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Originally Posted by MMM
cuonglhvt, slow down. You have asked a lot of questions in a few posts (and you should probably just edit your first post rather than keep piling on more posts). Have a little patience and people will take a stab at some answers.
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Thank you for your attention!
I've already edit my post.
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Originally Posted by MMM
Yes, children born in 2008 will be the year of the rat.
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But my question is: Will the children born in the
January of 2008 will have age of Rat (Nezumi).
Because in my country, it was
"the year of boar/pig" until February 6th.
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Originally Posted by MMM
I don't have the impression Japanese people are upset about using the Western calendar. For years, Japan uses both the 2008 year and the Japanese yearly calendar (mostly for official and legal documents).
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If you don't have impresssion of japanese people feeling, can you kindly tell me your
personal feeling (opinion).
Do you think that
I am crazy when I say: "Japanese! Pls use the day 1/1, 3/3, 5/5, 7/7, 15/7 of Lunar calendar for Shogatsu, Hinamatsuri, Kodomo no hi, Tanabana and Obon! Because that will be traditional"?
I ask because in my country, when I said "We can use Western calendar for festivals and holidays as Japanese can" people think that I am crazy.
, that I am "counter-cultural", "counter-traditional"...
I think that Japanese people is not traditional very much. But people in the world know more about Japanese traditional culture. That proves that if we do the same, we will not be "counter-traditional".
Do you agree?
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Originally Posted by MMM
Buddhism is prevelant in Japan, but I wouldn't go so far as to say "most Japanese are buddhists". If you ask 100 Japanese what religion they are, 90+ will say "I don't know".
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I think that Japanese traditional believe is a mix of Buddhist and Shinto. I think that is similar to our country, only about 10% people of our country "quy y" (in Kanji 帰依). That means they are "Official Buddhist". About 80% think that Buddhist is a traditional religion as well as Ancestor worship. In our country, people think that Confucianism is undeveloped, but the Ancestor Worship tradition is still be kept.