At the hitching post in the distance,
silently standing under the moon,
From the first freshness of spring
my frisky crow froze.
Begzin Yavuhulan, Mongolian poet
The Mongolian lands stretched from the impenetrable taiga in the north to the sands of the Gobi in the south, from the snowy peaks of Altai in the west to the endless steppes in the east. Mongolia is a country of the purest blue lakes, full-flowing rivers, mountains where edelweiss grows, and rich pastures where horses, cows, camels, goats and sheep graze all year round. Born riders live here, who begin to ride a horse almost before they walk.
Everyone rides in Mongolia - men, women, and small children. After all, the horse population of the country is so large that literally there is a horse for each of the two million inhabitants. By the age of five, the little Mongol is already confidently on the saddle, and children aged 6-12 participate in traditional horse races.
Relations in the Mongolian family do not look so patriarchal and are built on the equality of spouses: women take part in grazing livestock, men devote a lot of time to raising children.
All Mongols cherish the traditions of their ancestors. They celebrate the New Year twice. The first time - on the night of January 1 with Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden, a Christmas tree and gifts. The second time - according to the lunar calendar. This holiday is called in Mongolian Tsagan Sar (White Moon). It received its name in 1206, during the time of Genghis Khan. Tsagaan Sar marks the arrival of spring: after all, it usually falls in February.
In the evening, on the eve of the New Year, a bituleg is arranged in every Mongolian family - farewell to the outgoing year. The next day after sunrise, all family members congratulate each other, then the round of relatives and neighbors begins.
Fat ram, dumplings, dairy and flour dishes are prepared for the New Year's table. The Mongolian feast is a whole ritual, as ancient as the tradition of celebrating Tsagan Sar. Everyone sits in a circle, the tea begins. Then the most respected person cuts the fatty meat of the lamb rump and distributes it to everyone present. In a circle there is a silver bowl with koumiss. Thrifty owners keep it frozen since autumn. It does not do without traditional milk vodka - archi. Fun, laughter, songs - first of all, of course, about the Mongolian horse.
On the second day of Tsagan Sara, somon (regional) races are held. Participants, their coaches, relatives gather in a predetermined place. Festively dressed young horsemen riding on shaggy horses of various colors are calm and full of dignity. Start given. The distance is no less than ten kilometers. Participants are waiting at the finish line, talking animatedly, exchanging news and assessing the chances of their pets. An elderly man took out his smoking pipe with a mouthpiece made of white jade from behind the top of his boot and began to light it, carving a fire with the help of flint.
Time passes imperceptibly. But then someone notices the first rider galloping through the valley. Soon the entire "koumiss five" is shown. And here is the winner in white boots on a black horse! Five winners pass each other a bowl of koumiss, this magical drink is also sprinkled on the cereals of their horses. Tired but happy young riders hand over the horses to the trainers, while they wait for the rest of the participants to finish.
These New Year's Eve local races are loved by everyone. Such a warm, friendly atmosphere reigns here, this is how friends and relatives of the participants feel!
In the New Year, it is customary to wish each other happiness and good luck. So let's repeat after the Mongolian friends:
May all your wishes come true in the New Year!
Sar shiniyin mand devshuulye!
Vladimir LISICHKIN,
New Year is a family holiday for many Mongolians and is always celebrated in a big way. The gala dinner usually starts late in the evening on December 31st. Traditional dishes are salads, buuzes (a kind of Mongolian steamed dumplings filled with meat), cake and champagne. TV channels at 23:55 broadcast the President's New Year's address to the people, which lists the achievements of the past year. On the upcoming holiday, President Kh. Battulga will congratulate the citizens of Mongolia for the first time as the head of the country. As soon as he finishes his speech, midnight will strike and people will raise toasts, fireworks and celebrate the beginning of the New Year.
If you are in Ulaanbaatar, you can head to Sukhbaatar Square to see the most popular public New Year's events. The city administration annually organizes the celebration of the New Year in Sukhbaatar Square, including performances and fireworks.
Recently, young people tend to celebrate the New Year in nightclubs, which also offer a varied program for the New Year's holiday.
Children in Mongolia on New Year's Eve take part in decorating the Christmas tree, an obligatory attribute of the holiday, and wait for Өvliin Өvgon, the Mongolian Santa Claus, who brings gifts. Өvliin Өvgon often comes with his granddaughter, Tsasan okhin or Snegurochka.
On January 1, when the peak of the celebration is over, many people visit their friends or relatives.
