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Watching 'Chunwan' 2023: Liveblog CMG Spring Festival Gala by What's on Weibo

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As we bid the Year of the Tiger farewell, and welcome the Year of the Rabbit, it is time for the annual CMG Spring Festival show. Watch the Gala together with What's on Weibo here and follow our liveblog to keep up with what's happening on screen and the latest on social media.

It is that time of the year again! It is time for the CMG Spring Festival Gala, better known as Chunwan (春晚), one of the world's most-watched live televised events. Lasting a total of four hours, from 8pm to 1am Beijing time, the Chunwan is annually broadcasted since 1983 and has become a part of the Chinese New Year's Eve.

The show usually consists of some 30-40 different acts. Although there was a time when the Gala was mostly considered corny and old-fashioned by most young people, the show has now also become ingrained in China's social media environment. Besides traditionally being broadcasted via CCTV, it can now also be live-streamed through social apps such as WeChat, TikTok, and Kuaishou. This has also helped to boost viewership. The 2021 Gala reached a record 1.14 billion viewers around the globe, and in 2022, another record was broken after some 1.29 billion viewers tuned in at home and abroad.

But while viewer ratings of the Gala in the 21st century have skyrocketed, so has the critique on the show - which seems to be growing year on year. According to many viewers, the spectacle generally is often "way too political" with its display of communist nostalgia and nationalistic songs. This has also led to an increase in censorship. Last year, Weibo issued an indirect warning to netizens criticizing the festive annual Chinese New Year Galas by suspending 21 Weibo users spreading "negativity" regarding broadcasted festival programs and their performances. A few years earlier, Weibo even shut down entire comment sections.

Nevertheless, complaining about the show is part of the tradition now, with the sentence "there will never be a worse, just worse than last year" (中央春晚，没有最烂，只有更烂) always showing up in comment sections. At the same time, many viewers and fans are also looking forward to seeing some of their favorite idols and performers appear on the show.

You might also know the Festival as the 'CCTV Gala,' but since 2020, it was rebranded to CMG Gala. CMG stands for China Media Group, which is the predominant state broadcaster in China and was founded in 2018 as a fusion of, among others, CCTV (China Central Television), CNR (China National Radio), and CRI (China Radio International).

CMG is under the direct control of the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party, and the show is an important moment for the Party to communicate its official ideology, highlight traditional culture, and showcase the nation's top performers. Although the CCTV Gala is also a commercial event, it is still highly political and mixes official propaganda with entertainment.

Since recent years, it has also become a platform to showcase China's innovative digital technologies. In 2015 the show first featured the exchange of virtual hongbao, red envelopes with money, which WeChat users could obtain while shaking their phones during specific moments in the show. Such marketing strategies have drawn in much younger viewer audiences than before. In 2021, the Gala explicitly presented itself as a "tech innovation event" by using 8K ultra high-tech definition video and AI+VR studio technologies and super high definition cloud communication technology to coordinate performances on stage.

This year, official media also present the event as a "technological innovation" show, which makes extensive use of new technologies such as 5G/4K/8K, AI, VR, and XR to promote China's digital innovation developments.

The Gala will be broadcast on TV and will be live-streamed via various channels on January 21st, 20.00 pm China Standard Time. So turn on your TV and tune into CCTV or watch on YouTube, or head to the CCTV website. We have also embedded the live stream on this page. We will be live-blogging on this page here and you can scroll & watch at the same time from this page.

This is the 8th time for What's on Weibo to do a liveblog of the Spring Festival Gala. If you want to know more about the previous editions, we also live-blogged
- 2022: Chunwan 2022: The CMG Spring Festival Gala Liveblog by What's on Weibo
- 2021: The Chunwan Liveblog: Watching the 2021 CMG Spring Festival Gala
- 2020: CCTV New Year's Gala 2020
- 2019: The CCTV Spring Festival Gala 2019 Live Blog
- 2018: CCTV Spring Festival Gala 2018 (Live Blog)
- 2017: CCTV New Year's Gala 2017 Live Blog
- 2016: CCTV's New Year's Gala 2016 Liveblog

Liveblog CMG Spring Festival Gala 2023

Underneath here you will see our liveblog being updated. Leave the page open and you'll see the new posts coming in, there should be a 'ping' too with every update.

There will also be some social media updates via Twitter at @ manyapan here.
Update: this liveblog is now closed, check below for an overview of the entire show.

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The original liveblog was done via a third-party app. The original texts and images are copied below for reference. If there are links to particular segments of the show, they have been added later. The timestamp (in Beijing time) refers to the last moment that post was updated.

What Can We Expect Tonight?

So, what can we expect for this 41st edition of the Gala? Although the official program list of the show is always leaked days before the event, it is never 100% correct until just one or two days before the actual show. This year, the program was issued on January 20, just a day before the Gala.

This year, the show's main director is the female director Yu Lei (于蕾). The Gala has had a male chief director for many consecutive years, so it's nice to see a female director for a change (and "Change" is actually one of the main themes for the night). Yu Lei has an impressive resume with a lot of experience at CCRV, where she is a senior program producer. She's been closely involved in the production of the Spring Festival Gala since 2013, and also played a role in the production of the G20 performance in Hangzhou and the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

Tonight's show has been completely rehearsed a total of five times before tonight. These rehearsals are recorded and almost nothing ever goes wrong during the live show - perhaps some bad lipsyncing here and there - since the recording is running at the same time so that producers can always switch to a pre-recorded act.

Over the next few hours, we will see a variety of acts, including song and dance, comedy, sketches, opera, martial arts, acrobatics, and more.

● The song "Hello Stranger" (你好,陌生人) will be performed later tonight by Mao Buyi and it was released prior to the show as one of the theme songs about people helping each other out in times of need. The song hints at the difficult times of the past months in which China faced local Covid outbreaks before a major Covid wave hit the country after the 'zero Covid' policy was let go in early December of 2022.
● There's also a Belt and Road Song - a classic Spring Festival Gala element to highlight China's importance in the world today.
● There will also be a "mini-film" (微电影), which is the first time this genre appears on the show.
● We will see loads of young people tonight. Last year there were also quite some young performers, but there was actually more focus on honoring China's recognized, elderly performers at the time. We're gonna see a lot more singers and performers born after the 1990s and 2000s tonight, which suits the Gala's "New China" theme.

Also: the show's ending will be different this year as the super famous singer Li Guyi (李谷一) won't be there. Her absence has gone trending on Weibo, where one related hashtag received 360 million views at time of writing (# 李谷一回应缺席春晚#). Li is at the hospital, recovering from Covid.

Tu Yuanyuan, the Mascot

Ah, what a cute start to the show. The mascot of the show this year is Tu Yuanyuan (兔圆圆). The mascot was created by a special visual arts team, and it took a total of four months to make Tu Yuanyuan come to life through 3D technology.

The rabbit's chief designer is Mr. Chen Xiangbo, the director of Guan Shanyue Art Museum, and it's been well-received on Chinese social media.

That is actually quite special at a time when so many rabbits got roasted over their design. Perhaps you read about the Chongqing rabbit lantern getting so much criticism that it was taken down before the New Year even started.

China's Post blue rabbit stamp was also deemed ugly, and a dedicated mascot was thrown out.

But the Nanning rabbit probably got the most criticism. "You can't please everyone," some commenters wrote: "But it is possible to displease everyone."

Opening Act

We've officially started now! Tonight, so many famous people appear on stage.

