Chinese Festivals

Chinese New Year

• typically celebrated anywhere from January 21nd to February 20th depending on the year
• Families get together and celebrate
• Decorate streets and buildings with lucky red items
• Set off firecrackers
• Eat dumplings, fish, spring rolls, and niango

LANTERN FESTIVAL

• Celebrated on the 15th day of the first Chinese lunar month and on the first full moon on the Chinese calender
• Light lanterns & watch lanterns of different shapes and sizes
• Eat Tangyuan

DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL

• Always on the 5th day of the 5th month of the Chinese lunar calendar
• Race dragon boats to remember the famous poet that drowned after writing a poem about China being taken over
• Eat zongzi

MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL

• Eat moon cakes
• Gaze at the moon
• Celebrated in mid autumn

WINTER SOLSTICE

• Celebrated around December 21st, when the sun is at longitude 270°
• Marks the longest night and the shortest day
• People usually have a family reunion over the long night
• Eat pink and white Tangyuan in sweet broth to symbolize family unity

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