On December 29, Mongolia celebrates the restoration of its national freedom and independence. Therefore, according to the government decree, this day has become an annual public holiday.
Moreover, December 30 is also declared a non-working day. Therefore, residents of Mongolia will have a rest from December 29, 2017 to January 1, 2018, January 2, 2018 is a working day.
Christmas trees decorated with money
Many Mongolians believe that the Christmas tree is decorated for the sake of children. Parents buy a Christmas tree and decorate it to make their children happy.
In addition, the one who comes to visit usually brings a banknote with him as a gift to the child, which he hangs on a tree. It has already become a tradition. Moreover, the money hanging on the Christmas tree is mainly spent by children. For example, if a family has two children, the money will be divided equally between them.
The Christmas tree has become a worldwide symbol of wealth and prosperity. However, on the other hand, the Christmas tree has become the best way for children to earn money. If you see that the New Year tree in Mongolia is decorated with money, don't be surprised!
Wake up before midnight December 31st
Almost every Mongolian is awake until 12 noon on December 31 to open champagne at midnight and make a toast. It has become a tradition to wait for the president's speech and raise glasses at midnight, celebrating the new year and wishing each other all the best.
Ex-president Ts. Elbegdorj made a toast, holding a bowl of milk instead of champagne or vodka, calling on the Mongols to celebrate the holiday without alcohol.
Enjoyfireworksohmon Sukhbaatar Square
No one goes to bed on New Year's Eve, even children stay awake until early in the morning. It is very important to admire the fireworks on New Year's Eve.
You don't have to go to the square Sukhbaatar to see fireworks. You can enjoy it from the windows of your house. If you live in a tall building, you can see the whole of Ulaanbaatar.
Hand overgifts for children
As we mentioned earlier, Mongolians attach great importance to children during New Year celebrations. Mongolians traditionally give gifts to children. Companies purchase gifts for the children of their employees.
Recently, friends or caring people give gifts to children from low-income families.
And most importantly, the Mongols greet the New Year by saying SHINE ZHILIYN MEND HURGEE!!!
* Altai Republic
*Tuva
* Zabaykalsky Krai
** Aginsky Buryat District
* Irkutsk region
** Ust-Orda Buryat District
China
* Inner Mongolia
Holiday in the 13th century [ | ]
| Their year begins in February; the great khan and all his subjects celebrate like this: according to custom, everyone dresses in white, both men and women, as anyone can. They consider white clothes to be happy, that’s why they do it, they dress in white so that there is happiness and prosperity throughout the year ... They bring him great gifts ... so that the great khan has a lot of wealth throughout the year and it would be joyful and fun for him. I will tell you more, princes and knights, and indeed all the people give each other white things, hug, have fun, feast, and this is done in order to live happily and kindly all year. On this day, you know, more than a hundred thousand glorious and expensive white horses are presented to the Great Khan. On the same day, five thousand elephants are brought out under white blankets, animals and birds embroidered; each elephant has two beautiful and expensive caskets on his back, and in them are the dishes of the great khan and a rich harness for this white gathering. Many more camels are brought out; they are also under blankets and loaded with everything necessary for the gift. Both elephants and camels pass in front of the great khan, and such beauty has never been seen anywhere! ... And when the great sovereign reviews all the gifts, tables are set up, and everyone sits down at them ... And after dinner, magicians come and amuse the courtyard, which you have already heard before; when it's all over, everyone goes home |
Popular mythology[ | ]
Buddhist popular mythology connects the Tsagaan Sar holiday - the beginning of spring - with the name of the Buddhist deity-dharmapala, the goddess Baldan Lhamo. According to legend, every year after another victory over the mongooses and saving the sun, swallowed by the lord of hell, Yama (mong. Erleg nomyn khaan), she descends to the earth, warms it with her warmth, and spring begins. The cold is receding, winter starvation is leaving, a new season begins in the economic activity of cattle breeders. They count the losses incurred in winter and rejoice at the approach of the warm season.
The image of an angry Buddhist goddess sometimes coexists with the image of the White Elder (Mong. Tsagaan өvgon), the traditional Buddhist embodiment of fertility and longevity.
Holiday in the New Age[ | ]
Today is the first day of Sagaalgan in the Republic of Buryatia and the Trans-Baikal Territory, as well as in the territories of the Aginsky Buryat Autonomous Okrug and the Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug, is a day off.
According to the Law of the Republic of Kalmykia dated October 13, 2004 N 156-III-Z "On holidays and memorable days in the Republic of Kalmykia", the Tsagan Sar holiday is a national holiday of Kalmykia.
