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zhōng guó xīn nián
中国新年CHINESE NEW YEAR
Chinese New Year
• Summary
• Decoration before NY
• Entertainment during NY
• Special food ate in NY
• Traditions of NY
What is Chinese New Year?
The most important of the traditional Chinese holidays.
Celebrated by Chinese people all over the world.
Also known as “Spring Festival” or “Lunar New Year”
Spring Festival
chūn jié
春节
Chinese New Year
• According to the Chinese calendar, the New Moon on the first day of the new year -- the full moon 15 days later. The Day is the Chinese Lunar New Year, also Spring Festival.
What is the date of Chinese New Year?
Chinese new year of 2012 falls on 23rd January, 2012 ， which lasts 15 days
The date of the Chinese New Year is always changing and is dependant on the Chinese calendar.
What is the year of 2012? The Chinese calendar has
a twelve year cycle and one of the most important
characteristics of Chinese New Year calendar
is that it names each of the twelve years after an animal.
Chinese New Year 2012 is the year of the dragon.
Days before the new year
House cleaning Sweep away the
bad luck of the preceding year and makes their homes ready for good luck
Days before the new year
Decorate the house with
Auspicious phrases
and couplets Paper cut outs on
the window New Year shopping
DecorationChūn lián
春 联 Spring couplet
Chūn lián 春 联
Spring couplet
DecorationMén shén
门 神
Door God
DecorationNián huà年画New Year Picture
dēnglóng 灯 笼 Lantern
Decoration
DecorationJiǎn zhĭ 剪 纸 papercuts
Guò Nián过 年
• New Year's Eve and New Year's Day are celebrated as a family affair, a time of reunion and thanksgiving. The celebration was traditionally highlighted with a religious ceremony given in honor of Heaven and Earth, the gods of the household and the family ancestors.
• The sacrifice to the ancestors, the most vital of all the rituals, united the living members with those who had passed away. Departed relatives are remembered with great respect because they were responsible for laying the foundations for the fortune and glory of the family.
New Year's Eve
Have a Reunion dinner
In northern China
–dumplings In southern China
-new year cake
New Year's Eve
Before the dinnerSome families go
to local temples In modern practice,
many family hold parties
New Year's Eve
After dinner many families
will banter whilst watching the CCTV New Year's Gala in the hours before midnight
New Year's Eve
chú xī
除夕It literally means "Year-
pass Eve".
Special Foodjiǎozi
饺子
Chinese dumpling
Special Food
Nián gāo
年 糕
New year’s rice cake
TraditionHóng bāo
红包
Red Packets
Entertainment
Biān pào
鞭炮 fireworks
Yān huā
烟花 firecrackers
EntertainmentWŭ lóng
舞 龙
dragon dance
Wŭ shī 舞 狮lion dance
Chinese New Year
How do we name the days during New Year?
Chū
初 E.g.
chū yī 初一 初二 …初三
Fifth day of the new year
f people eat Jiǎozi 饺子 (dumplings) on the morning of Chuwu ( 初五 ). This is also the birthday of the Chinese god of wealth
Seventh day of the new year
It is the day when tossed raw fish salad is eaten. This is a custom primarily among the overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia, such as Malaysia and Singapore. People get together to toss the colourful salad and make wishes for continued wealth and prosperity.
Ninth day of the new year
The ninth day is traditionally the birthday of the Jade Emperor.
It is a day for Chinese to offer prayers to the Jade Emperor of Heaven
Fifteenth day of the new year
celebrated as Yuán xiāo jié ( 元宵节 ), People eat yuán xiāo jié ( 元宵节 ), which is a sweet glutinous rice ball brewed in a soup, is eaten this day.
Fifteenth day of the new year
This day is celebrated as the Lantern Festival, and families walk the street carrying lighted lanterns.
What do we say to each other during Chinese New Year?
guò nián hǎo
过年好In folded hands
Greetings
Gōng xĭ fā cái 恭 喜 发 财 Congratulations for getting rich!
Xīn nián kuài lè 新 年 快 乐 Happy new year!
Make your own Chinese New Year Card
Fold it in the middle Design your own picture: Write your wishes in
Chinese Draw something related
to Chinese new Year use your imagination Send it to your teacher or
friends in Salesian College.
谢谢
2012 龙年
