Traditions
This is given by parents of the family to the kids of the family on New Year's
What are red envelopes?
This year is the year of the _____.
What is a horse?
A food that must be presented with a head, tail, and feet
What is a chicken?
Sweeping or dusting should not be done on New Year's Day for fear that ____ will be swept away.
What is good luck?
Who is 'Nian'?
What is a beast who attacked villages once a year, on New Years day. He was scared of the color red, bright lights, and loud noises such as firecrackers, which is why they are part of the festivities.
Chinese New Year is also called this
What is Spring Festival and the Lunar New Year?
This country is home to the largest horse population.
What is the United States?
The food that may not be eaten during Chinese New Year, because its white color symbolizes death and misfortune.
What is tofu?
On the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve, every _____ has to be open to allow the old year to go out.
What is door and window?
A reason you might you feel old on the seventh day of the New Year.
What is this day was known as "Everybody's Birthday" and people were considered one year older on that date. In traditional China, individual birthdays were not considered as important as the New Year's date.
What are believed to be symbolic of wealth and high positions in one's career.
What are live blooming flowers? Therefore, every house must have flowers in the home for Chinese New Year
Next year is year of the ___.
What is a goat/sheep?
Ginkgo Nuts represent what?
What are silver ingots
Washing ______ will mean that you will have washed away luck for the new year
What is your hair
What object used in New Year Celebrations, is typically made of silk, paper, and bamboo
What is a Dragon?
This is the number of people that migrate to China for Chinese New Year's
What is 2.2 billion people (it's unbelievable!)?
The Horse is considered the _______ animal in the Chinese zodiac cycle.
What is seventh?
A seed that represents having many male offspring.
What are lotus seeds?
A Chinese word that cannot be said during Chinese New Year.
What is four (四)
According to legend, how was the order of the 12 animals of the zodiac decided?
What is the animals would race across a river, and the first to win headed the cycle.
The candy tray arranged in either a circle or octagon is called this and has a dazzling array of candy to start the New Year sweetly.
What is "The Tray of Togetherness"?
Which color is not considered lucky for the Horse?
What is blue?
Black moss seaweed is a homonym for what?
What is 'exceeding in wealth'?
If you cry on New Year's day, you will_____
What is 'cry all through the year.' Therefore, children are tolerated and are not spanked, even though they are mischievous.
The Chinese New Year celebration lasts for this many days, ending with the Lantern Festival.
What is 15 days?