First and foremost, Jackie Chan will return to the stage. Jackie Chan (成龙) has become an annually returning performer at the Spring Festival Gala. The last time he performed at the Gala, in 2021, he sang "Tomorrow Will Be Better" (明天会更好), which was about the epidemic situation. Last year, Jackie Chan wasn't in the show, so it's good to see he's still alive & kicking because it's become tradition to have him at the Gala.

We will then see some of China's celebrated Olympic athletes. There's short track speed skater Wu Dajing (武大靖) who won gold for the 2000m mixed relay at the Winter Olympics in Beijing in 2022; there's Xu Mengtao (徐梦桃), who won China's first Olympic gold medal in the women's freestyle skiing aerials; there's also Gao Tingyu (高停宇) who won the men's 500m speed skating gold medal with an Olympic record of 34.32 seconds at the Beijing Winter Olympics (he became China's first-ever male Olympic gold medalist in speed skating).

But Gu Ailing (Eileen Gu) wasn't listed, despite being one of the stars of the Beijing Olympics in 2022. Despite her popularity, she also triggered some controversy after the Olympics after some online discussions focused on her alleged privileged position. At the time of the Gala, Gu is competing at the Freestyle Ski World Cup in Calgary.

We will also see a bunch of very famous actors and actresses on stage. We see Qin Hailu (秦海璐), Taiwanese actor Alec Su (苏有朋), Chinese actress Yang Zi (杨紫 aka Andy Yang), actor Sha Yi (沙溢), Wu Lei (吴磊), Zhao Liying (赵丽颖), Bai Yu (白宇), Oho Ou (欧豪), Song Zu'er (宋祖儿), Song Yi (宋轶）Wan Qian (万茜), Wang Baoqiang (王宝强), Rayzha Alimjan (熱依扎), Qin Lan (秦岚) and Josie Ho (祖丝), and many others, accompanied by different choir and dance groups, who are all from various places, from Beijing to Nanjing and beyond.

Tonight's Hosts

The line-up of hosts was previously released.

Ren Luyu 任鲁豫 (1978)
Chinese television host from Henan, who has also presented the Gala multiple times (2010, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021). Familiar face to the show.

Sa Beining 撒贝宁 (1976)
Also known as Benny Sa, Sa presented the Gala in 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016 and in 2022. He is a famous Chinese television host known for his work for CCTV.

Nëghmet Raxman尼格买提 (1983)
Nëghmet is a Chinese television host of Uyghur heritage who also is not a newcomer; he hosted the Gala since 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and in 2021.

Long Yang 龙洋(1989)
She was the youngest presenter hosting the CCTV Gala in 2021. Born in Hunan's Chenzhou, she's been working in Chinese state media for years. As a host, she's done various big events before, but 2021 was the first time for her to host the CMG Spring Festival Gala.

Ma Fanshu 马凡舒 (1993)
Ma Fanshu was the youngest and newest host in the 2022 Gala. She is a sports program host who has also been called "the most beautiful host of CCTV."

Wang Jianing 王嘉宁 (1992)
The Beijing-born Wang Jianing, born in Beijing, is a Chinese actress and, unless we're mistaken, this is the first time she is a host at the Gala. She graduated from the New York Film Academy with a performance and directing major and has since starred in many Chinese television dramas, movies, and TV shows.

"Let's Eat, Let's Have Fun"

This song ("开饭!开FUN!") has some happy vibes. Uncoincidentally, Da Zhangwei (大张伟) - better known as Wowkie Zhang - also performed a song titled "Happy Vibes" in 2022. Singing with him is the TV star and singer Zhang Ruoyun (张若昀).

On stage with them are four different dance troupes, including the China Post Art Troupe.

Meanwhile, on social media, some wonder if everyone on stage had agreed to wear red without Yang Zi being informed about it.

"Hundred Birds Return to the Nest"

This song is titled "Homing Birds" (百鸟归巢) and it's sung by Tan Weiwei (谭维维) who is also known as Sitar Tan. She is a singer from Sichuan who rose to fame when she became a runner-up in the Super Girl talent show.

This is her third appearance on the show, as she also performed at the Spring Festival Gala in both 2016 and in 2022. In 2020, she released a noteworthy album titled 3811 which focused on the struggles women in China are facing, with each of the eleven songs on the album telling the different stories of women from diverse backgrounds.

No More Masks!

Something we already wondered about: would the audience be wearing masks for this year's Gala or not? They are not! Last year's Gala in 2022 was the second year the audience was wearing a face mask. In 2020, when Wuhan was first facing the Covid19 outbreak, the audience was not wearing face masks yet. 2021 was the first year.

By the way, something unrelated; it's noteworthy that renowned CCTV host Zhu Jun (朱军) still has not returned to the Gala. The presenter was accused of sexually assaulting an intern in 2018 and hasn't been a host at the Gala since. Although the intern lost the sexual harassment lawsuit against Zhu Jun, he still hasn't reappeared and it seems he has really lost his spot on the show now.

Time for Some Crosstalk

This is the first xiangsheng (相声) act or crosstalk act of the night. Xiangsheng is a traditional Chinese comedic performance that involves a dialogue between two performers, using rich language and many puns.

This act is performed by Yue Yunpeng (岳云鹏, 1985), who is particularly known for his xiangsheng performances. He is part of a famous duo together with well-known Beijing-born comedian Sun Yue (孙越1979). They've previously also performed together at the Gala in 2020 and 2021.

The participating poker magician is Jian Lunting (简纶廷) from Taiwan.

Theme: "China's New Era and a Better Life"

Every year, the Gala has a special theme or a recurring narrative. This year's theme is not particularly original, but it does make sense in the context of what happened over the past year. After previous themes such as "New China", "Chinese Dream", "National Unity", "Family Affinity", and "Chinese values, Chinese power," this 2023 year's theme is all about "China's Flourishing New Era" and "A Better Life amid Rapid Changes" ("欣欣向荣的新时代中国，日新月异的更美好生活").

"China's New Era and a Better Life" should be seen in the context of China's reopening, rapid changes over the past months, and the continuance of China's road to rejuvenation, which was also strongly reiterated during the 20th Party Congress in October 2022. The themes that were highlighted there ( read more here) also play an important part during the Gala, such as Chinese-style modernization, building a strong socialist modern country, being united in struggle, and building beautiful China with a focus on green development. We'll see these themes come up throughout the show.

Another clear theme is homecoming, as this year will be the first time many families can finally reunite since the start of the Covid outbreak (people were previously discouraged from traveling home, doing a 'staycation' instead for the new year).

As noted by Andrew Methven @ Slow Chinese, the language and visuals used throughout the show are also a lot about flowers and blossoming, with some of these titles purposely sounding like "growing flowers", which sounds the same as "China" (种花 / 中华 / 中华民族 / 以花为名). This resonates with the theme of a New China.

"Good Luck Will Come"

Popsong with traditional influences. On stage, we see Deng Chao (邓超, 1979), who is a Chinese actor, comedian, director, and singer. He is known for his work in multiple box-office hit films such as The Mermaid (2016) and Duckweed (2017). He also appeared as a singer in last year's Gala, when he performed together with Jackson Yee and Li Yuchun.

Tonight, Deng is on stage with Wang Erni (王二妮, 1985), the famous singer from Shaanxi who had her major breakthrough in 2007 with her Northern Shaanxi folk songs.

Acrobatics ("龙跃神州")

Yang Hao (杨浩), Li Yifan (李一凡), and Zhang Haozheng (张浩正) perform in tonight's fist acrobatics act with, among others, the Cangzhou Acrobatics Troupe.

"Clear waters and green mountains" ("绿水青山")

"Clear Waters and Green Mountains" (绿水青山) is the title of this song, which refers to a political slogan on environmental policy formulated by Xi Jinping and is all about emphasizing the harmony between people and nature.

