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Chinese New Year

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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CHINESE NEW YEAR

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CHINESE NEW YEAR LEGEND NIAN 年

  • Man eating beast called nian attacks people and there livestock.
  • A stranger came to the village and claimed he could chase away the beast.
  • He used firecrackers, flashes of light and red banners.
  • Everyone then on celebrate s new years with the things the stranger used to kill the beast.
Photo by Jon@th@nC

WHAT KIND OF DANCES ARE CELEBRATED ON CHINESE NEW YEAR ?

  • They are two types of dances celebrated on chonese new year
  • One of them its the lion dance and the other one is the dragon
  • Dance.
  • Teh lion dance
Photo by rootneg2

SPRING COUPLETS

  • 春联 chūn Lián
  • Spring couplets are poems to induce a new year
  • The color preference is red
  • Fú dào le 辅导了 is the arrival of good fortune
  • Fu is the arrival of happiness or good fortune

RED ENVELOPES

  • 红包 hóng bāo
  • Long, narrow envelope
  • Usually filled with money
  • Chinese characters happiness, and wealth
  • Taboo is who can and cant get red envelopes

TRADITIONAL FOOD

  • 鱼 Yú (Fish)
  • 饺子 Jiǎ zi (Dumplings)
  • 年糕 Nián gāo (Year Cake)

CHINESE NEW YEAR中国新年

  • The new year last from new years eve until the lantern festival 猜灯谜
  • The chinese new year is the longest celebration in the Chinese calendar
  • Lantern festival is the 15th day of the first month from luni-solar calander
  • It is usually in February or March in the Gregorian calendar.
  • Was Celebrated on Thursday, February 19 as of 2015

LION DANCE

  • 舞狮 wǔ shi
  • Its performed during the chinese new year
  • The person who is controlling the lion its
  • Usually mimicking the martial arts and its
  • Usually taught to bring good luck
Photo by Global Jet

PLACES THAT CELEBRATE CHINESE NEW YEAR.

  • Mainland china
  • Hong Kong
  • Taiwan
  • Singapore
  • Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Philippines.
Photo by williamcho

LION DANCE CONTINUED

  • They are two types of lion dances one of them is the
  • Southern lion and ther northern lion and the lion its not originated
  • From china its believed comes from other asian cultures
Photo by maureen lunn