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Chinese New Year chn ji

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How is Chinese New Year Different from your New Year? Chinese calendar is lunisolar (it combines parts of the lunar yn l and solar calendars yng l ) The traditional Chinese year chn ji, begins on the first day of their New Year celebration which date changes from year to year.

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The Legend Behind the Holiday The Chinese New Year began with the fight against a mythical beast called the nin ("Year" in Chinese).

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According to the legend, the Nian would come into the village and devour livestock, crops, and villagers on the first day of New Year.

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What did they do? Then they discovered the Nian was scared of the color red and loud sounds. They began hanging red lanterns and spring scrolls on their doors and windows every new year. They also used firecrackers to scare the Nian away.

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Some things that happen during the New Years holiday -Chinese New Year is a public holiday in many countries that have a large Chinese population -Businesses Close for several days -Large migration of Chinese to their ancestral homes for reunion dinners

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Common Beliefs The attitude that you have on New Year will be the attitude you have all year. If you cry on New year, youll cry all year Some children are allowed to be more rambunctious than usual because its bad luck to punish the kids.

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Good Luck -Eat sweets so you have a sweet year -Clean house(top to bottom) before the New Year so everything will be new in the new year -No cleaning after the new years eve

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Lucky words People greets each other with lucky words gng x f ci xn nin kui l b b go shng su su png n

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Fish is important New Year food y (fish) sounds like y (left over) nin nin yu y (there are left over every year)

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Mandarin oranges and apples j(orange) j (lucky) png gu (apple) png n (safe)

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Dumplings ji o zi (look like ancient gold bars)

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nin y fn New Years Eve ch x Family gather together on new years eve to have the big meal together. Its called nin y fn

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hu gu

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-Hang red lanterns -Wear red clothing -Wear new clothes -Sleep with the lights on to scare ghosts away

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Bad Luck -Getting a haircut during the first lunar month -Washing your hair -Sweeping the floor -Talking about death

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-Giving anything in increments of 4 is also bad luck. 4 in Chinese sounds like the word for death ( ). -Buying books ( ) is bad luck. -Wearing black (symbolizes bad luck) or white clothes (funeral color).

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Red Packets hng bo -Adults give red packets to kids and unmarried members of the family. -Packets contain money. -Always in even numbers.

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15 days to Celebrate Day 1: bi nin -families visit the oldest member of their extended family -Red packets given to young/unmarried family members -Firecrackers Day 2: hu ning ji -Married daughters visit -birth parents

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Days 3: sleep late Days 4: Greet Gods Day 5: separate, go back to work Day 15: Lantern Festival

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Chinese Lantern Festival -The 15 th day of the Chinese New Year. -Observed at the full moon. -Traditionally, Chinese people put our red lanterns to celebrate the 1 st New moon of the new year