This song is sung by Huang Xiaoyun (黄霄雲, 1998), a singer/actress of Bouyei ethnicity who mostly became known due to the talent show The Voice of China in 2015. Also on stage is Shan Yichun (单依纯), who was the Voice of China winner in 2020.

Song Yi (宋轶, 1989) and Song Zu'er (宋祖儿, 1998) are both well-known actresses, mostly known for starring in various hit TV dramas.

This performance includes Chinese traditional Huangmei opera, one of the five major opera genres in China, by performers Pan Ningjing (潘柠静) and Zhang Xiaowei (张小威).

Zhang Ruoyun eating the chicken

During an earlier performance (the xiangsheng one), actor Zhang Ruoyun (张若昀) got the roasted chicken that magically appeared during the magic trick performed by magician Jian Lunting. The fact that he actually ATE the chicken while sitting in the audience is something that is causing some giggles on social media.

Maybe he was just really hungry!

Xiaopin: "First Look Photo Studio"

This is the first sketch comedy or short play of the night, called xiaopin 小品 in Chinese. Traditionally, the xiaopin is both the best-received and most-condemned type of performance of the Gala for evoking laughter among the audiences or triggering controversies for reinforcing (gender) stereotypes.

In 2017, for example, the sketch "Long Last Love" was about a woman who wanted to divorce her husband because she was not able to conceive children and wanted her husband to move on to another wife. The show was criticized for depicting women as "breeding machines" and viewers later demanded an apology from CCTV via social media.

Xiaopin sketches are usually not so deep though - they're filled with puns, funny lines, and plot twists to entertain the viewers.

In this sketch, titled "First Look Photo Studio" (初见照相馆) we see Yu Zhen (于震), Sun Xi (孙茜), Bai Yufan (白宇帆), Zhang Jianing (张佳宁), Ma Xudong (马旭东), Lu Tengfei (吕腾飞), Li Hongjia (李红佳).

It's about a couple who lost their marriage certificate and came to make new photos. Two couples meet in the photo studio, showing the contrast between the older and the younger generation. The younger couple still has some natural innocence and cuteness about them as a couple (all dressed in matching outfits), while the older couple has a lot of complaints about their marriage. In the end, the older couple also turns out to be very loving and encourage the younger generation to pull through, even if times are hard. The message of this sketch seems to be: get married, stay married - an important message at a time of falling marriage and birth rates!?

"Hello Stranger"

"Hello Stranger" ("你好, 陌生人") is a song that was released prior to the Gala by CMG as one of the theme songs for the night. Performed by the 28-year-old Chinese singer-songwriter Mao Buyi (毛不易), the song is all about helping each other and it already received some praise on Weibo prior to the show (hashtag: # 毛不易春晚唱你好陌生人#).
See a link to this performance here.
Mao Buyi rose to fame in 2017 thanks to the all-male singing competition "The Coming One" show. At the time, he was a 23-year-old nursing graduate. As previously described by Sixth Tone, Mao stood out in the show due to his "sheer normality."

We also spotted the first creepy rabbit of the night, although online opinions vary on this.

Another rabbit that is attracting attention is actually very cute; it's the one on the jacket of Ren Luyu, one of the hosts.

Martial Arts Spectacle!

This spectacular martial arts show is performed by Vincent Zhao Wenzhuo, the Shaolin Martial Arts Group, and the Shaolin Tagou Martial Arts School from Henan.

Vincent Zhao Wenzhuo (1972) is a famous Chinese actor and martial artist, best known for starring in the Once Upon a Time in China action film and television series.

Me and My Grandpa

We just saw the first public service ad of the night; these are short videos in between the show containing a propaganda message. The title of this video was "Village Night" ("村晚"), a word play on the Chunwan, the Spring Festival Gala Night, as it sounds similar.

This next act is a performance for the kids, titled "Me and my Granddad Walk on Stilts" (我和爷爷踩高跷). There's a special kid's show every year, and they're often quite popular for being so cute.

"Give Me A Minute"

This is a stand-up comedy-like part of the show titled "Give Me a Minute" featuring Zhao Xiaohui (赵晓卉), Qiu Rui (邱 瑞), He Yanzhi (何广智), and Xu Zhisheng (徐志胜).

Last year, a similar performance (which came as a new kind of performance genre) received a lot of criticism, as people do not find the format of the 'talk show + singing' suitable for the Chunwan.

By the way, did you notice that the rabbit in the background interacts with the content of the show? It is displayed at all times and laughs about jokes and looks around in the audience. It is the first time for the Gala to have such a mascot, and if you see its 3D design and how interactive it is, you can understand why the development project of 'Tu Yuanyuan' (the rabbit's name) took four months in total, involving an entire team!

"Toast to the Past"

This song, performed by Taiwan singers Chiang Yu-Heng (姜育e) and Alec Su (苏有朋), together with Reno Wang (王铮亮) and Silence Wang (汪苏拢), is meant as a romantic, nostalgic "Toast to the Past" (跟往事干了好几杯).

Silence Wang (Wang Sulong) is an ethnic Manchu, whose first album came out in 2010 when he was 20 years old.

Beautiful Dance

In this dance performance (碗步桥), we see Shanghai Dance School's Zhu Jiejing (朱洁静, 1985).

Zhu was selected from a group of 3,000 applicants to attend the Shanghai Dance School at the age of nine. She later rose to fame with her roles in productions such as Farewell My Concubine, and became the vice chairman of the Shanghai Dancers' Association.

"Mini Film" - "Me and My Chunwan"

This 'mini-film' features some of China's super famous actors, such as Jacky Wu, Huang Bo, Sandra Ma Sichun, Fan Wei, and others. It is the first time for the Gala to introduce such a film, which is different from the short public service ads that pop up two or three times during the show.

This mini film, titled "Me and my Spring Festival Night" (我和我的春晚) is meant to highlight the personal stories of ordinary people watching the Gala and was inspired by actual letters sent in by viewers. The presenter just mentioned that even in these digital times, people still write letters to the show.

Goodmorning Sunshine

Multiple people from all kinds of professions and social groups are represented in "Good Morning, Sunshine," including medical workers.

What is really remarkable is that the topic of the epidemic and Covid have not been explicitly mentioned at all yet. There's been some hinting at "difficult times" and "change", but Covid and the many infections throughout the country have not been addressed. This song is an indirect reference to the epidemic situation, singing about sunshine always coming after rainstorms.

"I'm Coming"

Another xiaopin, a comical skit, this time featuring Chinese celebrity performers Wang Baoqian, Yang Zi, and Wang Ning.

Yang Zi is also known as Andy Yang, and she is a well-known Chinese actress and singer. She was previously named one of the 'Four Dan Actresses' (top actresses) of the post-90s Generation.

Wang Baoqiang is also very popular, perhaps also due to his humble background. At the age of 8, the actor left his family to study kung fu and later went to Beijing to play small roles as an actor in film and TV while doing construction jobs on the side. Wang made his big break when major director Feng Xiaogang chose him to play in A World Without Thieves (2003). Wang later became a critically acclaimed actor, known for his roles in films like Blind Shaft (2003) and A Touch of Sin (2013).

Little Brother

This song, performed by Huang Bo, is about all those delivery drivers across China. It suits the comical sketch that just preceded it, as the message was also to have more understanding for other people in tough jobs like the delivery staff.

The host Nëghmet Raxman 尼格买提 also just mentioned the epidemic for the first time when introducing this song, as he said that especially the 'kuaidi' and food delivery drivers have been struggling and working a lot to keep society going in Covid times.

