Chinese New Year

Group 1

100

What will you find in a red envelope or red packet?

money

200

Chinese people paste new year paintings and red couplets before or after the New Year?

Before

300

The date of Chinese New Year is determined by what kind of calendar?

lunar calendar

400

Traditionally, married women would go visit their birth parents on which day of the Spring Festival?

The second day

500

Why would a person in China most likely ask another person what their animal sign is?

to find out his or her age

Group 2

100

The Chinese New Year is also called......?

The Spring Festival

200

The Spring Festival is ended on the day of what festival?

Lantern Festival

300

Where do you paste Spring Festival couplets?

On the two sides of the door.

400

Chinese people are more likely to offer star fruit or tangerine to one another during Chinese year? (Because it represents luck and prosperity)

Tangerine

500

Why do Chinese people give children red envelopes during New Year?

to suppress the bad luck, wish them  good luck

Group 3

100

How long is the Spring Festival?

15 days

200

At 12 o'clock midnight on new year's eve, Chinese people will do what to "greet new days and send off old ones"? 

Set off firecrackers;

Say "Happy Chinese New Year" to each other.

300

What do Chinese people eat during the Lantern Festival?

Glutinous rice ball

400

What is the most popular color during the Chinese new year celebration? Why?

red; 

It represents good luck and good wish. 

500

What are the 12 animal signs? ( say > 8) 

Rat (mouse), ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat (sheep), monkey, chicken, dog, pig

Group 4

100

What is the most important meal of the year?

The reunion dinner

200

Most people will watch this after dinner

CCTV Spring Festival Gala

300

Traditionally, people will paste the character 春(chūn--spring) or 福 （FU) upside down, why?

To symbolize the spring/ good fortune has arrived

400

People write and paste these on both sides of their door. What are these？

Spring Festival couplets

500

List two things considered as taboos for Spring Festival.

1. sweep and clean the house after Chinese New Year

2. get a haircut in the first month of New Year.

Group 5

100

When do all family members gather together to enjoy a grand meal during the Chinese New Year celebration?

New Year's eve

200

How do people greet each other in English during Chinese New Year?

Happy Spring Festival!

May everything go well!

May all your wishes come true!

300

2021 is the year of .....?

ox

400

There is usually a fish dish in the new year's eve dinner, this is because the word fish (鱼yú) sounds like what other word in Chinese?

余yú--which means left over, which in turn means saving for the future

500

Some Chinese people eat 水饺 (shuǐ jiǎo--dumplings) during Chinese New Year, why?

水饺 (shuǐ jiǎo--dumplings) symbolizes wealth, because its shape resemble ingots（锭）--an ancient Chinese money.