According to the Law of the Republic of Tyva dated February 3, 1999 No. 143 "On the holidays of the Republic of Tyva", the Shagaa holiday (New Year according to the lunar calendar) was given the status of a "folk holiday", its date is annually set by a resolution of the Supreme Khural (parliament) of the Republic of Tuva in accordance with eastern lunar calendar.
The State Assembly of the Republic of Altai on February 1, 2013 amended the law "On holidays and memorable days, anniversaries in the Altai Republic". In accordance with the amendments, the holiday of the New Year and the change of the symbol of the year according to the lunar calendar, Chaga Bayram, is declared non-working.
In 2011, the holiday was nominated for the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List.
Traditions and rituals of celebration[ | ]
Meat and sweets - modern treats for the Sagaalgan holiday
They prepared for the celebrations in advance, slaughtered cattle for the future, since it was forbidden to do it directly on the days of the holiday. The celebration took place in every house. They hung new outfits on a rope, shook out all the clothes. They cooked meat - mutton, beef or horsemeat, prepared buuzas.
Ritual mutual greeting[ | ]
The traditional greeting was an important ritual with which two people who met that day addressed each other. The significance of this greeting is so great and the duration of its action is so long that, for example, Tuvans could not greet each other for a whole year, arguing that they had already greeted each other during the White month.
Visiting[ | ]
Visiting is an indispensable part of the Sagaalgan holiday. Even those living far away these days came to meet with relatives. There were certain norms: the sequence of visits, the nature of gifts depended on the position of the person. Visited their parents, maternal relatives - they always enjoyed special reverence; daughters-in-law came to the house of the husband's parents with their children to worship their ancestors and patrons. An indispensable element of festive gifts was a bunch of wrestlers.
Present [ | ]
The traditional ritual gift is the national flour dish “wrestler”. Bortsoks were made from rich unleavened dough and fried in boiling fat. Of these, sets were made - for offering the "first portion" to the Buddhas, as well as gift ones - for presentation to relatives during holiday visits. The shape of the wrestlers included in the sets had a symbolic meaning: figurines in the form of animals expressed the wish for the offspring of the corresponding livestock; in the form of an occasion - good luck. Thus, the wrestlers “huts”, molded in the form of a ram figurine, meant the wish for a large offspring of this type of livestock and reflected to some extent the ancient rite of animal sacrifice, that is, they replaced the real sacrifice with its image. A similar role was played by wrestlers “kit”, the shape of which resembled part of horse entrails, and wrestlers “өvte tokhsh”, symbolizing cattle. Bortsok "moshkmr" - twisted, reminiscent of a national dish of boiled mutton entrails, small "khorkha" (literal translation: insects). Wrestlers "jola", depicting a reason, were supposed to call for endless good luck. And by offering the wrestler "shoshhr", they expressed the desire to live as a single family, and also to have protection from enemies.
offerings [ | ]
Early in the morning on the day of the holiday, a ceremony of sprinkling (kalm. zulg orgh) was performed: having crossed the threshold of the house, the owner sprinkled around the first cup of freshly brewed tea as an offering to the ancestors and the White Elder. Wrestlers in the form of the sun and lotus were used as a symbolic offering to the Burkhans. Among the Don Kalmyks, the type of wrestlers "Burkhan Zala", or "Tsatsg", in the form of a brush, symbolizing the lotus, was especially loved. He was placed at the top of the "Deeji boortsg". Bortsoks in the form of the sun are large cakes, called "havtha" in some ethnic groups, "tselvg" in others. “Khavtha” is a whole flat cake with tucks along the edges or with four holes in the center, the edges of the “tsevg” wrestlers are even, and small holes are located radially around their circumference. "Khavtha" or "tselvg" was prepared first of all and invariably set as a deeji. Placed in this set and all the other wrestlers listed above.
