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Aaron Bickert

Symbolism of Colours - Chinese Customs - 0 views

www.nationsonline.org/...colours.htm

colors fireworks red

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  • Aaron Bickert on 29 Jan 14
     
    Article about the meaning of different colors in Chinese culture. Also provides historical info about these colors and helps to explain why firecrackers and other Lunar New Year objects are painted red and gold. 
Phillip Dantoin

Chinese Lantern Fastival Wiki - 0 views

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chinese Year New Culture tradition

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  • Phillip Dantoin on 04 Feb 13
     
    Talks about everything from it's history to today.
Nora Lucey

Chinese spring festival, Chinese new year greeting - 0 views

www.yangtzeriver.org/...e-spring-festival-greeting.asp

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  • Nora Lucey on 04 Jan 12
     
    During the festival period, people will greet each other as part of the celebration. The lively atmosphere not only fills every household, but permeates to major streets and small lanes. A series of activities such as lion dancing, dragon lantern dancing, lantern festivals and temple fairs will be held for days.
Simon Eng

The Red Envelope - 0 views

www.absolutelyfengshui.com/...red-envelope.php

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  • Simon Eng on 04 Jan 12
     
    "The tradition of the Red Envelope began many centuries ago in China. In Feng Shui, red envelopes, ("ang pow" pronounced hong boa or lisee- lay see), are used in Black Sect Tibetan Tantric Buddhism as an honorable tradition, affording payment to the Feng Shui practitioner." An interesting article on the red envelopes given to children during the new year.
Ryan Revolinski

Chinese Red Packet: Sign of Prosperity - 0 views

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  • John Geilfuss on 03 Jan 12
     
    A Chinese red packet is nothing but a simple red envelope in which money is enclosed. These evelopes are decorated with lucky symbols, conveying blessing of prosperity for those to whom they are bestowed. It is common to give these out on the lunar New Year.
  • Ryan Revolinski on 03 Jan 12
     
    Description of the red packets
Benjamin Walker

Crafts and Activities for Chinese New Year - EnchantedLearning.com - 2 views

www.enchantedlearning.com/...chinesenewyear

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  • Benjamin Walker on 03 Jan 12
     
    More great ideas for activities for every group to look at!!
Benjamin Walker

Chinese New Year - Zodiac Story - 0 views

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  • Benjamin Walker on 03 Jan 12
     
    There are several legends about how the animals were chosen for the Chinese zodiac. This is one of them.
Griffin Damron

What is in the Red Packets? - 0 views

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Chinese Culture New Year packet red envelope tradition

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  • In any case, the amount of money given is always even number and amounts ending with 8 are very popular as the number 8 sounds like prosperity.
  • An amount that ends or involves 4 is usually avoided as 4 in Mandarin and most Chinese dialects sounds like death.  The worse amount to give in a red packet is 44.
  • To many Chinese, it is considered rude to ask for specific gifts and if unsure of preferences and tastes of the host, giving a gift of cash in a red packet overcomes these issues.
  • Griffin Damron on 03 Jan 12
     
    Money is usually always to be found within the small red envelopes. It is popular to give amounts ending in 8, because the Chinese word of "eight" is similar to the word for "prosperity". People always try to avoid giving amounts that end in the number 4. This is because the Chinese word for "four" sounds a lot like their word for "death".
Charlie Kovach

Chinese Lantern Festival Celebrations | Chinese New Year 2012 - 0 views

chinesenewyear2012.net/chinese-lantern-festival

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      Charlie Kovach on 02 Jan 12
       
      I found about three popular legends for the origin of the Lantern Festival.
    • Charlie Kovach
      Charlie Kovach on 02 Jan 12
       
      However, there are many more than those. 
  • One of the myths of the Lantern Festivals origins is that Emperor Mingdi had a dream of a golden man driving darkness out of the land. Because of the dream, the Buddhist scriptures were found, and the Emperor ordered lanterns to be hung in honor of Buddha, who has the power to bring light to the people.
  • The customs that are practiced for the festival vary greatly depending on the country and region that you are visiting.
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  • There are also variations in the legends that are told about the Lantern Festival, as well. One thing that is the same around the world is the lighting of the lanterns and the presence of dumplings.
  • The Lantern Festival has been a part of New Year’s celebrations in China for many centuries. Some people believe that the festival began during the Han Dynasty,
  • There are other legends and myths about the Lantern Festival and its origins, as well, depending on the region of China that you visit.
Seamus Killian

Chinese Latern Festival - 0 views

www.lantern-festival.com/...story-of-lantern-festival.html

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  • Seamus Killian on 02 Jan 12
     
    After you know about What is the Lantern Festival? The Lantern Festival history is a very long time. According to the folk legend, the 15th day in the new year(lunar calendar) has been arosen increasing attention in the Western Han Dynasty
haiyun lu

Chinese New Year - 0 views

teacher.scholastic.com/...Jan05_china.htm

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  • The Chinese dragon represents wisdom, strength, benevolence, and good fortune. Invite your students to learn more about this symbol by creating a miniature version and by reading stories about dragons. Begin by passing out the Reproducible below. Have students decorate their dragons with bright colors and glitter. Next help kids to fold a piece of 8" x 11" paper in half vertically and cut along the fold. Accordion-fold each piece and join together to create the animal's body. Attach the head at one end and the tail at the other. Tape chopsticks to the head and tail. Use your puppets as props for a read aloud of A Time of Golden Dragons, by Song Nan Zhang (Tundra, 2000).
Nora Lucey

Love and Lanterns - the Chinese Lantern Festival - 0 views

chinesefood.about.com/...lanternfestival.htm

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  • Nora Lucey on 03 Jan 12
     
    Lantern Festival - The last day of the Chinese New Year season is day for lovers. Learn more about the Chinese Lantern Festival and try a recipe for Yuanxiao sticky rice dumplings.
Sydnei Parker

Chinese New Year - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

en.wikipedia.org/...Chinese_New_Year

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  • Sydnei Parker on 24 Jan 14
     
    There is a tab called greetings, which is really helpful; however, I still need to do more research because it's Wikipedia.
Theresa Banghart

Food Symbolism - Chinese Customs during Chinese New Year Celebrations - 2 views

www.nationsonline.org/...food_symbolism.htm

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  • Sam Levatich on 24 Dec 11
     
    This website offers great descriptions of what each food means!
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  • Amber Baker on 03 Jan 12
     
    Food offerings are a prayer or a wish and can be addressed to ancestors and other beings such as the Jade Emperor and The Kitchen God. The offering of food serves to bring ancestors and other beings in the other world closer to oneself.
  • Theresa Banghart on 04 Jan 12
     
    Food offerings are a prayer or a wish and can be addressed to ancestors and other beings such as the Jade Emperor and The Kitchen God. The offering of food serves to bring ancestors and other beings in the other world closer to oneself.
  • haiyun lu on 04 Jan 12
     
    This is a really good site with abundant information! I think we can talk about in class to select the ones both Chinese and Americans would like to have. Remember, we don't want to present something so outrages to turn people off. We are the bridge among cultures.
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