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Originally Posted by mountsac
initially, many european countries resist this catholic invention because of religious reasons, but i don't think they eventually accepted the new calender because they all became catholics.
likewise, to say that taiwan's celebration of new year's eve shows that chritianity has taken roots in east asia is the same thing as saying that the fact that everyone in the world use hindu-arabic numeral system shows that hindu or islam has taken roots in all the primary schools around the world.
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Nobody said that Christianity is praised in every Asian household, I just said that the
western influence is very apparent. And the numbers we use today are from Europe (check link). The Chinese calendar says it's the Fire Pig year: dīnghài (丁亥) Fire Pig
4704 February 18. Don't get mad and angry because the influence of the west has taken hold of a vast world audience that has influenced many countries. News Years Eve is solely a wetsern tradition that has recently taken part in Asian countries that have opened their arms to the west, such as Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and now China... interesting that these countries have US bases or are our primary trading partner.
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