Chinese new year presentation
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Transcript of Chinese new year presentation
By Yoyo Leung
Knowing Chinese New Year
春 节Festival
First day of Spring…
February 10, 2013
Chinese Lunar Calendar
Luck
Red Dress code
Rest
RelationshipsHealth
Wealth
Red Pocket Money
“Congratulations on your good fortune!”
Fu=wealthy=trousers/jeans
All stores are closed…
拜年 Bai nian
1. Grandparents
2. Parents / Uncles
3. Siblings
4. Children
“Healthy body!!!!!!”
Don’t do anything that is unluckyDon’t wash your hair or have any hair cutDon’t sweep the floorDon’t swear or quarrelDon’t buy new shoesDon’t say the number fourDon’t drop your chopsticksDon’t use scissors or knife
Taboos
[Bainian at Chinese New Year, photograph]. Retrieved October 24, 2012 from http://www.pcpop.com/doc/0/500/500061.shtml
[Gifts, photograph]. Retrieved October 24, 2012 from http://blackartblog.blackartdepot.com/site-updates/black-art-gift-certificate.html
Mirror_Lake. (Photographer). (2012). Spring is pink [photograph]. Retrieved October 24, 2012 from http://www.flickr.com/photos/mirror_lake/3212619410/
New York Apple Association. (2008). Apple [photograph]. Retrieved October 24, 2012 from http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/New_York/Fruit_Apple.html
Qing, I. (2008, December 30). Taboos of Chinese New Year. Foreign language learning Retrieved October 24, 2012 fromhttp://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_52f895dd0100bmcz.html?tj=1
Spring is Here. (photograph). (2012). Retrieved October 24, 2012 from http://englishfromfirstages.blogspot.com/2012/03/spring-is-here.html
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