Garden Full of Flowers

This stunning performance is called "Garden Full of Flowers/"National Colors"(满庭芳·国色) [translated by CCTV as C"ourtyard of Beauty, Colors of A Nation"], performed by Chinese actress Zhao Liying (赵丽颖) and others. It uses a lot of the special technologies (VR, XR) that were already promoted by the show's directors beforehand.

Forget Your Worries

After a second public service ad of the night, we've already arrived at the 20th performance of the night.

Zhou Shen (周深) is singing this song ("花开忘忧"), with performances by Li Guangfu (李光复) and Sun Guitian (孙桂田). As previously mentioned in another post here, flowers are really a recurring theme throughout the night as they represent blossoming (main theme is "flourishing new China") and new beginnings.

Treadmill

Some netizens have noticed how during the performance of the "Little Brother" song, an actual treadmill appeared on stage to make the performers walk. Some people find it funny: Huang Bo didn't come to the Gala to perform, he came there to work out!

Beautiful Pear Garden (华彩梨园)

The first major Chinese opera performance of the night! These kinds of performances are generally well-liked among viewers, much more than comical sketches, which many people do not find that funny.

The actors on stage are all of different ages: the youngest performer is only 4 years old!

In this performance, you can also see the use of some cool effects made possible by the show's integration of new technologies such as 4K/8K, AI, and XR.

How's this show different from other years thus far?

There are some ways in which this show is different thus far. Over previous years, the Gala partnered with Tencent, Kuaishou, Baidu, Bytedance, JD, etc to allow various 'media moments' during which viewers can 'catch' red envelopes. Actually, the Gala became especially linked to social media since it first featured this kind of exchange of 'hongbao', red envelopes with money, which is a Chinese New Year's tradition. In 2015, for the first time, viewers were able to receive virtual 'hongbao' as part of a cooperation between CCTV and WeChat. WeChat users shook their phones 11 billion times that night in order to 'grab' the money. These kinds of campaigns drew in many more young viewers - the Gala was previously viewed as something for older audiences (- although it still might be, social media has helped get the younger viewers involved, too).This year, we haven't seen any kind of 'shake your phone' or 'grab hongbao' media activities.

Another difference is that the show is normally held across several locations besides the main studio in Beijing, which is a great opportunity for other places to boost tourism and attract attention to their region or city. In light of Covid, the Gala was also only held in Beijing's CCTV studio 1 in 2021 and 2022. Perhaps the choice to again have just one location for the Gala is also related to the current Covid situation. This also still makes the Gala a bit less 'spectacular' and festive than the earlier versions before 2020, probably because it would not be appropriate at this time.

Local authorities not doing their job

The name of the comical skit we just saw was "Hole" or "Pit" (抗), and it was about local authorities not properly doing their job to fix a hole in the street, despite it being dangerous for people.

This skit is among the most well-received ones tonight, as many people recognize the scene as part of everyday realities. The actors in this skit are Shen Teng (沈腾), Ma Li (马丽), Ai Lun (艾伦), Chang Yuan (常远), Song Yuan (宋阳), and Yu Jian (于健).

Mother and Daughter

This is a really sweet song about the bond between mother and daughter. Perhaps this is the influence of having a female director? Huang Qishan (Susan Huang) is a 54-year-old Chinese musician who has also been referred to as the "number one female voice in Asia."

The song is also performed by the Beijing-born Curley Gao (希林娜依·高). The 24-year-old singer has a Uighur first name because her mum is from Xinjiang (her dad is Han Chinese from Beijing). Although she is known as 'Curley' in English, her actual first name is transcribed as Shirinay (Xilinnayi). She rose to fame due to her participation in the "Sing! China" talent show.

This song is striking a chord among the people in the audience, and a little boy and an older woman were filmed as they got a bit teary-eyed.

High-tech song

This act, focused on kids, uses new VR + 3D technologies to let the mystic animals of the ancient past meet with Chinese children the present-day.

Future, I'm Coming

The future is always an important topic during the Gala, and this song is comparable to songs that were featured on previous Gala nights. It's titled "Future I'm Coming" and it is performed by Ou Hao, Bai Yu, Wei Chen, and Wu Lei. It even includes some rap..

"I Made It to the Hot Search List!"

This sketch is about a social media video unexpectedly going viral and causing problems between husband and wife as the husband said things he did not mean in order to get more clicks.

One discussion that has come up prior to this show is that the popular Chinese comedian actress Jia Ling is not performing today. She is known for her annual Spring Festival Gala performances together with Zhang Xiaofei.

Everything is going to be ok

The hosts just addressed Covid for the first time this show. It also looked as if Ren Luyu was tearing up.

The song that follows is a classic pop song performed by a group of artists (Xiao Ke, Sha Yi, Qin Hailu, Hu Xia, Hui Yuanmeng, and Li Guangjie), and they are bringing a positive message about things taking a change for the better.

As Beautiful as Brocade (锦绣)

This beautiful dance featuring main dancer Li Qian (李倩) and the Beijing Art Troupe is inspired by the Han Dynasty.

"One Belt, One Beautiful Road Song" (一带繁花一路歌)

In this most international song of the night, we see a compilation of songs and performers from Indonesia, Greece, Serbia, Egypt Pakistan, New Zealand, Tanzania, Argentina, Kazakhstan, and then the last song, the famous Chinese "Mo Li Hua" [Jasmine Flower] song, is sung by a group of singers from various 'Belt and Road' countries.

Lang Lang is on stage playing the piano!

Over the past few years, the Belt and Road Initiative wasn't really featured very much at the Gala during the closed, Covid era. Now that the borders have reopened, there is room for more international focus again, even if the performers are joining via video.

"My Hometown"

After the third public service announcement of the night, we're on to the song "Hometown," performed by Tibetan singer Alan Dawa Dolma (阿兰·达瓦卓玛), ethnic Mongol singer Daiqing Tana (黛青塔娜), Kashgar singer Air (艾热), Gansu singer Zhang Gasong (张尕怂), and Wu Tong (吴彤) from Liaoning. There's always a song during the Gala that has different minorities from all over the country. This time, this is it, and they tried to do it a bit different this time by also integrating some modern rock and pop music.

Exemplary Persons

Like every year, this is the part of the show where some 'exemplary persons' get honored for their accomplishments. This special segment recognizes people for their exceptional service and contributions to the Party and the country.

"Youth to the Sun" (青春向太阳)

Ah, here's Jackie Chan again after being absent during last year's performance. Jackie Chan (成龙) has become an annually returning performer at the CCTV Gala. Although his performances are always much-anticipated, they've sometimes also been pretty cringe-worthy. In 2017, the song performed by Jackie was simply titled "Nation" and was met with criticism for being overly political. In 2018, the Hong Kong martial artist sang a song that was called "China" and in 2019 he performed 'My Struggle, My Happiness.' In 2021 he sang "Tomorrow Will Be Better" (明天会更好) which was about the epidemic situation and that song was actually received very well and made many viewers tear up.

He is now performing a song dedicated to China's youth, together with Peng Yuchang (1994), Jiang Yiyi (2001), Guo Junchen (1997), Chen Linong (2000, from Taiwan), Yan Mingxi (2005, from Hong Kong) and Josie Ho (1989, from Macao).

A Song for All My Friends

Sun Nan is here! Sun Nan (孙楠) is a famous Chinese Mandopop singer who performed at the Gala multiple times over the past year, including the iconic 2016 performance where he danced together with 540 robots. In 2022 he was on stage with Tan Weiwei.

This time he is on stage with Hacken Lee (李克勤).

