Category — 2007 Year of the Pig

If pork is too inhumane for you, here’s a roundup of cute piglets to make you smile. From CuteOverload, click the corresponding links for the commentary on each photo, in the way that only CuteOverload can deliver.

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Celebrating Year of the Pig implies pork dishes right? The Chinese love their food; a typical greeting between good friends and relatives consists of the phrase “have you eaten yet?” - a gesture of care, rather than the more formal “how are you“.

So therefore, here are a few photos to remind ourselves what we can look forward to in the coming weeks. (Mental note to myself - don’t surf for gluttonous food photos after midnight when I’m starving.)

Pig on a spit from this Flickr profile

Pork dish from this Flickr profile

Pork, amongst other meat on a market stall from this Flickr profile

Beijing style sweet and sour baby-back pork ribs from this Flickr profile

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China have released Year of the Pig stamps that taste of sweet and sour pork.

When you scratch the front of the stamps, it smells of the popular chinese dish and when the back of the stamp is licked it tastes of the dish too.

Hm. Although its a welcome idea to make these ‘tiny vehicles of design’ more interactive, I would still hesitate to actually lick them. I prefer more practical self-adhesive stamps. So, if they become collector’s items, what happens to the taste and smell after 20 years, and would you still lick it?

From Ananova.com

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To celebrate the Year of the Pig, PQI have released a Limited Fortune Pig Edition Card Drive U510. Using a hairline treated surface and traditional Chinese New Year colours red and gold to symbolise prosperity, joy, happiness and sincerity.

With two designs, a peony at the bottom right corner surrounded by fortune pigs (2GB) or a single spring (New Year) greeting fortune pig (1GB), it signifies a prosperous Chinese Pig New Year.

This Card Drive is only 3mm thin, offers large storage capacities and security countermeasures. The PQI patented Intelligent Stick interface (compatible with USB 2.0) and retractable cable is able to reach those tight angled and / or cornered USB ports. A carrying bag and personal file management software, USB Notebook Professional are also included.

Only 1000 units of 1GBs and 500 units of 2GBs will be produced.

PQI - The Chinese New Year Card Drive

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In Hong Kong, Year of the Pig stamps are to be Issued today (4th February 2007).

The stamp design for the four Year of the Pig stamps incorporates the traditional Chinese paper-cutting technique in the background to enhance the festive spirit of the Lunar New Year. In addition, a special stamp sheetlet with two stamps featuring the Dog and the Pig embossed and hot-foiled with genuine gold and 99.9% pure silver, will come with a certificate of authenticity.

As geeky the stamp collecting profession might be, there’s no denying a certain appeal that these highly portable, miniature works of art can be - sometimes beautiful, but certainly functional. These Year of the Pig stamps, together with their presentation packs make for a colourful addition to any collection or envelope.

More from the Hong Kong Post website

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“People walk past decorations prepared for the Chinese New Year at a shopping mall in Hong Kong on January 25, 2007. The Chinese New Year begins on February 18.”

From Activate.us

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If you’re married (and Chinese) you probably dread the season of red envelopes, where you’re obliged to hand these out with money in them to all your single relatives. So if that’s not bad enough, why not spend some more money on these intricate, lasercut envelopes?

Especially designed for 2007 - the Year of the Pig, the card was inspired by the ancient craft of papercuts, an original art form created in China.

Who knows - perhaps you might get away with less money in them if your relatives are impressed with the card? (Not likely!) Chinese New Year celebrations in the UK start on February 18th.

Li Xi Gift Envelopes start at $6.50 for one envelope

From Coolhunting.com

Technorati Tags: art, Chinese, Chinese New Year, crafts, culture, Li Xi, Red Envelopes