Fun Facts
This animal is the symbol of China
What is the dragon?
During Chinese New Year, children often receive these red envelopes containing money, symbolizing luck and prosperity for the upcoming year.
What are "hongbao" (red envelopes)?
This festival, often called the "Spring Festival," marks the beginning of the Chinese New Year.
What is the Chinese Lunar New Year?
The Chinese New Year is traditionally celebrated to mark the end of this.
What is winter?
People often think this animal is unlucky, but in fact, every Chinese zodiac animal has good qualities.
What is the rat?
Each year in China is associated with one of these twelve animals.
What is the Chinese Zodiac?
This traditional martial art, originating from China, is often practiced for both physical fitness and its combat techniques, often depicted in films and performances during Chinese New Year.
What is Kung Fu (or Wushu)?
This festival, celebrated on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month, involves lighting lanterns and eating sticky rice balls.
What is the Lantern Festival?
The Chinese New Year festival typically begins on this date according to the lunar calendar.
What is the first day of the first lunar month?
This symbol is often mistaken for bad luck in Chinese culture, but it actually represents long life and happiness.
What is the butterfly?
This color is seen as very lucky and is associated with prosperity, good fortune, and happiness, often seen in decorations and clothing during Chinese New Year.
What is red?
This traditional activity is believed to scare away evil spirits and bring good luck for the upcoming year, often involves loud noises and bright colors
What is setting off firecrackers or fireworks?
This holiday, which celebrates ancestors and is also called the Qingming Festival, involves visiting graves.
What is Tomb Sweeping Day?
This historic Chinese dynasty is often credited with the origin of the Chinese New Year festival.
What is the Shang Dynasty?
Some believe this tradition of cleaning is done during the first day of Chinese New Year, but it’s actually done before to sweep away bad luck.
What is cleaning the house?
This philosopher, known for his teachings about ethics and family relationships, is one of the most important figures in Chinese culture.
Who is Confucius?
This material, which is central to Chinese artistic traditions, is used to create items like vases, bowls, and tiles, and is often decorated with intricate patterns and designs.
What is porcelain?
The Chinese New Year festival lasts for this number of days.
What is 15 days?
This mythological creature, often depicted as a monster, is said to come out on New Year's Eve. People make loud noises to scare it away.
What is Nian?
People often think this philosophy is just about rules, but it’s really about finding balance, respect, and harmony in life.
What is Confucianism?
This famous architectural wonder, which is more than 13,000 miles long, was originally built to protect China from invasions, and it is now one of the most iconic landmarks in the world.
What is the Great Wall of China?
This famous Chinese philosophy, emphasizing harmony with nature and balance, is often practiced through meditation and the movement of the body, especially in the form of tai chi.
What is Taoism?
This festival, held on the 5th day of the 5th month of the lunar calendar, is marked by dragon boat races.
What is the Dragon Boat Festival?
The famous "Spring Festival" or "Chunjie" is another name for this celebration.
What is Chinese New Year?
It’s a common belief that everyone in China speaks Mandarin, but there are many other languages spoken, like this one in Hong Kong.
What is Cantonese?