Chinese New Year

Friday, January 31, 2014
through Friday, February 14, 2014

The Year of the Horse begins January 31, 2014! People born in the Year of the Horse are generally popular, smart, and strong.

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Try the Chinese New Year Quiz

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The Traditions and Celebrations

Red Balloon Lanterns at Wong Tai Sin Temple in Hong Kong

Chinese New Year Activities for the Classroom - Unit of Study - Year of the Horse Coloring Pages, Crafts for Kids, Word Searches, Puzzles, Zodiac, Recipes, Tangrams

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Storytimes

STORIES AND CRAFTS

Crafts and Activities for Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year Recipes

The
traditional New Year dinner for the imperial house was composed of 99
dishes since the number 9 is an auspicious number! Fish are a good luck
food, but take care to serve the fish whole to preserve the good
fortune.

Spring Rolls	Steamed Dumplings	Chinese Sticky Cake
Shrimp with Cashew Nuts	Steamed Whole Bass with Black Bean Sauce
Homemade Chinese Fortune Cookies

In
some areas of China it's a popular custom to give oranges because in
Chinese, the word "orange" sounds like "Ji", which means "good luck".
People present oranges to their friends and relatives to express their
respects and good wishes for the coming year.

Chinese New Year

Here you can find out about all about Chinese New Year.
Discover about Chinese traditions and and the Chinese Zodiac.
You can find out your Zodiac animal, watch videos
and try the activities.

Chinese New Year

- Here's a great intro to the festivities, with brief descriptions of
traditional celebrations slated for all 15 days of the New Year or
Spring Festival, plus more on traditional Chinese New Year foods,
decorations, taboos and superstitions.

Teacher Planet - Chinese New Year

- This is a great collection of fun activities and instructional how
to's including dragon crafts, paper lanterns & garlands, scavenger
hunt
sheets, related lesson plans, plus links to clip art & history
resources.