chinese spring festival introduction

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福Chinese New Year

2012 CiTG Chinese New Year PartyTime: Start at 16:00 on 23rd Jan. 2012

Place: CiTG main building first floor (between elevator A and B)

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福Original of Chinese new yearChina's traditional festivals have evolved through the

centuries from past major events. • Long ago when people had a bountiful harvest, they

gathered and celebrated their good fortune with gala performances.

• When natural disasters struck, they offered sacrifices to the gods and their ancestors, hoping for a blessing.

• The change of the seasons, flowers in spring, and the bright moon in autumn could all arouse their longing for a more beautiful life.

• Thus, creative activities were held to signify these events. Gradually these activities developed into festivals.

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福Chinese New Year

• According to the Chinese calendar, the New Moon on the first day of the new year -- the full moon is 15 days later. The Day is the Chinese Lunar New Year, also Spring Festival.

• Chinese New Year, Celebrated internationally, including in Chinatowns, Chinese New Year is the most important holiday of the Chinese people, and many East Asians such as Mongolians, Koreans and Vietnamese who have holidays which fall on the same day.

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福Guò Nián

过 年 New year

• New Year's Eve and New Year's Day are celebrated as a family affair, a time of reunion and thanksgiving. The celebration was traditionally highlighted with a religious ceremony given in honor of Heaven and Earth, the gods of the household and the family ancestors.

• The sacrifice to the ancestors, the most vital of all the rituals, united the living members with those who had passed away. Departed relatives are remembered with great respect because they were responsible for laying the foundations for the fortune and glory of the family.

Chinese New Year

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福

• Decoration• Entertainment

• Tradition• Chinese Greetings

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福Decoration

Chūn lián 春 联 Spring couplet

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福Decoration

Chūn lián 春 联 Spring

couplet

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福Mén shén

门 神 Door God

Decoration

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福dēnglóng 灯 笼 Lantern

Decoration

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福Jiǎn zhĭ 剪 纸 papercuts

Decoration

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福Wŭ lóng

舞 龙 dragon danceEntertainment

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福Wŭ Shī

舞 狮 Lion dance

Entertainment

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福Hóng bāo

红 包 Red PacketsTradition

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福Tradition bài nián

拜 年 wish U a Happy New Year

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福Tradition Shēng xiào

生 肖 Chinese Zodiac

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福Tradition Shēng xiào

生 肖 Chinese Zodiac

Healthy, energetic, excitable, Honest, sensitive, brave

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福Xīn nián kuài lè 新 年 快 乐 Happy new year!

wàn shì rú yì 万 事 如 意All of the dreams come ture!

Gōng xĭ fā cái 恭 喜 发 财 Congratulations for getting rich!

Chinese Greetings