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Chinese New Year is celebrated for 15 days and is the most important traditional Chinese holiday. It is the Year of the Dragon in 2012. Red decorations symbolizing prosperity and luck are prominently displayed. Festivities include dragon dances performed with large puppet dragons and dragon boat races. Dragons are highly symbolic in Chinese culture and represent qualities like power, wisdom, and good fortune that people hope for in the new year.
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- 1. Chinese New Year 2012- Year of the DRAGON
- 2. Chinese New Year • Most important of traditional Chinese holidays • Celebrated for 15 days • Red is an important color…Most decorations are red because this symbolizes prosperity and good luck
- 3. Importance of Chinese New Year • Celebrations last for 15 days • Lots of cherry blossom decorations (luck) and sunflower decorations (good new year)
- 4. Chinese New Year Festivities • 12 year Animal cycle • If born in early January, you are still the previous year’s animal
- 6. Chinese New Year Festivities • One of the biggest parade spectacles is the “Dragon Dance” where a large paper dragon puppet “dances” with the help of lots of adult puppeteers.
- 7. Why Dragons? • Dragons are very symbolic in Chinese culture. They symbolize: – Good luck – Power – Dignity – Wisdom – Imperial authority – kindness Basically, all of the good kinds of things that you would want in a new year!
- 8. Background • One of the earliest symbols of Chinese religion • Most sacred animal- imperial emblem of Chinese emperors • Symbol of power and good fortune
- 9. Background • Control over water, rainfall, hurricane & floods • Symbol of power, strength, and good luck. • Kind and gracious • Worshipped & Respected
- 10. Appearance • Chinese Dragons look very different from Western dragons • Head of a camel, horns of a deer, fiery eyes and a long beard • Ears are sharp like an eagle, neck is serpentine, belly of a frog, scales of a carp
- 11. • 4 claws (ordinary dragons have 4 toes, and imperial dragons have 5 toes) • 71 scales (81 positive yang, and 36 negative yin) • They can fly, but do not have wings Appearance
- 12. • Celestial Dragons • Spiritual Dragons • Earth Dragons • Treasure Dragons Types of Dragons
- 13. • Boat races are an important part of festivities...up to 12 rowers with a carved dragon as the head of the boat • Dancing occurs during festivities with puppets – life- sized, people manipulate the dragon with poles. Choreographed music with drums and music Dragonboat Racing/ Dragon Dancing
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