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Jeannot Delugeau

Chinese New Year's Celebration - Chinese Customs - 0 views

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  • Chinese New Year is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays and is celebrated as the Spring Festival
  • The Chinese New Year is based on the Chinese Calendar which complies with the phases of the moon. According to this, Chinese New Year begins on the first day of the first lunar month of the Chinese Calendar
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  • Traditionally the festival is a family event, everybody travels back home to meet the family and to visit relatives and friends, a practice known as "new-year visits" (Chinese: 拜年; pinyin: bàinián).
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  • paper image or a picture of the deity hung throughout the year near the family's stove
  • Traditionally houses are cleaned on the 28th day (of the last month) of the (old) year, prior to the Chinese New Year
  • red trimmings are placed on doorways and windows to scare away the
  • monster Nian
  • This practice diverted from hanging peach-wood charms on doors, since peach-wood is considered to keep away ghosts and evil spirits and enhance immortality.
  • bamboo leaves are used to clean the house
  • Cleaning the house symbolises sweeping out any misfortune or traces of bad luck.
  • but new cloth symbolise a new start.
  • New cloth in the auspicious red colour are bought and will be worn for the first time in the early hours of the new year.
  • sweeping the house should be avoided- especially during the first three days-, since otherwise upcoming good luck would be swept out
  • as well a fresh start.
  • bad luck to wash one's hair during the first three days of the New Year as good fortune would be washed out.
  • as the fruit is considered to enhance abundance, prosperity, having children, and good health in the year to come.
  • to start a new year with unpaid debts
  • Lunar New Year is a time for settling debts.
  • a way to show respect and pay tribute to the departed souls.
  • as sharp instruments such as knives and scissors used for the preparation can be put away to avoid the 'cutting' effect of these.
  • is regarded to be bad luck on New Year's Day.
  • 12 animal signs for the years 2008 until 2020.
Jeannot Delugeau

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  • « Back to China Chinese New Year Songs Discover the Chinese selection of traditional songs that can be heard being sung during New Years celebrations. .attachment-featured-image { float:left; vertical-align:text-top; } #video-bar { clear:both; }The Chinese really like to go all out when the moon indicates that the year is over and the new one is on its way. The New Year in China is based on the cycle of the moon because they make use of the lunar calendar. Although it’s never a full moon when it’s the new year you will still be hearing some howling in the form of Chinese new year songs.
  • It is no surprise that they have a selection of Chinese New Year songs that have been composed for the purpose of celebrating the coming of the New Year
  • aim to capture the nationalistic spirit of the Chinese people on the one side whereas on the other you have songs that are trying to describe the Chinese perspective of life and the way that they live it.
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  • With regards to the songs that the Chinese people have composed in order to welcome the New Year, they are basically termed as an expression of happiness and love.
  • he songs are sung everywhere during the festive seasons from street corners to the insides of people’s homes. Families often gather together and engage in a chorus performance of traditional hit numbers for New Year.
  • he singing and dancing is also accompanied with some costume dressing. Well, the dressing up in costumes may seem strange to anyone from outside the Chinese culture but it is all part of the parcel of Chinese tradition
  • have been handed down the generations
Addie Lerner

Everything about 2012 Chinese New Year Day Celebration ,Activities Stories and Festivals - 0 views

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  • Nora Lucey on 03 Jan 12
     
    Everything about Chinese New Year Festivals Chinese New Year Day Celebration, Decorations, Songs, Food, Parade, Activities, Stories, Horoscopes and Lantern Festivals 2012 Chinese New Year and Chinese Horoscope 2012 Chinese New Year Parade Schedule 2012 Chinese Zodiac Signs Year of Dragon 2012 Chinese Astrology Year of Dragon 2012 Year of Dragon begins on February 4, 2012 - Chinese New Year Day is on January 23, 2012 2012 Chinese Lantern Festival on February 6, 2012.
  • Addie Lerner on 03 Jan 12
     
    Everything about Chinese New Year Festivals Chinese New Year Day Celebration, Decorations, Songs, Food, Parade, Activities, Stories, Horoscopes and Lantern Festivals 2012 Chinese New Year and Chinese Horoscope 2012 Chinese New Year Parade Schedule 2012 Chinese Zodiac Signs Year of Dragon 2012 Chinese Astrology Year of Dragon 2012 Year of Dragon begins on February 4, 2012 - Chinese New Year Day is on January 23, 2012 2012 Chinese Lantern Festival on February 6, 2012.
Joey Karnes

Chinese New Year - 2 views

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  • Amber Baker on 03 Jan 12
     
    A Chinese proverb states that all creations are reborn on New Year's day. The Chinese New Year is a celebration of change ... out with the old and in with the new! The Chinese New Year falls on a different date each year because it is based on a combination of lunar and solar movements.
  • Ryan Revolinski on 03 Jan 12
     
    a page about the whole of the chinese new year
  • Joey Karnes on 04 Jan 12
     
    A Chinese proverb states that all creations are reborn on New Year's day. The Chinese New Year is a celebration of change ... out with the old and in with the new! The Chinese New Year falls on a different date each year because it is based on a combination of lunar and solar movements.
Sydnei Parker