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| 23.02.20 | 12.02.21 | 01.02.22 | 20.02.23 | 10.02.24 | 29.01.25 | 17.02.26 | 06.02.27 | 24.02.28 | 13.02.29 |
| 03.02.30 | 21.02.31 | 11.02.32 | 31.01.33 | 19.02.34 | 08.02.35 | 26.02.36 | 15.02.37 | 04.02.38 | 22.02.39 |
| 12.02.40 | 01.02.41 | 20.02.42 | 10.02.43 | 30.01.44 | 17.02.45 | 06.02.46 | 24.02.47 | 14.02.48 | 02.02.49 |
| 21.02.50 | 11.02.51 | 01.02.52 | 19.02.53 | 08.02.54 | 26.02.55 | 15.02.56 | 04.02.57 | 22.02.58 | 12.02.59 |
| 02.02.60 | 19.02.61 | 09.02.62 | 29.01.63 | 17.02.64 | 05.02.65 | 24.02.66 | 14.02.67 | 03.02.68 | 21.02.69 |
| 11.02.70 | 31.01.71 | 19.02.72 | 07.02.73 | 26.02.74 | 15.02.75 | 05.02.76 | 22.02.77 | 12.02.78 | 02.02.79 |
| 20.02.80 | 09.02.81 | 29.01.82 | 17.02.83 | 06.02.84 | 24.02.85 | 14.02.86 | 03.02.87 | 22.02.88 | 10.02.89 |
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13:55 - REGNUM In the capital of Mongolia, on the central square named after Sukhbaatar, the grand opening of the country's main Christmas tree was held with the participation of the mayor of Ulaanbaatar and representatives of culture and sports.
"The Banquet of Prince Natsagdorzh"
The Mongols celebrate the new year twice. The first time - on the night of December 31 to January 1 according to the Gregorian calendar. The second time - according to the lunar calendar. This holiday is called "Tsagaan sar" (in translation it means "White month").
New Year according to the Gregorian calendar in Mongolia is traditionally celebrated: they decorate the Christmas tree, Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden give gifts to children.
This custom is only 70 years old: it is a consequence of the influence of the culture and formation of the Soviet Union. Such a new year in Mongolia was first celebrated only on December 31, 1947. At the same time, Santa Claus visited the country for the first time. His role was played by the People's Artist of Mongolia Gombojavyn Gombosuren. At that time, "grandfather" was only 28 years old. He was the main performer of this role for 50 years and became the honored Santa Claus of the country. The Mongolian Santa Claus differs from the Russian one primarily in its outfit: a national headdress, a “deel” suit and shoes.
Interestingly, before the Gregorian New Year became a legal holiday, it was celebrated illegally in the country. And the great Mongolian writer Dashdorzhiin Natsagdorj even got convicted for it. In 1931, the famous prose writer, poet, considered one of the founders of modern Mongolian literature, Dashdorzhiin Natsagdorzh with his Russian wife Nina Shestakova invited home a whole company, which included a famous writer Donrovyn Namdaga and representatives of the Russian diaspora, who lived at that time in the capital of Mongolia. They celebrated the new year together. Among the guests was a Bat-Ochir who photographed the event. On the back of one of the pictures, he wrote "The Banquet of Prince Natsagdorzh" and sent this photo to the Ministry of Internal Defense. On May 18, 1932, Dashdorzhiin Natsagdorzh was arrested and interrogated to find out why he was celebrating a "feudal holiday". The writer spent six months in prison.
"The Banquet of Prince Natsagdorzh"
A little more than ten years passed, and during the Second World War, the Mongolian politician Sonomyn Luvsanbecame a participant in the celebration of the New Year in the Soviet Union. After returning home, he said:
« It is necessary to celebrate a beautiful New Year's holiday, which is celebrated by Russian brothers". So this tradition was legalized in the country.
The second new year - "White month" - the nomadic Mongols have been celebrating for more than 800 years. The holiday is associated with the beginning of spring. Tsagaan sar ("White month") falls most often in February. The tradition originated in the country during the time of Genghis Khan. The Mongols meet Tsagaan Sar not in a narrow family circle, but in the company of friends and neighbors, because since ancient times there is a belief that the more people gather in the house for the holiday, the richer and happier the coming year will be. True, during the time of Genghis Khan, the Mongols celebrated this New Year's holiday in the fall. And in the spring it was transferred only after the death of the commander, in the XIII century.
The beginning of spring and the New Year according to the lunar-solar calendar is the most solemn and main holiday of the Mongolian, indigenous Arctic and some Turkic peoples.
Among the Mongols, it is called Tsagaan sar; among the Buryats - Sagaalgan, among the Tuvans - Shaga, among the Altaians - Chaga Bairam; among the Yakuts - Urun Yy, etc. It is a symbol of the renewal of man and nature, openness and purity of thoughts, hope and good expectations.
The name of the holiday comes from the Mongolian words tsagaan - white and sar - month. "White month" was originally considered a holiday of dairy products and was celebrated in autumn. At this time, the preparation of dairy products for the future was over, which they consumed on holidays.