Just before this song started, the host addressed the difficulties so many in China faced over the past year. Although Covid is barely mentioned, the Gala has definitely hinted at the epidemic several times. Instead of some sad songs, the program is mostly filled with songs that are about positivity, hope, friendship, and "better times" - which is also one of the show's main themes.

Homeland

We actually thought the main "minority song" was already featured, but "Homeland" (家园) turns out to be the true "minority song" of the night, featuring dancers and singers from various minority groups, holding hands together in unity and singing about love.

Nearing Countdown, Expedition

It's almost time for the countdown! First, we are seeing the song "Expedition" (远征) performed by Liao Changyong, Wu Bixia, Wang Kai, and Yisa Yu.

Countdown! Happy New Year!

Countdown! Happy New Year to you! All the hosts have just expressed their well-wishes to the viewers, wishing everybody blessings for the Year of the Rabbit. The countdown was started with everybody on stage, and there were even some well-wishes from out of space! [Added comment: although we didn't immediately notice during the show, many social media users later commented that the countdown moment saw some delay and was not exactly times at 0:00.]

"New Year Hopping" (新春蹦蹦) is performed by Phoenix Legend, Chinese rapper Dong Baoshi, and Chinese actress/singer Angel Zhao. Phoenix Legend is a Chinese popular music duo of female vocalist Yangwei Linghua and male rapper Zeng Yi. The duo was also part of the CCTV Gala in 2016 and in 2018.

All the performers are joined on stage by Tu Yuanyuan, the little rabbit that undoubtedly is the star of the 2023 Gala. It danced right there with them.

Last Performances of the Night

After the comical skit performed by Jin Jing, Zhou Tienan, Yan Peirun (a romantic one about couples), we are now moving on to the "Group Photo" song.

This song is performed by Xu Song aka Vae, an independent musician from Hefei who is super popular on social media.

"To Advance Bravely"

This is the 38th act of tonight and also the last acrobatics one featuring performers Shi Renqi, Li Songlin, and Yang Jinhao together with the China Acrobatic Group.

Our Field and Dreams in Spring

The final dance of the night, titled "Our Field" (我们的田野) is a beautiful performance by the Liaoning Ballet.

The performance, all set in golden colors, is about harvesting wheat.
See a link to this performance here.
The performance is followed up by "Dreams in Spring."

"Dreams in Spring" (梦在春天如愿) is performed by Wei Song, Huo Yong, Mo Hong, and Wang Li - among so many young performers this night, they represent the older generation of artists.

Unforgettable Night

This is a very unusual ending to the Gala. Ever since the 1980s, the last song of the night was "Unforgettable Night" (难忘今宵) sung by Li Guyi (李谷一). As Li is now recovering from Covid at the hospital, all the performers are gathered on stage and sing the song together.

The song was composed in 1984 when CCTV was preparing for its second Spring Festival Gala.

That's a wrap! Thank you so much for joining, and we wish you a very happy Year of the Rabbit.

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In 2021 we took advantage of modern technology to bring in performers and events not just from Columbus, but from all over the world! We have gathered here an array of some of the best performances to share with you!
Please click on the videos below and enjoy!

View and download the Official 2021 Program.

Lion Dance
Compiled from various sources. Thanks to the original performers.

Pipa: Dance of the Golden Ox 琵琶：金牛狂舞
Performer: Jia Li Mason 李佳(Indiana）

Chinese Calligraphy: Spring Festival Couplets 书法：写春联
Calligrapher: Guoqing LI 李国庆, Professor at The Ohio State University

Wushu: Chinese Broadsword 武术：中国剑
Performer: Michelle Huang (10 years old), Coach: Master Sen GAO 高森, Ohio Wushu Academy 俄州武术学院

Guzheng: Carp's Love 古筝：锦鲤抄
Performer: Joanna Li 李婧雯, Composer: Yin Lin

Dance: J2K Performance
Performer: J2K Dance group at OSU

Paper Cut for Window Decoration at the Spring Festival 剪窗花
Paper Cut Master: Wenfeng (Luysa) Zhao 赵文凤
Paper cut is one of the most popular Chinese decorative folk arts. Traditionally paper cut is also called "Window blossoms" because they are put on windows for decoration during the Chinese New Year. There are different styles of paper cut in various areas in China.

Pipa: A Lovely Rose to You 琵琶：送你一朵玫瑰花
Pipa Performer: Xiaodong Wang王暁東 (Japan)
Keyboard Player: YOSHI Moto mii ko 吉元美意子 (Japan)

Song: Big Fish 歌曲：大鱼
Singer: Xinrui Wang 王欣睿 - the champion of Voice of OSU
Organization: ECHO & CASA at OSU

Wushu: Double Nine Session Chain Whip 武术：软双九节鞭
Performer: Master Sen GAO 高森
Ohio Wushu Academy 俄州武术学院

Dance: Black MAmba
Performers: DIVA Beijing and DIVA Shanghai
Organizer: DIVA, an OSU Chinese girl Dance Group

Music: Silk Road 丝路
Composers: : Zhou, Yu 周瑜，a young musician of Hunan Province, China
Performer: The Yu Musical Ensembles 瑜乐团 (China)

Sichuan Opera: Face Changing 川剧：变脸
Performer: Master Sen GAO 高森
Ohio Wushu Academy 俄州武术学院

Introduction to the Peking Opera Tunes 京剧曲牌
Performers: Zhengang XIE 谢振刚 (Erhu), Mei HU 胡梅(Yueqin) (Minnesota)
Active in cultural events. Contact: humeixie@yahoo.com phone: 513-328-9831

NOTE - Music and imagery not owned by the CLLC and Ohio State University

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Before Chinese New Year

Cleaning / sweeping the house

About one week before Chinese New Year Eve, people start the complete cleaning of their house. They sweep the whole house, windows, doors, and furniture. They usually also throw away something old and stuff that is not needed, which represents sweeping away bad luck and habits and welcoming everything that is new and good. They believe this activity can bring them good luck and fortune.

New Year Shopping

New Year shopping usually begins even earlier than house cleaning. If you visit certain streets that people go to, to do their New Year shopping, it starts getting pretty busy even one month or a couple of weeks before the Chinese New Year.

Check out the video and pictures below! I took the video and pictures in a traditional New Year shopping street. The video and pictures were taken in Sanfeng Center Street, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

There are a tremendous amount and varieties of delicacies and candies you can find:

Different flavors jellos

Dried shredded squid

Dried anchovies

Vinegar soft drinks

Sweet potato balls

Dried mushroom

A nd much more

Chinese New Year Eve

Many activities are held on Chinese New Year Eve. People who are working, usually start their Chinese New Year holidays on Chinese New Year Eve or the day before.

Pasting spring festival couplets

These are made with black or golden ink written on red paper. You paste the couplets by the front door. There are three places you can paste the couplets. Two vertical ones up and down on the right and left sides of the front door. These two will be considered a pair of poetry lines. And one horizontal on the top of the door, that line is usually of four characters.

Paying tribute to ancestors

Some Chinese still believe in worshipping their ancestors. They believe that after the family members die, their spirits are still alive. They have the power to protect the family. Offering fruits, food, and wine to the ancestors can keep their ancestors happy.

Having a family reunion dinner

This is the most important activity for all Chinese. It is equivalent to Thanksgiving dinner in the US. Traditionally, all of the family members will get together in a relative’s house and have dinner together. Since making a Chinese family reunion dinner is a huge stress for those who are cooking (usually grandmothers, mothers, daughters, or daughters-in-law), it is becoming popular to order dishes from restaurants and take-outs.

Another newly-arisen business is of companies that will pre-make some famous Chinese New Year dishes 年菜 nián cài. These are usually half cooked.