Eat Chinese New Year's lucky food for fortune and luck - 1 views

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  • Sam Levatich on 24 Dec 11
     
    A nicely written article with good vocabulary (for bin bin!) about lucky new year foods!
  • Addie Lerner on 03 Jan 12
     
    Eat Lots of Lucky Foods for Extra Luck on Chinese New Year Many believe that you will receive more blessings for the coming year if you prepare and eat various lucky foods on Chinese New Year. Food is an important part of Chinese culture, and every family celebrates with the most delicious and sumptuous array of Chinese dishes.
  • Sydnei Parker on 03 Jan 12
     
    Eat Lots of Lucky Foods for Extra Luck on Chinese New Year Many believe that you will receive more blessings for the coming year if you prepare and eat various lucky foods on Chinese New Year. Food is an important part of Chinese culture, and every family celebrates with the most delicious and sumptuous array of Chinese dishes.
Sydnei Parker

Everything about 2012 Chinese New Year Day Celebration ,Activities Stories and Festivals - 0 views

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  • Sydnei Parker on 03 Jan 12
     
    Everything about Chinese New Year Festivals Chinese New Year Day Celebration, Decorations, Songs, Food, Parade, Activities, Stories, Horoscopes and Lantern Festivals 2012 Chinese New Year and Chinese Horoscope 2012 Chinese New Year Parade Schedule 2012 Chinese Zodiac Signs Year of Dragon 2012 Chinese Astrology Year of Dragon 2012 Year of Dragon begins on February 4, 2012 - Chinese New Year Day is on January 23, 2012 2012 Chinese Lantern Festival on February 6, 2012.
Theresa Banghart

Chinese New Year Food - 1 views

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  • Sam Levatich on 24 Dec 11
     
    Great info about Lucky Foods during the New Year!
  • Simon Eng on 04 Jan 12
     
    Given the importance of food in Chinese culture, it is not surprising that food plays a major role in Chinese New Year celebrations. "Lucky" foods are served through the two week Chinese New Year celebration, also called the Spring festival. What gives a certain food symbolic significance? Sometimes it is based on appearance. New year foods that are considered lucky!
  • Theresa Banghart on 04 Jan 12
     
    Given the importance of food in Chinese culture, it is not surprising that food plays a major role in Chinese New Year celebrations. "Lucky" foods are served through the two week Chinese New Year celebration, also called the Spring festival. What gives a certain food symbolic significance? Sometimes it is based on appearance.
Benjamin Walker

Chinese New Year Guide: Prepare and Celebrate Chinese New Year - 0 views

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  • Benjamin Walker on 03 Jan 12
     
    Chinese New Year is the most important and, at 15 days, the longest holiday in China. Chinese New Year begins on the first day of the lunar calendar, so it is also called Lunar New Year, and it is considered the beginning of spring, so it is also called Spring Festival.
Sydnei Parker

Chinese New Year - Mandarin Phrases for Chinese New Year - 0 views

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  • Nora Lucey on 04 Jan 12
     
    Chinese New Year is the most important festival in Chinese culture. It is celebrated on the new moon of the first month according to the lunar calendar, and is a time for family reunions and scrumptious feasts.
  • Sydnei Parker on 24 Jan 14
     
    I don't know if these are the lucky phrases but these are common sayings used during the Chinese New Year
Joey Karnes

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  • Joey Karnes on 04 Jan 12
     
    The Lunar New Year is determined by cycles of the moon and therefore the dates are movable, each new year commencing on the new moon which occurred in the late January or February of the Western Calendar. It is not the “Chinese New Year” but the “Lunar New Year” as the date is celebrated by many others besides the Chinese.
Will Ladd

Chinese New Year Traditions - 0 views

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  • Will Ladd on 04 Jan 12
     
    Chinese Culture is rich in its culture and traditions . They have their own beliefs and New Year traditions , which they follow ardently. Although the Chinese New Year , Nian, lasts only two or three days including the Chinese New Year's Eve, the Chinese New Year season extends from the mid-twelfth month of the previous year to the middle of the first month of the new year.
Caroline Carrothers

10 Lucky Foods - 3 views

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  • Sam Levatich on 24 Dec 11
     
    this is a great top 10 list for luck foods in the new year!
  • Sydnei Parker on 03 Jan 12
     
    While the Western New Year is more about drinking, the Chinese New Year is an opportunity to honor family and friends, and to enjoy some culinary traditions. To learn more, we consulted Fuchsia Dunlop, author of Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper, and Doris Lum, president of the Association of Chinese Cooking Teachers, as well as Rosemary Gong's book on Chinese culture and celebrations, Good Luck Life, to find out what foods we should have on hand to ensure a prosperous and happy year to come.
  • Theresa Banghart on 04 Jan 12
     
