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Celebrate Chinese New Year [electronic resource] / by Carolyn Otto ; consultant, Haiwang Yuan.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Holidays around the world (National Geographic Society (U.S.))Publication details: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2009.Description: 1 online resource (32 p.) : col. ill., mapISBN:
  • 9781426303814
  • 1426303815
  • 9781426303821
  • 1426303823
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Celebrate Chinese New Year.DDC classification:
  • 394.261 22
LOC classification:
  • GT4905 .O88 2009eb
Online resources: Summary: For two joyous weeks red is all around. The color represents luck and happiness. Children receive money wrapped in red paper, and friends and loved ones exchange poems written on red paper. The Chinese New Year is also an opportunity to remember ancestors, and to wish peace and happiness to friends and family. The holiday ends with the Festival of Lanterns, as many large communities stage the famous Dragon Dance. Fireworks, parades, lanterns, presents, and feasts: these are some of the joys experienced by all who observe Chinese New Year.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

For two joyous weeks red is all around. The color represents luck and happiness. Children receive money wrapped in red paper, and friends and loved ones exchange poems written on red paper. The Chinese New Year is also an opportunity to remember ancestors, and to wish peace and happiness to friends and family. The holiday ends with the Festival of Lanterns, as many large communities stage the famous Dragon Dance. Fireworks, parades, lanterns, presents, and feasts: these are some of the joys experienced by all who observe Chinese New Year.

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