Here is an example of a popular grocery chain in Taiwan. As you can see in the pictures below,

you can either choose to order the whole dinner. The whole dinner is usually good for 4-10 people.

Soups are usually also one of the must-have dishes in Chinese New Year dinner.

or you can only order whatever dishes you would like and make the other dishes at home. You usually can start ordering about a month ago before the Chinese New Year. You can choose when you would like to pick them up.

Here we list a few most popular Chinese New Year Dishes

1. Fish 鱼 yú – We definitely have at least one fish dish on the table. Fish in Chinese is “鱼 yú,” which has the same pronunciation as “余 yú.” The word “余 yú” means extra. A Chinese idiom “年年有余 nián nián yǒuyú” means you overflow ever year. Chinese people believe overflow means you gain more than you need, which represents fortune and wealth.

2. Dumplings 饺子 jiǎozi – The dumpling is shaped like an old-fashioned gold ingot. The meaning of eating dumplings in the Chinese New Year is the more dumplings you eat, the more money you will get in the coming year.

3. Spring rolls and egg rolls 春卷 chūnjuǎn – The rolls symbolize wealth because their shape is similar to gold bars.

4. Longevity noodles 长寿面 Chángshòu miàn – These kinds of noodles have an extended length compared to regular noodles. These noodles symbolize longevity, so it’s of the utmost importance not to cut them. Chinese people believe that eating longevity noodles can bring them a longer life.

Exchanging red envelopes

The red envelopes are given to younger generations. The grandparents, parents, and older generations will give money to younger ones. The money in the red envelopes are usually new bills and we will avoid the “number 4”, which represents bad luck (death) in Chinese.

If you would like to know more about gift-giving etiquette in Chinese culture, check out this fun infographic.

Staying up

On Chinese New Year’s Eve, the parents usually allow their children to stay up late until midnight. They usually spend the night watching a New Year Gala on TV or playing board games and cards.

Chinese New Year / The first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year

Setting off Firecrackers

This is the countrywide activity during the Chinese New Year. The original meaning of setting off firecrackers was to scare away evil spirits. The time for setting off firecrackers is different from region to region. The duration of fire firecrackers is varied. It can be between 10 minutes and to up to 2 hours.

Here are the two most popular times to set off firecrackers,

Chinese New Year Midnight

After staying up late, as soon as midnight comes, the firecrackers are set off in some regions. They believe that the monsters or evil spirits will be scared away from the loud noise of the firecrackers. Since midnight is the first moment of the New Year, which also means starting the first moment of a brand-new year, the evil ones will be no longer here.

First thing in the morning on Chinese New Year Day

In some regions, people set off firecrackers first thing in the morning on Chinese New Year Day. As soon as they open the door, they set off firecrackers. People believe that good luck will be with them throughout the entire year.

The 2nd to 4th days of the Chinese Lunar New Year

Visiting Relatives

On the second day of the Chinese New Year, a daughter who is married will go back to visit her parents with her husband and kids. This is what we call “回娘家 huí niángjiā.”

Between the 2nd to 5th days of the Chinese Lunar New Year, people usually visit their relatives. They often not only visit their close relatives but also pay a visit to their more distant relatives if they live close to their hometown.

The 5th to 8th days of the Chinese Lunar New Year

Businesses Resume

Most of the businesses resume between 5th to 8th day of the Chinese Lunar New Year. Post offices, banks, companies, clinics, and other small businesses won’t have regular hours until the 5th or 6th days after the Chinese New Year.

Restaurants, tour areas, and transportation usually offer extended hours. Usually, only emergency rooms will operate during the Chinese New Year.

Lantern Festival

The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the 1st month in the lunar calendar. It also marks the official last day of the celebration of the Chinese New Year.

Watch lanterns

The lantern festival is getting popular nowadays. By saying it is getting popular, it does not mean people did not celebrate the lantern festival before. More and more cities get enough funding to host a good-size festival.

Eating sweet sticky/glutinous rice balls

There are a few different flavors of sticky rice balls that you can easily find in the grocery stores.

White and pink sticky rice balls

These sticky rice balls are small. They do not have a filling.

Black sesame and peanut filled sticky rice balls are pretty popular, too.

Black sesame sticky rice balls

Peanut filled sticky rice balls

13 Traditional Chinese New Year Activities Infographic

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Have you experienced Chinese New Year in China or Taiwan in person? What activities did you do during the Chinese New Year? Share them with us in the comments below!

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(also called "Mahjong", "Mah-jongg" or, in Mandarin Chinese, "Ma Jiang")

The regular European rules for Mah-jong are widely known, and you may find them around the Net. On this page I will present the somewhat simpler rules fromHong Kong and China, that will give a quicker and different game.
I've also made a little "cheat-card".

Hong Kong Rules

General Modifications of the Rules

Forget all about "sitting on a rock". You don't need to tell the other players when you are waiting for the final tile to complete a Mah-jong hand. You simply declare your Mah-jong when you get it.

The Hong Kong rules are basically identical to the regular rules, but the counting of scores is made according to a different and more simple model. When you don't need to spend as much time in calculating the scores, the game becomes different, quicker and, in my eyes, more fun.

Counting the scores

Only the person that gets a Mah-jong calculate scores and cash markers. Payments to and from the wind of the round are not doubled. If no one gets a Mah-jong in one hand, a "dead game" is declared and no score is calculated. The winds are shifted after each hand no matter if the wind of the round won or lost. However, the winds are to remain the same after a "dead game". An entire game will always consist of exactly 4 rounds consisting of 4 hands. Please note that it's important to see the difference between scores and amounts payed!

Below is a list that is divided into eight sections. Scores are only given to one of the specifications under each section. A realy good hand can in the best cases give a score consisting of eight points.

One Special Hand
Seven pairs – a special hand consisting of seven pairs will entitle you a Mah-jong-bid worth 4 scores. In addition to this, you are also entitled scores according to sections b, f, g and h in the rules above.
Only Five Hands With Maximum scores

1)

One:s and Nine:s / Thirteen Miracles; handen a hand consisting of tiles 1 and 9 from each suite, one of each dragon and wind + one more of the mentioned tiles.

2)

Gates of Heaven / Sitting on Nine Rocks; a hand consisting of three 1:s, three 9:s, tiles number 2 to 8 from one and the same suit + one more of the mentioned tiles.

3)

Pearl Dragon; only pung:s/kung:s of circles + white dragon.

4)

Jade Dragon; only pung:s/kung:s of bamboos + green dragon.

5)

Ruby Dragon; only pung:s/kung:s of characters + red dragon.

(The hands named Heavenly Blessing, Earthly Blessing, Heads & Tails and the Hidden Treasure regularly give maximum score, but are not included in these rules.)

Payments

Sum up the points (the theoretical maximum is 23, but it's usually difficult even to get ten). Translate the score to an amount (the number of markers that each player is to pay the winner) with this simple table:

Level Total score Payment

The person throwing the tile that gave the winner a Mah-jong, must always pay the double amount. If the winning tile was taken from the wall or the ruin, all players must pay the double amount of markers. These doublings are not valid for hands that give maximum score.

Punishments

If a player has laid down visible combinations of nine tiles from one and the same suite, it's to be regarded as a warning - you can suspect that the player is waiting for a final tile from the same suite, which means it'll be a valuable hand. If you at such a time throw a tile from the same suide and the player actually does get a pure and valuable hand, you will be punished to pay the debts for all three loosers when the score has been calculated for the winner (if you count on this, you'll see that the cost will be at least 64 markers).

