Cultural Holiday Comparisons

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Cultural Holiday Comparisons

• New Years Day-Michael Chi
• Independence Day-Allan Chi
• Childrens Day-Takuya Sonoda

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New Year Day

• Chinese Americans celebrate their own special New
  Years Day holiday.
• Many still celebrate the New Year holiday
  established by Chinas ancient lunar calendar
  more than 4000 years ago.
• In the USA they have a Chinese New Year which
  begins with Yuan Tan and concludes with a
  festival.

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Chinese New Year Day

• When I lived in China, we wore new clothes, and
  got lots of money from our parents, and
  grandmothers and grandfathers.
• We visited family people who also gave us
  presents for a Happy New Year.
• People talked with each other a lot and we made
  dumplings and ate them.
• We also saw street shows and ate food then.

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Chinese New Year Foods

• Spring Egg Rolls Dumplings

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Dragon Shows

• In China we can see street shows like this one.

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USA New Year

• On this night people say good bye to the past and
  look ahead to a better future.
• People make New Years resolutions to spend less
  money, give up smoking, lose weight.
• On New Years Day people start new programs, one
  example is for exercise.

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Happy New Year
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United States of America New Years Food
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Similarities

• No one works on this day. Every one has dinner
  with their family.
• Both China and the USA have fireworks. China,
  has them on New Years Day and the USA has them
  mostly on New Years Eve.

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Differences

• China celebrated Chinese New Years by having a 7
  day celebration.
• The United States celebrated December 31 and New
  Years Day.
• In the USA friends and family exchange kisses
  with each other.
• In the USA New Years Day has parades and sports
  to watch on TV.

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Chinese and American Independence Day
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Chinese Independence Day Background

• October 1st 1949 is when the Peoples Republic of
  China was born. Independence day is the day that
  not the original government was defeated and fled
  to Taiwan.
• That is the back ground of the Chinese
  independence day.

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American Independence Day Background

• American Independence Day is the most important
  patriotic holiday celebrating the birth of a
  nation. In 1776 the 13 American colonies were in
  the midst of their revolutionary against Great
  Britain. On July 4th of that year the Continental
  Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence,
  a document which declared the colonies free and
  independent states. That is the back ground of
  American independence.

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Similarities

• The similarities between Chinese Independence Day
  and the American Independence Day are that they
  both celebrate the freedom of a new county.

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Differences

• Chinese Independence Day is October 1st and
  American Independence Day is July 4th.
• For Chinese Independence Day we have one week off
  from school and for American Independence Day
  there is no school but the worker gets that day
  off.

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Independence Day Shows

• For Chinese Independence Day there are many shows
  and many people will go out shopping and have
  parties in their houses and there are many shows
  on the TV that celebrate Independence Day.
• On American Independence Day people will have
  parties in their house and people will go out to
  see the fireworks and shop out side for a lot of
  fun.

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The Chinese Lion Show
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Independent Day Fire Works
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Independent Day Foods
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Japanese and American Childrens Day
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Japanese Childrens Day Background

• Japanese Childrens Day was made in 1948 by the
  Japanese government.
• This holiday was made to respect childrens
  personalities and to celebrate their happiness.
• Japanese Childrens Day was originally called
  Tango no sekku.

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Childrens Day Similarities

• The similarities between Japanese Childrens Day
  and American Childrens Day are that they both
  celebrate childrens growth and happiness.

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Childrens Day Differences

• The difference between Japanese Childrens Day
  and American Childrens Day are that Americans do
  not decorate the outside of their houses like
  Japanese do.
• Japanese Childrens Day is on May 5th. But
  American Childrens Day is not as popular. Some
  people say that American Childrens day is not
  officially made.
• But President Clinton declared a National
  Childrens Day on Oct. 8, 2000.

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Childrens Day Shows

• Americans usually do not decorate out side. But
  Japanese do. Japanese decorate with a carp
  banner that is called koinobori. Japanese also
  decorate inside too. Japanese decorate with
  kabuto. This is a Japanese Samurais helmet and
  head guard.
• Japanese decorate their house from April to early
  May in honor of their sons and in the hope that
  they will grow up healthy and strong.

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Koinobori
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Kabuto
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Japanese Special Food for Childrens Day

• Japanese rice cake Chimaki

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