Chinese New Year Spring Festival Li Long

Chinese New Year —— Spring Festival Li Long (Mr. Li)

Do you know when the Spring Festival is? • Lunar calendar • The first day of the first lunar month, which is a crescent moon. • It is often in February. • It lasts for 15 days. The last day there will be a full moon.

How many zodiac animals • Every Chinese New Year has an zodiac animal. • The answer is 12! • Find out your zodiac sign!~ • Guess what zodiac animal this year is. • The monkey 猴

Is fish a zodiac animal? • Why are there so many decorations of fish everywhere? • fish 鱼 & abundance 余 • 年年有余 have more than you need every year • You can color and make your own fish decorations.

Traditions of Spring Festival • Before Spring Festival • clean the house • do the Spring Festival grocery shopping • decorate the house with red couplets, lanterns, papercuttings • buy new clothes • prepare a lot of food

Traditions of Spring Festival • On the eve of Spring Festival take a bath/shower put on the new clothes have a big dinner together toasting to each other say the blessings red envelops enjoy the Spring Gale show on TV • stay up for the bell of the New Year • light firecrackers • •

Traditions of Spring Festival • on Spring Festival • go to the Buddha temple • hang out with families • watch lion dance and dragon dance • eat jiaozi, juzi and all kinds of snacks • ENJOY YOURSELVES