Chinese New Year Celebration

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Chinese New Year Celebration

• By Kacey Bolingbroke

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How Chinese prepare for the New Year

• They clean their homes and business places. This
  symbolizes sweeping out the old and welcoming in
  the new. They put all scissors away for fear that
  they might cut their new luck.
• They also ready themselves by getting hair cuts,
  and buying new clothes for the new year.

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On New Years Eve, many families

• Gather together with their extended family
• Have a big meal with special foods
• Seal their windows to make sure the good luck
  wont get out
• Take long baths because they dont clean
  themselves on New Years Day

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On New Years Day many families

• Break the seals on their windows
• They are careful of what they say, and have very
  good manners, because it is believed that this
  will decide on the families luck for the rest of
  the year
• And do not take baths so the new luck wont be
  washed away

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On the following new years day the people

• Continue to visit their relatives
• Attend Chinese soap operas
• Visit temples to pray for peace and good luck
• Light joss sticks for good luck
• Use fortune cookies to predict their future.

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Some superstitions about the New year

• It is said that the Chinese shoot fireworks on
  New Years Eve so that they will send away the bad
  and welcome in the new.
• Everyone avoids saying bad words or negative
  language, also death and dying are never
  mentioned on this day. It is said that if you
  cry on the new day then you will cry throughout
  the year, therefore children are not spanked for
  being mischievous.

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What to wear

• Red clothes are preferred to be worn. Red to
  them is considered a bright and happy color. It
  is said that whoever is wearing the color, there
  future will be very bright and sunny.

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Chinese New Year Game

• A game that the Chinese play on New Years, is
  called the Chinese Zodiac Alphabetical order
  race. This is a game that can be played with 12
  people. You assign each person an animal, and
  then you see how fast you can put yourselves in
  the right order

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Chinese Zodiac animals

• Monkey smart, intelligent, but lack
  concentration
• Rooster Creative and alert
• Dog Able to entertain themselves for hours and
  like the sense of achievment
• Horse Never quiet, and good at speaking for
  themselves
• Sheep Lack self confidence, but very well
  behaved
• Snakes Like spending time on there own but can
  be easily angered.
• Dragon Imaginative, inquisitive
• Rabbit Sensitive, but well in arts.
• Tiger Competitive and great athletes. Loves
  hard challenges
• Rat Great leaders. Do well in school and sport
  activity
• Pig Full of joy and love, easy going
• Ox shy, creative, and hard working

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The End!