2009 Chinese New Year elements of bull material over yellow background

anguage">Chinese: 春節, 春节, Chūnjíe; 農曆新年, 农历新年, Nónglì Xīnnián; or 過年, 过年, Guònián), also known as the Lunar New Year or the Spring Festival is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It consists of a period of celebrations, starting on New Year's Day, celebrated on the first day of the first month of the Chinese calendar, i.e. the day of the second new moon after the day on which the winter solstice occurs, unless there is an intercalary eleventh or twelfth month in the lead-up to the New Year—in such a case, the New Year falls on the day of the third new moon after the solstice. (The next time this occurs is in 2033.) The Chinese New Year period ends with the Lantern Festival, the fifteenth day of the month. See more at Wikipedia.org...

l or bull has various meanings: The uncastrated male of cattle. This is the origin of most of the other meanings.A male of various other animal species, including buffalo, elephant, whale. In English, the word "bull" alone is usually spoken to refer specifically to male cattle, with terms such as "bull elephant" disambiguating the term for other species. See also cow.Gerald Bull was an engineer developing long range artillery.Groupe Bull is a computer company.The character of Bull, played by Richard Moll, on the comedy series Night CourtA share-trading term. See Bull marketA slang word for police officers, especially prison guards. In homomasculine slang, a large stocky male who displays aggressive dominant behavior. See also "Bear".Short for bullshit. (slang)In the British Army, and sometimes elsewhere, "bull" is slang for drill and equipment-cleaning that the men consider to be excessive. This usage may derive from a type of Army issue boot polish that was said to look like cattle excrement, thus "bullshit".A papal bull is a written communication from the Vatican, bearing the papal seal. This meaning came from Latin bulla = seal.Golden Bull: a kind of legal document in history See more at Wikipedia.org...