Lunar New Year Basics
In which country is Lunar New Year most commonly celebrated?
What is China?
What is the name of the red envelopes given during Lunar New Year?
What is hóngbāo (红包), Red Packet?
How many animals are in the Chinese zodiac cycle?
What is 12?
What round food symbolize family togetherness and are eaten during Lunar New Year?
What are dumplings (饺子, jiǎozi)?
Which country celebrates “Tet,” its version of Lunar New Year?
What is Vietnam?
What is the traditional color associated with Lunar New Year celebrations?
What is red?
What loud object is used to scare away evil spirits during the celebrations?
What are firecrackers?
What animal represents the year 2024?
What is the Dragon?
What fruit, often given in pairs, symbolizes wealth and prosperity?
What are oranges/tangerines?
What is the largest annual human migration event that happens during Lunar New Year?
What is the Spring Festival Rush?
The Lunar New Year is based on which type of calendar: solar, lunar, or lunisolar?
What is the lunisolar calendar?
What is the traditional activity held on the last day of Lunar New Year?
What is the Lantern Festival?
According to legend, which animal finished first in the Great Race, earning the first zodiac sign?
What is the Rat?
What long dish represents longevity and is often eaten during the celebration?
What are Longevity Noodles/Noodles (长寿面, chángshòu miàn)?
What major parade happens in the U.S. every year for Lunar New Year?
What is the San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade?
What is the typical duration of the Lunar New Year festival in China?
What is 15 days?
What do people traditionally do before Lunar New Year’s Eve to prepare their homes?
What is cleaning/sweeping to remove bad luck?
What element accompanies each zodiac animal in a repeating 60-year cycle?
What is Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, or Earth?
Why do people avoid breaking noodles while cooking or eating them?
What is breaking noodles symbolizes cutting one’s lifespan short?
Which country calls Lunar New Year “Seollal”?
What is South Korea?
In China, what is the traditional name for the Lunar New Year?
What is Spring Festival (春节, Chūnjié)?
What does it mean when a family keeps all their lights on during the first night of the new year?
What is to welcome good fortune and ward off bad luck?
What is the only mythical creature in the Chinese zodiac?
What is the Dragon?
What is the significance of eating fish during the New Year?
What is fish symbolizes abundance and surplus
Name one of the three major Chinatowns in the world known for huge Lunar New Year celebrations.
What is New York, San Francisco, or London?