    1. Tangerines and Oranges. Displaying and eating these fruits is said to bring wealth and luck. According to the Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco, the tradition stems from the way the Chinese words for gold and orange sound alike, while the word for tangerine echoes luck.
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Traditional Chinese new year - 1 views

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    The Chinese New Year is the most important for Chinese people in the year. It introduced the knowledge of Chinese New Year Wishes, history of the Spring Couplets and Firecracker, and the New Year's Eve culture.
Jeannot Delugeau

Chinese New Year Dragon Dance - 0 views

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  • The most exciting and spectacular way of expressing gratitude for the dragon is the dragon dance.
  • The Chinese New Year dragon dance symbolizes the bringing of good luck and success in the coming year for all the human beings on earth
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  • the majority of people depend on agriculture for their livelihood, the timely arrival of rains is a necessity.
  • "Dragon King"
  • The New Year in Chinatown ends with the lantern festival on the fifteenth day of the month.
  • In the dragon dance, a team of dancers carry the image of dragon on poles. The lead dancers of the troupe lift, dip, thrust, and sweep the head which may display animated features controlled by a dancer. The dance troop mimics the supposed movements of this winged spirit in a wicked and undulating manner.
  • As a result, Chinese communities make every effort to have very long dragons dancing during the New Year.
Simon Eng

CHINESE NEW YEAR - China | Facts and Details - 0 views

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  • Simon Eng on 04 Jan 12
     
    "The Chinese New Year is indisputably China's biggest holiday. The one in 2011 marked the beginning of the Chinese year 4708. Chinese New Year shifts somewhat over January and February. In 2011 it started on February 3. The entire holiday period is called chunjie , or spring festival (Chinese consider spring to be the beginning of the new year)." Basic Information on Chinese New Year
Ian Segel

The significance of the colors red & gold in Chinese culture - 0 views

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  • The color of Red in chinese culture usually means good luck. So like the red packet which is given every Chinese New Year, is just a symbol of good luck in the coming Year. So it is not wise for you to wear red color shirts when you attend a funeral. Golden or yellow color is traditionally the color used in imperial service. The golden color symbolizes wealth and also happiness. Red is also a color in Chinese weddings, because in wedding they tend to be happy and by wearing red things, will help the couple who are getting married chasing out the bad luck on the day they're getting married. Red in here means good luck, happiness, joy, and for the couple, this red color is regarded an energy as red symbolize
  • joy, and for the couple, this red color is regarded an energy as red symboliz
  • the Fire element in Chinese metaphysics.
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  • In Chinese New Year, they're a custom that the eldest one gives red envelope to the young one, which means on this happy day, they're welcoming the New Year, and give blessing to the young one. Reds, Oranges and Yellows are warm colors that create warm and excitement. As you can see also, in Chinese New Year, they like to give two oranges for every visitor to give a warm welcome. This Red envelope is also a symbol of prosperity in the house.
  • he color of Red in chinese culture usually means good luck. So like the red packet which is
  • given every Chinese New Year, is just a symbol of good luck in the coming Year. So it is not wise for you to wear red color shirts when you attend a funeral. The golden color symbolize wealth and also happiness. In Chinese Metaphysics, Red symbolized the Fire element (shiny element which can chase out all evil). Golden color or sometimes it can resemble a Yellow color, symbolized the Earth element which is the storage money element (wealth) in Four Pillars of Destiny.
  • Ian Segel on 03 Jan 12
     
    The reason why the red envelopes are gold and red.
Amber Baker

Chinese New Year Menu - 0 views

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  • Amber Baker on 03 Jan 12
     
    Food is an essential element of Chinese New Year, perhaps the most important of all the Chinese holidays. The highlight of this 15-day celebration is an elaborate dinner on the Eve of the New Year, also known as the Lunar New Year.
Michael Marcus

Chinese new year foods - 0 views

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  • Amber Baker on 03 Jan 12
     
    Chinese New Year Foods are very important to Chinese people. All family members come together to eat at this time. Chinese New Year foods are not only delicious but it is traditional to eat certain foods over this festival. Chinese Dumplings, Fish, Spring Rolls, Nian Gao are usually seen as delicious and eaten at this time.
  • Michael Marcus on 31 Jan 13
     
    All the chinese cultural foods for the new year, interesting information
Nicole Flanary

Feng Shui and Chinese New Year - What is the Best Way to Celebrate Chinese New Year? - 0 views

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  • Nicole Flanary on 02 Jan 12
     
    Interesting facts about Feng Shui and the Chinese New Year
haiyun lu

TLC Family "Frozen Fireworks" - 0 views

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  • Fireworks are traditional Chinese New Year fodder -- in fact, the Chinese invented fireworks. Make your own "frozen fireworks" to celebrate the new year.
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