New Home‚ New Life At a young age growing up and being on my own was all I dreamed of until that day arrived. Growing up and moving away‚ I thought I had reached the ultimate marking point in my life. In reality it was just the beginning to the life I controlled. My emotions were rolling in realization that freedom was soon going to be in my grasp as I packed up my room ‚ started the route to my future‚ and began the slow process of settling into my new home which was the most exciting and frightening
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The Chinese Spring Festival The Chinese New Year or more commonly The Spring Festival (Chun Jie in Chinese) is the most important festival in China. It has more than four thousand years of history. It is based on the Chinese lunar calendar which all Chinese people use. The celebrations begin the first day of the first lunar month and end the 15th‚ although the most important day for Chinese people is new year eve‚ this day you have to be with your family and have dinner all together‚ so if you
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symbolic politics Copyright 2007‚ Xiaoyan Xu The Construction of a United Great China A Comparative Study of the CCTV Spring Festival Galas‚ 1984-86 and 2004-06 Xiaoyan Xu Abstract The Spring Festival‚ or Lunar New Year‚ is the most important festival in China. On every Lunar New Year’s Eve since 1983‚ the state-run China Central TV (CCTV)‚ the only national TV station in China‚ has held a celebrating gala. This thesis attempts to examine the CCTV Spring Festival Galas as a case study of China’s
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Chinese New Year holds the most significant position among all Chinese festivals and holidays. The Chinese New Year is accompanied by a belief in good future. Chinese New Year is also called Spring Festival (1). Putting the spring festival scrolls up‚ hanging the lanterns‚ having reunion meals‚ having dumplings‚ sitting up late and waiting for the ring of the New Year are all Spring Festival’s customs. (2) Spring Festival is the day for family reunions. On New Year’s Eve‚
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was too busy to reply your letter. Now I have more free time because Tet Holiday is only a week away. Tet Holiday is our traditional festival‚ which is also known as Lunar New Year. It comes later than your New Year in Britain‚ around the end of January and the begin of February. Since Tet is our biggest holiday of the year‚ there are many special activities on this occasion. We clean and decorate our house with peach flowers to welcome guests visiting us because relatives ands friends usually come
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the television switch shows us images of events happening thousands of miles away‚ some of them happy and‚ unfortunately‚ some of them sad. Modern tourists are able to soak up the new experiences offered by foreign travel‚ sometimes for no other reason than curiosity to explore foreign places. One consequence of this new perception of the planet has been an increase in the number of students travelling abroad to study. 2. Students who travel to another country to study derive many benefits. Living
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It is Chinese New Year. The hustle and bustle of trade‚ the haggling of prices fills the air as people jostle through the crowd to buy that kilogram of barbecued pork‚ or that bunch of golden rat-shaped decorations to welcome the year of the Rat. However‚ many people simply run through the epicentre of joyful noise and energy that can only be Chinatown without stopping to wonder at the past it possesses and the reason for its existence in a predominantly Chinese Singapore. Modern day Chinatown
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Lantern Festival The Lantern Festival (Shangyuan) is a traditional Chinese festival‚ which is on the 15th of the first month of Chinese New Year and the first full moon night which symbolizes the coming of spring. It may be regarded as the last day of the Spring Festival. The start of this festival marks the end of the celebrations of the Chinese New Year. The Lantern Festival is regarded as a good day for family gatherings. An old custom from china is people on that night will lighten up fancy
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Chinese Masks Chinese masks first appeared in China some 3‚500 years ago primarily used for Chinese shamanism. Chinese masks became an age old cultural phenomenon shared by all ethnic groups in China. The Chinese developed such masks to overcome disasters and to protect their lives. These masks were given many functions like‚ communicating with the gods‚ bringing blessings‚ driving away ghosts‚ warding off diseases‚ and lots of sacrificial rituals involving masks were regularly held. Many
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the racial relationships. Besides‚ other festivals of Malays are Awal Muharam‚ Hari Raya Haji etc. Chinese New Year is the main festival that celebrated by Chinese. Chinese New Year is the first festive season celebrated in every year after the 1st of January New Year. The Chinese New Year is celebrated 15 days which started from the first day of a year in Chinese Lunar calendar. Each year is denoted by one of the 12 animals as depicted by the Chinese Zodiac.
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