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Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year . 春节. Order of the zodiac animal. 鼠 Rat February 19, 1996 February 7, 2008 牛 Ox February 7, 1997 January 26, 2009 虎 Tiger January 28, 1998 February 14, 2010 兔 Rabbit February 16, 1999 February 3, 2011 龍 Dragon February 5, 2000 January 23, 2012

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Chinese New Year

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  1. Chinese New Year 春节

  2. Order of the zodiac animal • 鼠Rat February 19, 1996 February 7, 2008 • 牛Ox February 7, 1997 January 26, 2009 • 虎Tiger January 28, 1998 February 14, 2010 • 兔RabbitFebruary 16, 1999 February 3, 2011 • 龍 Dragon February 5, 2000 January 23, 2012 • 蛇 Snake January 24, 2001 February 10, 2013 • 馬Horse February 12, 2002 January 31, 2014 • 羊Sheep February 1, 2003 February 19, 2015 • 猴 MonkeyJanuary 22, 2004 February 8, 2016 • 鸡Rooster February 9, 2005 January 28, 2017 • 狗Dog January 29, 2006 February 16, 2018 • 猪 Pig February 18, 2007 February 5, 2019

  3. History of Chinese New Year • The Chinese year has a great history. • The Chinese New Year is popularly is known as spring festival because it starts from the Beginning of Spring. • The Chinese New Year Festival is the most significant and important holiday in China.

  4. Information on Chinese New Year • Children get money from their cousin’s parents. • On the day before the New Year celebration Chinese families clean their houses. • They decorate their home. • Family get together for the celebration. • Many Chinese families watch CCTV New Year’s Gala in the hour before the midnight. • Dumpling are a very important dish. • The holidays last 15 days. • There are a lot of exciting thing to do. • Set off a firework. • Wear the proper clothes.

  5. Interesting facts about the Chinese New Year • The festival begins on the first day of a new moon and ending with the full moon on the day of the Lantern Festival. • Buddha or the Jade Emperor named a year after each of them in the order that they arrived, starting with the Rat, followed by the Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat (or Sheep), Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig. Cat was not included because the Rat tricked the Cat. • The candy tray arranged in either a circle or octagon is called "The Tray of Togetherness. They takes several each and then adult places a red envelop (lai see) on the centre of the tray. Each item represents some kind of good fortune.

  6. Fireworks • After they finished the fireworks. • The man is cleaning up the mess. • You do fireworks in privately. • The fireworks is the part of the celebration.

  7. Chinese New Year food • The dumpling is the main plate in china. • Everybody eat dumpling for dinner in Chinese New Year.

  8. Chinese New Year pictures

  9. Chinese traditional • On New Year's Day, you are not suppose to wash our hair because it would mean we would have washed away good luck for the New Year.

  10. APA SUFF • Http://chinese-new-year.123holiday.net/ 24/9 • http://www.theholidayspot.com/chinese_new_year/history.htm 24/9 • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Lunar_New_Year#History 24/9 • http://www.wikihow.com/Celebrate-Chinese-New-Year 25/9 • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_New_Year 26/9 • http://images.google.com/images?q=Chinese%20New%20year&rls=com.microsoft:en-nz&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi 26/9

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