Lunar New Year or Spring Festival

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Lunar New Year or Spring Festival

  • Why do we celebrate Chinese New Year? In what countries is the holiday celebrated?
  • What is the meaning of the red envelope? Will you receive one? If so, from whom?
  • How does your family celebrate the Lunar New Year? Do you gather with friends and family and have a big party? Do you and your family go on a vacation during the holiday?
  • What foods will you have on Chinese New Year? Who will do most of the cooking, or does the whole family help?
  • What is your Chinese Zodiac? Do you think you have the same characteristics?
  • What is this year’s Chinese Zodiac animal? What does this mean, and what are the different characteristics of this animal?
  • What is your best Spring Festival memory?
  • At the end of the Spring Festival, which holiday starts the next day? Why is it celebrated?
  • Why is the color red so crucial during this holiday?
Chip Valecek
Author: Chip Valecek