TOTW Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year – Day 1 New Year's Eve celebrations have been taking place around the world as we say goodbye to 2014 and hello to 2015. But while the 1 January marks the beginning of the year in the Gregorian calendar, there are more New Years to look forward to in 2015. Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year, is celebrated on a dates between January 21 and February 20 in the Gregorian calendar, based on the Lunar Calendar. The Chinese calendar is a lunisolar calendar which arranges the year, month and day number upon the astronomical date. It is used for traditional activities in China and oversea Chinese communities. It determines the date for the Chinese traditional holidays, and instruct Chinese people in selecting the lucky day of a wedding or funeral, for opening a venture, or a relocation. Discuss with the class why the Chinese New Year falls in January or February and why the Chinese follow the lunar calendar.

Chinese New Year – Day 2 Watch the video link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/zc4s34j How are their celebrations like our New Year celebrations? Are there any differences?

Chinese New Year– Day 3 This year is the Year of The Sheep, it is sometimes referred to as the Year of the Goat or Year of the Ram. People born in the year of the sheep are said to be artistic, well-mannered, compassionate, caring, self-sacrificing, obliging, sensible, creative, empathetic, tactful and prudent.  tend to be naive, pedantic, insecure, cunning, indecisive or pessimistic. What year were you born in? (see next slide) Read what it says about you. How true is it to your personality?

Chinese New Year – Day 3

Chinese New Year – Day 4 At Chinese New Year, a story is told which explains how the names of the years were chosen. Read the story ‘The Jade Emperor