Chinese New Year

Mrs. Cam answered some of the questions we had about Chinese New Year celebrations.
Chinese New Year usually begins in February and lasts for fifteen days.

 At the start of the celebration, people clean their houses to sweep away any bad luck and to welcome in good luck. For decorations, people use the colour red for good luck.
Mrs. Cam showed us a red pocket. Children are given a red envelope from adults which are filled with lucky money. This envelope is called Hong Bao.

 Families get together during Chinese New Year and have a large feast of traditional Chinese food like fish, chicken, rice dumplings and sticky sweet rice pudding. They also eat noodles. The longer the noodle the more good luck you will have.

At parades dragon dances are done to bring good luck for the coming year. The longer the dragon is, the more good luck it will bring. Dragon dances have lots of banging and loud noises too. Firecrackers make a loud bang.

The last day of the Chinese New Year celebrations is the Lantern Festival. Families visit displays of lanterns. We hope you like the lanterns we made and hung in our classroom.