The celebration of the New Year according to the lunisolar calendar has ancient national and religious roots.
The grandson of Genghis Khan, the great Khan of the Yuan dynasty Kublai, moved the time of New Year celebration from autumn to the end of winter under the influence of Chinese astrology. Thus, the Mongolian Tsagaan Sar was timed to coincide with the beginning of the year according to the twelve-year cycle. The court “white holiday” was described in the following way by its witness and contemporary of Khubilai, Marco Polo:
“Their year begins in February; the great khan and all his subjects celebrate like this: according to custom, everyone dresses in white, both men and women, as anyone can. They consider white clothes to be happy, that’s why they do it, they dress in white so that there is happiness and prosperity throughout the year ... They bring him great gifts ... so that the great khan has a lot of wealth throughout the year and it would be joyful and fun for him. I will tell you more, princes and knights, and indeed all the people give each other white things, hug, have fun, feast, and this is done in order to live happily and kindly all year.
On this day, you know, more than a hundred thousand glorious and expensive white horses are presented to the Great Khan. On the same day, five thousand elephants are brought out under white blankets, animals and birds embroidered; each elephant has two beautiful and expensive caskets on his back, and in them are the dishes of the great khan and a rich harness for this white gathering. Many more camels are brought out; they are also under blankets and loaded with everything necessary for the gift. Both elephants and camels pass in front of the great khan, and such beauty has never been seen anywhere!
... And when the great sovereign reviews all the gifts, tables are set up, and everyone sits down at them ... And after dinner, magicians come and amuse the courtyard, which you have already heard before; When it's all over, everyone goes home."
After the expulsion of the Mongols from China in the 14th century, the tradition of celebrating Sagan Sara at the end of winter was brought to Mongolia proper. Thus, the name of the holiday - "white" - has lost its original "milk" meaning, and acquired a more general meaning. The name "white month" reflects the color symbolism common to the Mongolian-speaking peoples, according to which the white color - a symbol of holiness and purity - is associated with happiness and prosperity.
With the beginning of the wide spread of Tibetan Buddhism among the Mongolian peoples in the 17th century, the Mongolian Tsagaan Sar included Buddhist rituals and mythology.
The main imperative of all Buddhist rituals associated with the meeting of the new year was to get rid of all the sins and filth accumulated in the previous year. The central ritual is still a penitential one-day fast (Tib. sojong), accompanied by the ceremony of burning the “litter” - a black pyramid, symbolizing the accumulated evil, sacrificed to the spirits of the area.
Buddhist popular mythology connects the Tsagaan Sar holiday - the beginning of spring - with the name of the Buddhist deity-dharmapala, the goddess Baldan Lhamo. According to legend, every year after another victory over the mongooses and saving the sun, swallowed by the lord of hell, Yama (Mong. Erleg nomyn khaan), she descends to the earth, warms it with her warmth, and spring begins. The cold is receding, winter starvation is leaving, a new season begins in the economic activity of cattle breeders. They count the losses incurred in winter and rejoice at the approach of the warm season.
The image of an angry Buddhist goddess sometimes coexists with the image of the White Elder, the traditional Buddhist embodiment of fertility and longevity.
Since the 19th century, with the assimilation of the Gregorian calendar, Tsagan Sar in Kalmykia was not celebrated precisely as the beginning of the calendar year, however, the Volga Kalmyks, who migrated from the Russian Empire in 1771, preserved the traditional ritual: their descendants living in Xinjiang (PRC) celebrate Tsagan Sar is like New Year. Strengthening the New Year's character of the spring celebration was facilitated by the fact that the Chinese celebrate the traditional New Year at about the same time.
In the 1930s, the celebration of Tsagaan Sara was banned in the USSR. The revival of the traditions of the celebration took place only in the post-war period, the status of a national holiday was received only in 1990.
Currently, the first day of Sagaalgan in the republics of Altai, Buryatia, Tuva, Khakassia, Yakutia and the Trans-Baikal Territory, as well as in the territories of the Aginsky Buryat Autonomous Okrug and the Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug is a day off
According to the Law of the Republic of Kalmykia dated October 13, 2004 "On holidays and memorable days in the Republic of Kalmykia", the Tsagan Sar holiday is a national holiday of Kalmykia.
Traditions and rituals of celebration
They prepared for the celebrations in advance, slaughtered cattle for the future, since it was forbidden to do it directly on the days of the holiday. The celebration took place in every house. They hung new outfits on a rope, shook out all the clothes. They cooked meat - lamb, beef or horse meat, prepared buuzas.
