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Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year. Time For Celebration!. What is Chinese New Year ?. Most important holiday in Chinese culture Thousands of years old Winter Break & festivities. Who, What, & How. Family gatherings Time to welcome in the New Year Rituals to bring in good luck

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Chinese New Year

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  1. Chinese New Year Time For Celebration!

  2. What is Chinese New Year? • Most important holiday in Chinese culture • Thousands of years old • Winter Break & festivities

  3. Who, What, & How • Family gatherings • Time to welcome in the New Year • Rituals to bring in good luck • Myths and legends about how it started

  4. The Story of Nian

  5. Where & When • “Spring Festival” • Traditionally ends on the 15th day of the month on Lantern Festival • First day of the Lunar/Chinese calendar • Falls on different date every year • Celebrated all over the world

  6. Lunar Calendar • The phases of the moon • 12 lunations in a lunar year (1 lunation ~ 29 days) • Lunar Year is about 354 days • Drifts away from seasons/ unpredictable nature • Second new moon after the winter solstice • Western calendar

  7. The Chinese Zodiac • 12 year cycle • Rotates with 5 elements, a complete rotation takes 60 years • Yin and Yang • Each animal carries different characteristics • Significant in Chinese Culture

  8. The Race

  9. 2013! • Year of the (Water) Snake • February 10: January 1st of the Chinese New Year • Feb. 16 and 17: 31st 2013 Annual San Diego Chinese New Year Food and Culture Fair

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