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Chinese New Year Research Activity


Directions: In the box under Answer you will answer the question. You will also insert an image that relates to your
answer to the question.

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What is Chinese New Year?

Chinese New Year, also known as the "Spring Festival" in


modern Mainland China, is an important Chinese festival
celebrated at the turn of the traditional lunisolar Chinese
calendar

. The Chinese New Year's Eve meal is the most


What is one tradition of the important dinner of the year. Typically, families
Chinese New Year? gather at a designated relative's house for dinner, but
these days, many families often celebrate New Year's
Eve dinner at a restaurant.
Chinese New Year Traditions are different at
different places of China. ... The Red packet is a red
envelope with money in it, which ranges from one to
What is a second tradition a few
of the Chinese New Year?

chinese New Year, also known as the "Spring Festival


in .... The traditional Chinese calendar follows a
Metonic cycle (like the modern Jewish Calendar), and
What is a third tradition of returns to the same date in ...
the Chinese New Year?

The origins of the Chinese New Year festival are


thousands of years old and are steeped in
History of the Chinese New legends but it is unclear when the beginning of
the year was celebrated before the Qin Dynasty. A
Year? small scale Spring Festival is said to have been
celebrated as early as at the time of the legendary
sage-emperors Yao and Shun.

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