1. Chinese New Year
The Spring Festival
2012

2. Sing a song: 新年好xīn nián hǎo xīn nián hǎo ya, xīn nián hǎo ya
新 年 好 呀，新 年 好 呀 
zhù hè dà jiā xīn nián hǎo
祝 贺 大 家 新 年 好。
wǒ men chàng gē wǒ men tiào wǔ   我 们 唱 歌，我 们 跳 舞 
祝 贺 大 家 新 年 好 。

3. Which animal is the Animal of 2012?
Which day? How long?
Which animal is the Animal of 2012?
What to do/eat/see?

4. 23rd,Jan 2012
No fixed date. It normally falls in late Jan. or early Feb.

5. In 2012,the Year of Dragon, Chinese New Year falls on January 23rd.

6. 鼠 shǔ
猪 zhū
牛 niú
狗 gǒu
虎 hǔ
鸡 jī
兔 tù
猴 hóu
龙 lóng
羊 yáng
蛇 shé
马 mǎ

7. Promising in the Year of Dragon
Satisfaction and Happiness

8. DRAGON
龙 lóng
Born in 1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012.
In Chinese daily language, excellent and outstanding people are compared to the dragon . A number of Chinese proverbs feature references to the dragon, for example: "Hoping one's son will become a dragon"

9. The festival lasts 15 days.
Chinese New Year starts with the
new moon
on the first day of the new year, and ends on the
full moon.
The festival lasts 15 days.

10. preparations
Before the Spring Festival, what will the people do?

11. Do some cleaning
on the 24th day of the last lunar month

12. House Cleaning
The entire house should be cleaned before New Year's Day. On New Year's Eve, all brooms, brushes, dusters, dust pans and other cleaning equipment are put away. Sweeping or dusting should not be done on New Year's Day for fear that good fortune will be swept away. After New Year's Day, the floors may be swept.

13. Shop for the decoration

14. -
Spring Festival Paintings 年画

15. Decorations of the New year -Nian Hua
The New Year poster, as a special type of art, enjoys a long history and far-reaching influence. Many artists are farmers who express their good wishes and future dreams in the poster. It also reflects their ideal life and artistic taste.

16. Hang up the Chinese knot to decorate houses meaning good luck or happiness.

18. Hang up the lantern to decorate
the houses or the streets

19. Lighting the way A sea of traditional Chinese lanterns in capital Beijing

20. couplet
Traditionally people use
couplets to decorate doors

21. Chun Lian – “Red Couplets”, which are Chinese good luck sayings written on red paper, often with gold trimmings and usually ask for luck in terms of long life, wealth etc.

22. The Spring Festival Things
Paper-cutting decoration and the Chinese character “福”
窗花和福字

23. Decorations of the New year -Chinese Characters which means Luck and Happiness

24. New Year Plants and Flowers
buy flowers to decorate their houses or offices

25. On Spring Festival’s Eve what do people usually do?

26. On Spring Festival’s Eve, families get together to have a big dinner.

27. Spring Festival Eve all family members eating dinner together
chatting and watching TV, often, the Spring Festival party broadcast on China Central Television
◆staying up to midnight to see the new year in
◆burning fireworks and firecrackers

28. What’s this?
jiǎo zi

29. New Year’s food
Chinese dumpling is one of the most important foods in Chinese New Year. Since the shape of Chinese dumplings is similar to ancient Chinese gold or silver ingots, they symbolize wealth.
Traditionally, the members of a family get together to make dumplings during the New Year's Eve. They may hide a coin in one of the dumplings. The person who find the coin will likely have a good fortune in the New Year.
Chinese dumpling is also popular in other Chinese holidays or festivals, so it is part of the Chinese culture or tradition.

30. What to eat?
鱼(yú)
羊(yáng)

31. Fish which must remain as a whole,
To represent togetherness and abundance

32. A chicken for prosperityjī 鸡
火(huǒ)鸡(jī)

33. Chicken must be presented with a head, tail and feet to symbolize completeness.

34. miàn tiáo
面 条
miàn bāo
面 包
Noodles should be uncut,
as it represents long
life.

35. 年糕 nián gāo

36. What to say?
You can’t say bad words!

37. 新(xīn)年(nián)好(hǎo)！
恭(gōng)喜(xǐ)发(fā)财(cái)！
Wish you prosperity!
Peace all year round!

38. bai nian 拜年
Wish sb a Happy New Year

39. the first days of the new year
extending greetings to parents and grandparents
children receiving “Hong Bao”, money wrapped up
in red paper, as a New Year gift
relatives, friends, and colleagues exchanging greetings and gifts

40. The present: what’s in it?
lucky money
Who gives out?
Elders give out lucky money to the
children and unmarried adults.

41. Hong Bao ( Lucky money)

42. What to wear?
Traditional costume for the Spring Festival

43. What to do?
Let off firework at the garden.

44. 烟花 yan hua fireworks To wake up the dragon to bring the spring rain
for the crops; to scare
away all evil spirits and
misfortunes.

45. dragon dance

47. Dragon Dance

48. lion dance

50. other celebrating activities
Chinese fan dance
run land boat
stilted parade

51. guang miao hui
逛 庙 会

53. firework show.

54. visit their friends and relatives.

55. The Lantern Festival marks the end of the Spring Festival.
yuan xiao jie元 宵 节
The Lantern Festival
This holiday is also based on the lunar calendar, but usually comes in mid-to-late-February.
The Lantern Festival marks the end of the Spring Festival.
This holiday is celebrated with parades and by hanging lanterns outside the home.

56. Rice dumplings , a sweet glutinous rice ball

57. Quiz about
Spring Festival

58. 1. Which one is the most important Chinese festival. a
1.Which one is the most important Chinese festival? a. The Mid-autumn festival b. The Dragon boat festival c. The Spring festival

59. 2.What is another name of Chinese new year?
Spring festival
Summer festival
Autumn festival

60. 3.Where do people usually stay on spring festival?
In big parks
Stay at home with families
on the great wall

61. 4.what do people usually do on 12 o’clock on spring festival
Burning fireworks
sleeping
singing and dancing outside

62. 5.How long does spring festival celebration last?
a. 1 day
b. 10 days
c. 15 days

63. 6. Who in the family will get money on spring festival. a
6. Who in the family will get money on spring festival? a. grandparents b. parents c. children

64. 7.Which one is the traditional food people will eat on the first day after spring festival?
noodles
dumplings
rice

65. 8.On spring festival , which character people will paste on the door?
Rich
healthy
happiness

66. 9. When is spring festival. a
9. When is spring festival ? a. on the first day of the first lunar month b. on the third day of the first lunar month c. on the tenth day of the spring festival

67. 10. Which is a new tradition on spring festival?
Watching spring festival gala
eating ice cream on spring festival
watching movie on spring festival

68. 11. Which color is the auspicious color in China?
red
yellow
white

69. 12.Which one is the traditional food people will eat on the first day after spring festival?
noodles
dumplings
rice 69

70. Are there any differences or similarities between Christmas and the Spring Festival?
Christmas VS Chinese New Year

71. Christmas VS Chinese New Year
Orange tree, peach
Red decorations
Chinese New Year’s Eve dinner
Flower market
Lucky money
Christmas tree
Christmas decorations
Christmas dinner
Christmas market
Christmas presents