Chinese New Year is nearly here! This Friday, January 31st many Chinese will celebrate the new year on the lunar calendar. In preparation for the wonderful festivities, here are some sites to help you gain a better understanding of the significance of this holiday. Gong Xi Fa Cai!
- The Holiday Spot - Lots of great information here with links to CNY history, traditions, zodiacs, festivals, music and more
- Apples4Teachers - Find out which zodiac animal you are
- The Chinese Calendar - Learn more about what the Chinese calendar looks like, how it's calculated, when it started and
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- The British Council offers up this story site that has cute little cartoon character animations explaining CNY. You need to solve the jigsaw puzzle before you can get into the story!
Thanks for posting these links, Mrs. Clayton. They really helped me.
ReplyDeleteThey helped me to find new facts about Chinese New Year and what they did in Chinese New Year. I also liked the calendar and learned the year for them and everything they did.
DeleteThose links were very interesting but I really liked the one with all the calendars because I learned about the Chinese Calendar . Thank you Mrs. Clayton can't wait to see what you come up with next.
ReplyDeleteSo far all your posts have been good and this one was really good. It told me a lot. In Scotland Chinese New Year isn't that big so from these I learnt a lot.
ReplyDeleteI agree. This was a very helpful (as always) post that taught me a lot about Chinese New Year. Love to see what's coming next!!
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