Chinese New Year Collaboration Project

The following greetings are used during Chinese New Years. They often appear on the \fai\ \cheun\ that go up on people's doorposts as well. During New Years Chinese greet one another in a friendly way. While Chinese do not usually greet those they do not have a personal relationship with, Chinese New Years is an exception.

The Chinese like to greet each other with special phrases called " 吉祥話 “ (jí xiáng huà) during the Chinese New Year, . The term " 吉祥話 " (jí xiáng huà) literally means "lucky saying" or "lucky phrases", and it is usually said after the greeting " 新年快樂 “ (xīn nián kuài lè) , which means happy new year.

Chinese New Year Greetings. The most popular Greetings for the Chinese New Year. God of Longevity, Shou, God of Longevity, Shou Xing is usually seen holding the Peach of Immortality, and carrying a peach wood staff. Fu, God of Happiness and Good Luck The Fu star is generally depicted in scholar's dress, holding a scroll.

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.

This website has a lot of links to fun activities and projects related to the chinese new year. Check it out, there are a lot of good ideas in here!

Ben, Thank you for sharing this site! It's helpful to find good activities!

This website offers great descriptions of what each food means!

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.

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.

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.

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.

a page about the whole of the chinese new year

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.

Great info about Lucky Foods during the New Year!

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!

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.

The fourth sign in the zodiac, Rabbits are considered to be one of the luckiest signs. You're a Rabbit if you were born in 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, or 1999. People born in Rabbit years are thoughtful, clever, and ambitious yet cautious. Famous Rabbits include Albert Einstein, Frank Sinatra, Lewis Carroll, Cary Grant, and David Beckham.

At the start of the new lunar year, Chinese families come together (or tuan yuan, reunite) to celebrate the most anticipated holiday in the Eastern hemisphere, Spring Festival. CCTV reports that 150 million migrant workers in China have already begun their journey, which for many people is the only

At the start of the new lunar year, Chinese families come together (or tuan yuan, reunite) to celebrate the most anticipated holiday in the Eastern hemisphere, Spring Festival. CCTV reports that 150 million migrant workers in China have already begun their journey, which for many people is the only

Chinese New Year is a time when families get together to celebrate. It is also a special time to remember members of the family who have died. In the days coming up to New Year every family buys presents, decorations, food, new clothes and people have their hair cut.

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.

Chinese New Year celebrations were born out of fear and myth. Legend spoke of the wild beast Nien (which also is the word for "year") that appeared at the end of each year, attacking and killing villagers. Loud noises and bright lights were used to scare the beast away, and the Chinese New Year celebrations were born.

The Chinese Lunar New Year is the longest chronological record in history, dating from 2600 B.C. when the Emperor Huang Ti introduced the first cycle of the zodiac. Like the Western calendar, the Chinese lunar calendar is a yearly one. However, this calendar is based on the movements of the moon, with each month beginning a new moon.

An insightful article on Chinese legends!

"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.

"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

Chinese lantern festival info for kids