If a warning has been noted for one player, you throw a tile from the same suite, and that other player picks up your tile to produce 12 visible tiles from one suite, you must remember this. That other player is now waiting for the last tile to complete his/her hand. If the missing tile is picked from the wall or the ruin, and the pair is in the same suite as the other tiles in the hand, (againg a pure hand), you must pay double amounts for all three loosers to the winner (and this will get even more expensive - a total of at least 192 markers!). Your only saving would be if an other player throws the winning tile and thereby gets the punishment instead of you.

The punishments are there to force you to play defensively! In the same spirit, punishments should also be given if you allow a player to get a hand of honours or a hand with maximum score that could be foreseen in a similar way.

Free Additions

Forbid players from winning with chicken hands. You may decide a minimum score of 1, 2 or 3 points for Mah-jong bids before a game (higher demands would be too difficult).

A maximum punishment may be given for an incorrect declaration of Mah-jong or a hand with too low value. The hand is then cancelled and the person that made the mistake will pay 128 markers to each other player.

An experienced Mah-jong player knows that it isn't always most important to win, but also to prevent the other players from wining. Therefor there is a possibility to ad a "Five tiles punishment"; if, at the end of one hand, there are five or fewer tiles left before the ruin is reached, and you throw a tile that has not been thrown or shown in the current hand (a tile that it's very likely that someone is waiting for) and someone makes a Mah-jong with that tile, you must pay the debts for all three loosers.

"Cheat-card"

For those that find it difficult to remember the Chinese characters (which is particularly handy to know, if you don't have European text on all tiles) and what hands will give you maximum score (without revealing yourself by asking the other players), I've put together this little "cheat-card":

Modern Chinese Rules

How Mah-jong is Played in Contemporary China!

Before starting to play, you distribute the cards from a regular deck of cards evenly among the players.

Don't bother about the winds - it doesn't matter who is playing which wind!

Forget all about "sitting on a rock". You do not need to inform the other players that you are waiting for the last stone that will complete your Mah-jong. You simply present your Mah-jong when it has become a fact.

When a player wins a hand, you don't need to count any scores. The other players simply give the winner one card each. You simply play without putting any efforts for high scores or nice hands. This will make the game even quicker than with the Hong Kong rules.

I SUSPECT that the Chinese will cash their cards for a given amount of money after a finished game, but I've never dared asking - and if I dared ask, the Chinese would probably not dare answer anything else than "But nooo!"...

Interested in some more Chinese games?
See also my description of the Chinese card-game Strike Big Brother!

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新年+十二生肖 免費下載

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Chinese New Year/Lunar New Year Project Wheel: Free

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Chinese/Lunar New Year 2022 is the year of the Tiger! Help your students understand this widely celebrated holiday with this FREE wheel. Print on card stock. Use a fastener to attach cover, spin and find the year you were born!What’s included? Free 2022 Lunar New Year Wheel - color, black/white, ou.…

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剪春字

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舞獅

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搶獅頭 - 中國傳媒大學動畫與數位藝術學院2012年畢業展

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前陣子的晨光時間，帶著兒子班上同學一起剪立體春，小朋友玩得很開心，本來要掛起來的春，大家竟然戴在脖子上，玩得好開心，其實春字項鍊也蠻好看的。老師把小朋友們的春掛在窗戶邊，風一吹，春字搖呀搖的，一排的春字風鈴，真好看！

快過年了，大家有空可以帶著孩子一起動動手，剪春迎新春，讓春到家裡洋溢著過年的熱鬧氣氛。

我整理了三種立體春字的作法，大家可以視小朋友的年紀，選擇適合的作法跟著孩子們一起動手剪春迎新春。

第一種作法，將色紙對折，剪出平面的春字，剪好3張平面春字後，把第1張春字的右半邊跟第2張的左半邊黏起來，第2張春字的右半邊跟第3張的左半邊黏起來，最後第3張春字的右半邊跟第1張的左半邊黏起來，這樣就變成了三面的立體春。也可以用4張黏起來，這樣就是四面立體春。

第二種作法跟第三種作法，是利用摺紙方式直接剪出立體春，只是摺紙的方式不同。

第二種作法的步驟如下（左邊的綠色色紙）

Step1：將色紙依照下圖摺好四角形，此圖作法引用「台灣日販，實用創意摺紙100種」

Step2：對摺後如左邊綠色的三角形，

Step3：畫出半邊的春字，

Step4：剪好半邊的春，

Step5：打開就是漂亮的立體春。

第三種作法的步驟如下（右邊的黃色色紙）

Step1：將色紙依照下圖摺好三角形，，此圖作法引用「台灣日販，實用創意摺紙100種」

Step2：對摺後如右邊黃色的三角形，

Step3：畫出半邊的春字，

Step4：剪好半邊的春，

Step5：打開就是漂亮的立體春。

二種摺法剪出來的春字外型不同，我比較喜歡第三種作法的春字，對於小一的孩子們也比較容易剪。

只要用厚紙板剪好半邊的春字模型，讓小朋友畫在色紙上，用剪刀慢慢剪，小朋友很容易就可以剪出春字，然後用紅色線穿起來打個結，就是個正掛倒掛都好看的立體春。

剪好的春可以倒掛來掛，也可以正掛著，只要在春字上方打個洞，加上簡單的中國結，就是很精緻的新年掛飾。很簡單吧，趕快帶孩子一起剪春迎新春囉！

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Traditional Chinese Lunar New Year Activites

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Chinese New Year song 贺年  (hè nián) version by Groovi Pauli & Friends

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1. Three spring couplets:

Spring couplets are traditionally posted on the front door of the house - on top horizontally, and on both sides vertically. Since the Internet is virtually a door to the world, we've designed these couplets to fit on your computer monitor.

Post the one on the right of the three (shown above) vertically on the right edge of your computer monitor. It reads 天增歲月人增壽, meaning heaven add years and people gain ages. more . . .

2. The arrival of spring:

Cut just inside the dotted lines so no line appears on the cut square. For a perfectly straight cut, use a knife instead of scissors. This image, traditionally placed in a diamond shape, is the Chinese character for "spring" positioned upside down; it symbolizes the arrival of spring. You can post this sign on a door or anywhere in the house to celebrate the New Year. Position it as a diamond, with the square shape on the character pointed up and the tip of the character at the bottom. more . . .

3. Be full to overflowing:

Cut out and turn this 45°. Post it on your rice container, refrigerator, piggy bank, treasure box, or safe. It's the symbol for full, filled, packed. May your piggy bank be full to overflowing. Just don't paste it on your [fat] belly! more . . .

4. Congratulations and wishing you to be prosperous:

This Gong Xi Fa Cai (Mandarin) or Gong Hey Fat Choy (Cantonese) means "congratulations and wishing you to be prosperous [for the new year]." It is the most common greeting for the Chinese New Year. You can post it on a door or a wall. You would really make your server's day if you tip the server by handing a copy of this auspicious sign (along with a monetary gratuity, of course!). more . . .

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My kids do a country unit on China in second grade where they spent a day celebrating Chinese Culture with Red Envelope Crafts. My kids also studied Mandarin Chinese and my oldest middle school Chinese language teacher also did a Chinese New Year celebration with crafts and food. Last year was The Y…

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From Chinese New Year to Homeless people

從中國新年談到到無家可歸的流浪漢

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Chinese Moon Festival background story and custom. Please download to view, there are many slides with photos “fly in” to create the story. Enjoy and happy Mo…

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2015央视春晚非物质文化遗产创意节目《锦绣》 表演者：李宇春

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Let's Begin...

