27 January.2022 CNY 好運的風車 Pinwheels of Good Fortune 2022
Day 684 since MCO1.0 行動管制領 Covid-19
156, Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur City Centre, 50450 Kuala LumpurGPS Location: 3°09'34.2"N 101°42'49.2"E
Parking: Mall Parking
Thoughts: KL's Avenue K showcase "風車 Pinwheels" as the main theme for 2022 Chinese New Year decorations. The use of the Pinwheels as the theme for this year CNY decoration is probably quite appropriate (hopeful for the Pandemic recovery) as In Chinese culture, for example, the 風車 pinwheel signifies “轉機 turning one's luck around”; the pinwheel figures prominently in 農曆新年 Chinese New Year celebrations where it is represents 好運 good luck, 長壽 longevity, 健康health and 繁榮 prosperity.
A 風車 pinwheel is a simple child's toy made of a wheel of paper or plastic curls attached at its axle to a stick by a pin. It is designed to spin when blown upon by a person or by the wind. It is a predecessor to more complex "Whirligigs". The first inventor of the "旋風車 Whirligig", or "風車 Pinwheel", is not known. However, history does indicate wind-driven Whirligigs existed in 中國 China in 400 BC and in the 薩珊帝國 Sasanian Empire by 700 AD, with the use of 風車 Windmills.
Pinwheels may have arrived in America by way of immigrants from Europe, and it the toy was modernized and popularized as a children's toy by an 亞美尼亞移民 Armenian immigrant 玩具製造商 toy manufacturer, Tegran M. Samour in 1919, in 波士頓 Boston, 馬薩諸塞州 Massachusetts. Mr Samour sold them as "Wind wheels" (as "Pinwheels" were initial called as "Wind wheels") along with two other toys which he invented, which provided many children with numerous hours of enjoyment as the wind-driven toy will turning faster and faster when held aloft by a running child.Rating: 6 / 10 👍
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