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1. Olive Su

2.  Lunar New Year; Spring Festival.
 Chinese calendar, begin from the first day of first
lunar month, ends on the 15th.
 2010: Feb 14th, Tiger
 2011: Feb 3rd, Rabbit
 …
 2015: Feb 19th,Goat/Sheep/Ram

4.  Chinese people.
 East Asians such as Mongolians, Koreans,
Nepalese, Bhutanese, Vietnamese, and formerly
the Japanese before 1873.
 Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines,
Thailand, etc.

5.  Story of monster - ‘Nian’
 Celebration of Harvest

6.  In honor of Heaven and Earth, the Gods of the
household and the family ancestors.
 A time of family reunion.

7.  Day 0
New Year Eve
Reunion dinner
 Day 1
New Year Day
Visits and
greetings
Wearing new
clothes

8.  Day 2 – Day 14
……
 Day 15
Lantern Festival
Lantern
Lantern riddles

9. Gōng xĭ fā cái 恭 喜 发 财
Congratulations and be prosperous !
Xīn nián kuài lè 新 年 快 乐
Happy new year!

10. Hóng bāo
红包
Red Packets/envelopes

11. jiǎozi
饺子
Chinese dumpling

12. Nián gāo
年糕
New year’s rice cake

13. Tangyuan
汤圆
Rice Ball

14. Spring Cleaning

15. Fu dao
“福”到
Lucky come

16. Chunlian
春联
Spring Festival couplets

17. Mén shén
门 神
Door God

18. Nián huà
年画
New Year Picture

19. dēnglóng
灯 笼
Lantern

20. Jiǎn zhĭ
剪 纸
papercuts

21. Biān pào
鞭炮 fireworks
Yān huā
烟花 firecrackers

22. Wŭ lóng
舞 龙
dragon dance
Wŭ shī
舞 狮
lion dance

23. Gaoqiao
高蹺
Stilts

24. chunjie lianhuan wanhui
春节联欢晚会
the Spring Festival party broadcast

25. No hair cutting.
No bad language and talk of death.
If a dish is broken, it’s vital to say “suei suei ping
an”, means ‘every year will be safe and secure’.

26. Questions?