Chinese New Year Chinese New Year is celebrated throughout China and is also known as The Spring Festival. It goes for fifteen days and the preparations start even before the old year has come to an end. The people prepare by cleaning up‚ buying gifts and cooking festival food. Chinese New Year according to an ancient legend was started like this: People were once tormented by a beast called a Nian - a ferocious creature with an extremely large mouth‚ capable of swallowing several people in a
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Chinese New Year? Is it Real or Fake? This year’s Chinese New Year is going to be on: 2013 | 2013-02-10 | Snake (2013-02-10—2014-01-31) | | | | Chinese New Year is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. In China‚ it is also known as the Spring Festival‚ the literal translation of the modern Chinese name. Chinese New Year celebrations traditionally ran from Chinese New Year’s Day itself‚ the first day of the first month of the Chinese calendar‚ to the Lantern
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Happy Chinese New Year 新年快乐 (Snake) 蛇 Terrorized Village ● Demon/Dragon (Name shall not be spoken) "Nian" ● Villagers afraid‚ crops destroyed‚ children gone. ● Wise old man Year of the Snake (Zodiac Animals) ● ● ● ● 12 animals 12 months Great empire needed to tell time Trickery/betrayal The Amazing Race Paper Cutting ● Decoration ● Upsidedown ● Good Luck/Good Fortune ● ● 福- Fú http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkTV6enoXUY Myth of the Lanterns ● ● ●
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So‚how much money am I getting this year?" That’s the question I hit my momwith every February. And every year she replies‚ "You will see‚" in herChinese accent. February usually marks the month of the New Year accordingto the Chinese calendar. But for me‚ Chinese New Year is a payday. Usually Ireceive red envelopes‚ hong bao‚ which are the equivalent of Christmas presents.Instead of wondering what the present will be‚ though‚ it is the amount of moneyinside that is the mystery. The lucky money
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The Chinese Abacus The Chinese Abacus is a simple device for performing mathematical calculations. The Chinese Abacus also known as a “Suanpan” in Chinese. The Abacus was first mentioned by the mathematician Xu Yueh at the end of Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220 A.D). The Abacus is a tool for calculating numbers‚ and was widely used in ancient times up to the invention of the modern mechanical and electronic calculators. The Abacus is similar to the modern calculator. It has a rectangular wooden frame
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New Year’s Eve: a comparison between China and Brazil. Raif Remígio Alves SBA‚ Zhejiang Gongshang University‚ China. e-mail: raifalves@hotmail.com Introduction A moment to calm‚ review the contents of the past‚ to establish in the present and generate power to carry the future. Thus it is that most people around the world celebrate the new year‚ regardless of their country of origin‚ culture or financial condition. The New Year is always celebrated with much joy‚ peace and prosperity wishes
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New Year’s Day ------------------------------------------------- Every country has New Year’s Day. Most countries celebrate New Year on the first of January‚ the same as Thailand and Australia. However‚ in Thailand they are celebrated New Year by themselves because they have a second New Year called Song Kran Day or Thai New Year’s Day. This essay will look at the similarities and differences between Thai and Australia New Year. ------------------------------------------------- There are similarities
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Gabriela J. Bachman Professor Lathrop Writing 1 19 October‚ 2009 New Years at Home As I described in essay one‚ New Years for my family is a very important event and we celebrate it with a number of activities based in superstition. According to Wikipedia (1) superstition is defined as “a credulous belief‚ not based on reason. The word is commonly applied to beliefs and practices surrounding luck‚ prophecy and spiritual beings‚ particularly the irrational belief that future events can be
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Choose to Dine at Home on the Eve of the Chinese New Year It is a traditional custom that the family members from everywhere hurry back home to join a big dinner on the eve of Chinese New Year. It is a significant reunion. It is a traditional way to enjoy this at home. However‚ in recent years‚ many families have another choice of having dinner at restaurants. In my view‚ I prefer to have dinner at home. There are several reasons to justify my view‚ some of which are as follows. Firstly‚ it is
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