CHINA

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CHINA
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Fast Facts

• Official Name Peoples Republic of China
• Capital Beijing
• Biggest City Shanghai
• First Made in China Paper, fireworks, kites,
  yo-yos, the abacus, playing cards.

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Money

• The official currency of China is the yuan. 1
  yuan is worth about 15 cents in U.S. dollars. Or
  1.00 is about 7 yuan.
  

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Chinese Calligraphy(written Chinese)

• Fu - the Chinese word for 'luck
• Spring

Fortune, Prosperity, Longevity, Happinessfu lu
shou xi
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Chinese New Year

• The Lunar New Year, also called the Spring
  Festival, is the most important holiday for the
  Chinese.
  
• New Year's Day usually falls on the day of the
  second new moon after the winter solstice (first
  day of winter).
  
• The New Year is celebrated with firecrackers,
  dragon dances and visits to friends and family.
  It lasts for 15 days and ends with the Lantern
  Festival.

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Year of the Ox

• The Chinese zodiac is based on a 12-year cycle
  with each year represented by an animal. January
  26, 2009 marks the start of the Year of the Ox.

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Customs

• The entire house should be cleaned before New
  Year's Day. Sweeping or dusting should not be
  done on New Year's Day for fear that good fortune
  will be swept away.
• Shooting off firecrackers on New Year's Eve is
  the Chinese way of sending out the old year and
  welcoming in the New Year. On the stroke of
  midnight on New Year's Eve, every door in the
  house, and even windows, have to be open to allow
  the old year to go out.
• Red clothing is preferred on New Years Day. Red
  is considered a bright, happy color, sure to
  bring the wearer a sunny and bright future.

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Gung Hay Fat Choy Chinese New Year Song

• Gung Hay Fat Choy, Gung Hay Fat ChoySing Happy
  New Year, Gung Hay Fat ChoyThe new moon tells
  us, exactly when To celebrate with family and
  friends
• Clean up the house and get out the broom
• Sweep out the old year, bring in the newBring
  out the apples, the oranges too
  
• Their colors bring us joy and good luck tooThe
  dragon dances, the lanterns light The
  firecrackers light up the night

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Bibliography

• Information and images from the following
  websites were used in the creation of this
  powerpoint presentation
  
• Scholastic lesson plan and resources
  http//teacher.scholastic.com/products/instructor/
  Jan05_china.htm
  
• Images and music from http//www.nancymusic.com/G
  unghayplay.htm
  
• Image of ox http//thumbs.dreamstime.com/thumb_21
  6/1197028975858hOw.jpg
  
• China the beautiful http//www.chinapage.com/chin
  a.html
  
• Lion and dragon dancer images http//www.discover
  hongkong.com/eng/interactive/wallpapers/ig_wall_fe
  st.jhtml
  
• Activity Village Chinese New Year links
  http//www.activityvillage.co.uk/chinese_new_year_
  links.htm
  
• Map http//www.chinatour.com/maps/maps.htm
• Chinese money http//www.chinatour.com/currency/c
  urrency.htm
  
• Chinese New Year http//www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty
  /mroth/438/CHINA/chinese_new_year.html
  
• Wallpaper http//www.123chinesenewyear.com/chine
  senewyear/wallpapers/index2.html
  
• This powerpoint presentation was created
  bySally Horowitz, LibrarianNorthside
  Elementary SchoolMidway, KY