign of the 12 supernatural beasts which control China s ancient system of chronology. Others in this zodiacal Hierarchy Are the dragon Serpent horse ram Monkey rooster dog boar rat of and Tiger. Sen Francisco s cantonese speaking Community Calls the Lapin deity the North chinese say the former Are planning a 40-Carrot reception Lor the Rabbit King. But not on Yuan Don next year s Day. That s traditionally a quiet family occasion Lor most of san Francisco s More than 160,000 citizens of chinese descent the City will begin to jump on Jan. 31 with a festival Curta Fuhai or in Union Square Al noon and the miss Chinatown Usa pageant on Nob Hill that night. The eight Day Celebration promises to be a real Hare Raiser. Elf Lyles at All of the Harvey roesies Peters and bugs of the animal kingdom will promenade in the City s great Golden dragon Parade on saturday night feb. 7. Chinese astrologers have some ingratiating myths to draw from in assessing the year ahead. The lag morph is the lunar creature most closely identified with the Moon which they say is an excellent Omen he reached that High station through an act of supreme sell sacrifice. An Early legend carried from India to China tells us that Buddha visited a Lores Glade in the Guise of a tired and hungry holy Man. The animals who dwelt there begged him to remain and each according to its Means brought him food. When Tho Haro s Lurn came he approached empty pawed and said humbly master i who have grown up in the Lores i nourished by the grass and herbs have nothing to offer thee but myself. Grant us the Honor of resting in this place and vouchsafe me the favor of feeding upon my flesh before leaping onto a miming pyre the Hare combed allot the insects rom his fur saying my body i May sacrifice for the holy one but your lives i have no right to deeply moved by the Hare s humility and compassion Buddha decreed that his image should Adom the Moon As a shining example Lor All time. Chinatown s savants say that the docility of tha Hare bodes Well for detente. Politically the world will take a Tamer turn and hostilities will Abate during toe Glen Hare year. Nevertheless they caution us to approach new undertakings with toe like timidity during 1967. The Hare is a Quick and wary Quarry. Our chinese mentors seem to Leel that this signals a seismic year Lor the Stock Market. The fecundity of the Doe rabbi portends a productive period Lor Industry and agriculture. Chine s beloved Moon Hare a always depicted with a mortar and Pestle patiently pounding the pin of immortality. Thus the Outlook in encouraging for plodder and oldsters. The Meek May not inherit the Earth in the year ahead but the celestial Cottontail will make certain that they gel a goodly share of the Clover. Toe has taken the inside track eight times in the past century1891.1903,1915,1927,1939,1951.1963 and 1975. Individuals bom in these years Aren t necessarily nervous nibblers or compulsive nose switchers. Oriental astrologers characterize themas talented charming and articulate. Though even tempered they Are subject to melancholia possibly because their inherent Sansou sense often leads them into amatory Brier patches. Rabbi Garlans Are uncommonly Lucky. They have a Long eared aptitude for music and linguistics and a hair Tor business statesmanship and the arts. The Lapin family tree is loaded with literary greats John Keats Henry James Stendhal Walt Whitman. Evelyn Waugh Arthur Miller Saul Bellow William Styron and theatrical luminaries Frank Sinatra. Bob mope Lily Tomlin leontyne Price Anthony Quinn Kate Nelligan James Caan. Hare brained As it sounds Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky came from the same cabbage Patch. Full particulars on san Francisco s Jan. 31 feb. 7 Rabbit year revelry May be obtained by sending a stamped self addressed envelope to the sen Francisco convention & visitors Bureau . Box 6977, san Francisco. Calif. 94101. 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