The traditional greeting was an important ritual with which two people who met that day addressed each other. The significance of this greeting is so great and the duration of its action is so long that, for example, Tuvans could not greet each other for a whole year, arguing that they had already greeted each other during the White month. Kalmyks at a meeting asked: “Did the members and livestock safely leave the wintering?”
Nowadays, the home celebration of Tsagan Sara is no different from the meeting of the Christian New Year - people give gifts to each other, gather at the laid table.
Since this holiday is called the "White Month", according to tradition, white dishes should be on the table, for example, from milk or sour-milk products.
During the festive dinner, a special lamp-goblet is lit - the Zulu, which drives away evil spirits and, together with oil, burns the sins of those sitting at the table. Alcohol in Buddhism is not welcome, so it is almost never found on the New Year's table during Sagaalgan.
The first day of the New Year is supposed to be spent in your house among the people living in it. Only the next day you can receive guests or go to visit yourself. If the children live separately, then they must come to their parents on the first day - honoring the elders is one of the foundations of Sagaalgan, which was once laid by Genghis Khan himself, who visited his mother Oyalun.
An indispensable element of holiday gifts was a bunch of wrestlers.
Bortsoks were made from rich unleavened dough and fried in boiling fat. Of these, sets were made - for offering the "first portion" to the Buddhas, as well as gift ones - for presentation to relatives during holiday visits. The shape of the wrestlers included in the sets had a symbolic meaning: figurines in the form of animals expressed the wish for the offspring of the corresponding livestock; in the form of an occasion - good luck, etc.
Early in the morning on the day of the holiday, the ceremony of sprinkling was performed: having crossed the threshold of the house, the owner sprinkled around the first cup of freshly brewed tea as an offering to the ancestors and the White Elder.
Astrological forecast for 2018
According to the astrologer of the Ivolginsky datsan, Namsrai Lama Dashidondokov, this year will be fruitful in all areas and, unlike the previous ones, will be calmer.
February 16 is the new year according to the lunar calendar. We are entering the Year of the Dog, the element of the year is earth, the color is yellow, and like every even year, 2018 is masculine.
This year will be fertile in all areas, unlike previous years, it will be calmer, everything will gradually stabilize. The year will be very favorable for people who are sensitive, have endurance and show resourcefulness.
Earth - the active element - is presented as a crystallizing, gathering together force that works slowly but powerfully. This element carries stability and makes everything clear, definite, concrete. The qualities of the Earth are fertility and abundance.
The Earth element brings wisdom and prudence into people's lives, endows them with such properties as practicality, methodicalness, logical judgment and prudence, fortitude, willpower, friendliness. And although people will be a little slow, but having specific goals and firm aspirations, they will systematically move towards them. Enterprising and practical, they can be selfish and possessive, attached to material things.
A dog is the embodiment of loyalty and honesty. She is intelligent, endowed with a strong sense of justice, and is a conscientious worker. She is an obligatory friend and cannot help but help.
The dog does not tolerate hypocrisy and malevolence, but its anger, caused by its high moral qualities, is short-lived. The dog is not playful, in life it is too serious. She talks and analyzes so much that sometimes she falls into pessimism. He has good intuition, feels danger in advance and sometimes exaggerates it, which makes him restless, even panicking. A deceived dog can become cynical. Her life is a heavy burden, and if she continues to take everything seriously, then she will have few opportunities for happiness. A dog's love can last a long time if he manages to cope with his pessimism.
Weather. Spring promises to be long, rainfall is expected at the end of spring. There will be rains in summer, and towards the end of summer - drought, fires are possible, but despite this, the harvest will be good, a lot of grass and an abundance of berries. The cattle will be well fed and will breed well. Strong winds at the beginning and end of the year.
influence of the year. The Year of the Dog is very favorable for young people, good for children, older people need to pay attention to their health.
If to speak about people who were born in different years, then the year of the Dog is good for those born in the years of the Chicken and the Monkey. For those born in the years of the Dog, as well as the Dragon, Sheep and Cow, this year is not very successful. They are advised to be vigilant and careful, sincerely do good deeds, help the needy, orphanages and homes for the disabled and the elderly. In this way it is possible to avoid various obstacles in the coming year. This year will be changeable for those born in the years of the Tiger and the Horse. It will be good for those whose patron is the Mouse, Rabbit, Snake and Pig.
