Superstitions
True or False: Homes are decorated with red lanterns, couplets, and paper cuttings for prosperity and happiness.
True
What is the animal zodiac of this year (2026)?
马/ma- horse 🐎
Homes are decorated with red lanterns, couplets, and paper cuttings for prosperity and happiness.
新年快乐! xin nian kuaile!
Happy New Year!
True or False- You can’t cut your hair on Chinese New Years.
True
How do you say dog in Chinese?
狗/ gou- dog 🐶
What food represents wealth and prosperity during the lunar new year?
饺子
舞狮 wu shi
Lion dance
True or false: wearing red during the Chinese new year does not symbolize luck
False
What is the order of the Chinese zodiacs?
鼠，牛，虎，兔，龙，蛇，马，羊，猴，鸡，狗，猪。
Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig.
True or False- You clean your house after New Years to sweep away bad luck.
False- you clean your house before.
团圆饭 tuan yuan fan
Family reunion dinner
What is the purpose of lanterns during the Chinese new year and what color usually are they?
They symbolize, hope, reunion and good fortune. Red represents fire which wards off evil spirits.
If you were born in 2025, what would your zodiac be?
蛇/she- snake 🐍
What does eating fish represent in the lunar new year?
Abundance, prosperity and a surplus of good fortune.
贴春联
Tie chunlian- Pasting spring festival couplets
True or false: all of the animals in the 12 zodiac are important, but the dragon is the most important.
False
If you turn 53 in 2026, what would your zodiac be?
鼠/ shu- rat 🐀
What is given to children either on New Year’s Eve or the first day of the new year?
Red envelopes
发红包
Fa hong bao- giving red envelopes