When is Chinese New Year 2021?
2/12/2021
What is considered to be the traditional food for Chinese New Year?
Dumplings
What is the color of the decorations?
Red
Introduce one Chinese New Year activity
Paste couplets, play firecrackers, dragon dance, lion dance...
How many zodiac animals?
12
How many days does Chinese New Year celebration last?
15 days
The people in the North eat dumplings for Chinese New Year while the South people eat
Rice cake/year cake- 年糕 (nián gāo)
Introduce two decorations
Spring festival couples, year pictures
Introduce on activity for Chinese Lantern festival
Hang/win lantern; guess lantern riddle; fair...
What is the zodiac of 2021?
ox
What is the meaning of "Spring Festival Golden Week"?
The official break for the holiday is a week, starting from the New Year eve day to the sixth day of the first lunar month.
What is the traditional food for Chinese Lantern festival and what is it made of?
Rice ball-汤圆(tāng yuán)
made of glutinous rice
Where do people put the decorations?
The couplets are usually for the gate and the year pictures are for the wall or the door god pictures for the gate, the window papercuts 窗花(chuāng huā)are for the window.
What is the difference between dragon dance and lion dance?
The dragon dance is a group of people holding an Asian dragon puppet like, but the lion dance is usually 2 people. The longer the dragon the better.
How were the animals chosen? Retell the story of zodiacs.
The race among the animals hosted by king of heaven
What festival marks the end of the Chinese New Year celebration?
Chinese lantern festival
Why does South people eat nián gāo for Chinese New Year?
gāo has the same pronunciation as 高(high, tall)
It is a good wish.
In the couplets, besides the ones to the left, right and above, there is usually a character in the center on a diamond shape paper. What is the character and the meaning?
福 (fú)-blessings
Please explain what "lucky money pack(红包-hóng bāo)” is.
The young generation gets lucky money pack from elders after saying Chinese New Year good wishes. As long as the people are not married, they suppose to receive lucky money pack from elders.
What is the custom for Chinese to do during their zodiac year? Why?
Wear red Red consider to be a lucky color. Zodiac year considers to be a hard year.
People can give New Year wishes as late as Lantern festival. What is the proper time to start to give the wishes?- 拜年(bài nián)
The little year, the 23rd day of the la month (the last lunar month)
Why do people eat dumplings for the holiday?
Dumplings-jiǎo zi, has a similar pronunciation as "交子” 子 ancient way of marking 11:00 pm-1:00 am, two hours. Make dumplings before and eat at 12.
The shape of dumplings look like jīn yuán báo, the gold money exchanged in ancient China. It is a good wish.
Why do some people hang the 福 upsidedown?
dào到(arrive)has the same pronunciation as 倒(upsidedown)
there is a story about it; the servant of a prince (壅亲王)in ancient China...
Give an example of Chinese New Year wish in Chinese.
大吉大利
恭喜发财
笑口常开
财源广进
万事如意
身体健康
Count the zodiac animals in order
Rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog, pig鼠牛虎兔龙蛇马羊猴鸡狗猪