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.

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

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

PLACES THAT CELEBRATE CHINESE NEW YEAR.

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

REFERENCES

• http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_New_Year
• http://www.history.com/topics/holidays/chinese-new-year
• https://www.google.com/search?q=chinese%20new%20year%20red%
• http://chinesefood.about.com/od/foodfestivals/tp/foodsymbolism.htm

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