What's your sign? In Western astrology, it's a constellation determined by when your birthday falls in the calendar. But according to the Chinese zodiac (生肖), it's your shuxiang, meaning the animal assigned to your birth year. And of the many myths explaining these animal signs and their arrangement, the most enduring one is that of The Great Race. Megan Campisi and Pen-Pen Chen recount this classic myth.

Create and share a new lesson based on this one.

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Meet The Creators

Educator Megan Campisi, Pen-Pen Chen

Director Marta Prokopová

Script Editor Alex Gendler

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Storyboard Artist Marta Prokopová

Illustrator Marta Prokopová

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Composer Cem Misirlioglu

Associate Producer Jessica Ruby

Content Producer Gerta Xhelo

Editorial Producer Alex Rosenthal

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The myth behind the Chinese zodiac - Megan Campisi and Pen-Pen Chen

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What's your sign? In Western astrology, it's a constellation determined by when your birthday falls in the calendar. But according to the Chinese zodiac (生肖), it's your shuxiang, meaning the animal assigned to your birth year. And of the many myths explaining these animal signs and their arrangement, the most enduring one is that of The Great Race.

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红包袋别扔，教你做成漂亮的红包灯笼，方法简单，一个红包就能做

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Final Frontier and Taiko Studios produced Airbnb China’s Chinese New Year film, a touching animation demonstrating how the brand’s properties can become homes away from home at a time of year where young Chinese are finding it increasingly difficult to return to their family hometowns.

Spring Festival is the most important date on the calendar in China, when families separated by work and life necessities reunite, traditionally in the town where the children grew up.  

Titled “Fu”, the three-and-a-half minute 3D animation tells the story of Jia Jia, a young nurse whose pursuit of her career dreams in the big city prevent her from returning to her hometown for Chinese New year, much to the disappointment of herself and her parents.  Fortunately, Airbnb’s platform is on-hand to enable a unique solution.

At the core of the film is the age old Chinese New year tradition of hanging a ‘Fú’ (meaning ‘blessing’)  banner upside down, symbolizing "good luck comes", tying in to the overall campaign idea of turning traditional concepts on their head; in this case, 'home' coming to Jia Jia rather than the other way around.

To direct and execute the film and supporting visuals, Final Frontier drafted Taiko Studios, led by founder and director Shaofu Zhang.  With teams in Los Angeles and Wuhan, China, the studio creates commercial work and original content, earning an Oscar nomination for 2017 short, One Small Step.  

Zhang co-directed the film with fellow former Disney animator and director, Andrew Chesworth.  The whole production took place over an intense four months, with preproduction mostly handled in Los Angeles, and modelling, animation and post executed in Wuhan.  Final Frontier supported the production of various campaign assets with resources in Madrid and Buenos Aires.

Credits

Production Company - Final Frontier
Executive Producer - Chris Colman, Julieta Zajaczkowski, Gustavo Karam
Lead Producer  - Yanyie Tran
Animation - Matias Sesti, Nicolas Agarzua, Patricio Passaralli
Illustrator - Isaac Hugo Barbosa

Client: Airbnb China
Creative Director: Justin Leung 
Designer: Vicki Sun
Copywriter: Iris Weng
Creative Producer: Ray Fu 
Senior Marketing Manager: Elaine Hui                   
Marketing Manager: Zhida Xu 
Social Specialist: Summer Zhang                         
Marketing Manager: Pamela Li

Animation Studio: Taiko Studios
Director - Shaofu Zhang		
Co-Director - Andrew Chesworth			
Producer - Hande Zhang	
Production Supervisor - Erik Lee		
Production Manager - Brandie Braxton			
Production Coordinator - Hou Puyu, Xu Siyuan
Storyboard Artist - Connie He 		
Visual Development Artists - Andrew Chesworth, Connie He, Noor Sofi
Additional Visual Development Artists - Chelsea Blecha, Felicia Chen, Susan Huang, Dia Jamandron			
Assets Lead - Cimouns Xin		
Assets - Lu Yi, Wang Shuo, Yang Tong		
Additional Assets - Guo Jun		
Rigging - Lin Lingwei		
Rigger - Zebra, Junyu Peng, Ruixi Wang	
Animation Lead - Yukang Liu		
Animators - Andrew Chesworth, Erik Lee, Li Jianxun, Liu Jianxiong, Lyu Qinghui, Tao Mingming, Shaofu Zhang		
Additional Animation- TungChing "Neil" Chia, Zebra,		
Animation Supervisor - Leonard Han
Animators - Jason Liu, Yudong Zhang, Torry Wang, Lingchao Tao, Yihai Xie, Zhihe Ren, Xiaoyan Pan
Producer - Rainie Xue	
Effects & Simulation - Wang Songtao		
Lighting & Compositing - Chang Xin, Guo Jun, He Shuyi		
Additional Lighting & Compositing - Kane Chang, Ron Shaw, Wu Wenting, Cimouns Xin, Chen Ying, Tang Yuling		
Accounting & Finance - Brandie Braxton, Zhou Daiyi	
Additonal Partners - Artineering, Santiago Montesdeoca, Alexandre Bléro			
 
Animation Support: Blossom Pictures (Beijing) 		
CG Supervisor CG - Brad Falk	
Business Manager - Pablo Meng
Animation Supervisor - Brian Dowrick	
Production Manager - Jingyang Zhao
Animator - Gaofeng Ren, Zhenxu Zhang, Shaohui Xue	
Lighting & Comp Supervisor - Ning Lv
Lighting Artist - Haifeng Gao, Xiaoyu Bai, Nan Wang, Tianling Wang, Zexin Xu
				
Music Production Company: Ant food 
Creative Director: Lou Schmidt
Music Producers: Lou Schmidt, Fernando Rojo, Luis Bergmann, Pedro Curvello, Vini Nunes
Sound Designers: Fernando Ianni, Tiago Mago, Fabian Jorje, Pablo Mello, Emilio Daccorone, Bruno Broaska
Executive Producers: Christiane Rachel, Renato Castro, Monique Munhoz

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Before Chinese New Year

Cleaning / sweeping the house

About one week before Chinese New Year Eve, people start the complete cleaning of their house. They sweep the whole house, windows, doors, and furniture. They usually also throw away something old and stuff that is not needed, which represents sweeping away bad luck and habits and welcoming everything that is new and good. They believe this activity can bring them good luck and fortune.

New Year Shopping

New Year shopping usually begins even earlier than house cleaning. If you visit certain streets that people go to, to do their New Year shopping, it starts getting pretty busy even one month or a couple of weeks before the Chinese New Year.

Check out the video and pictures below! I took the video and pictures in a traditional New Year shopping street. The video and pictures were taken in Sanfeng Center Street, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

There are a tremendous amount and varieties of delicacies and candies you can find:

Different flavors jellos

Dried shredded squid

Dried anchovies

Vinegar soft drinks

Sweet potato balls

Dried mushroom

A nd much more

Chinese New Year Eve

Many activities are held on Chinese New Year Eve. People who are working, usually start their Chinese New Year holidays on Chinese New Year Eve or the day before.

Pasting spring festival couplets

These are made with black or golden ink written on red paper. You paste the couplets by the front door. There are three places you can paste the couplets. Two vertical ones up and down on the right and left sides of the front door. These two will be considered a pair of poetry lines. And one horizontal on the top of the door, that line is usually of four characters.

Paying tribute to ancestors

Some Chinese still believe in worshipping their ancestors. They believe that after the family members die, their spirits are still alive. They have the power to protect the family. Offering fruits, food, and wine to the ancestors can keep their ancestors happy.

Having a family reunion dinner

This is the most important activity for all Chinese. It is equivalent to Thanksgiving dinner in the US. Traditionally, all of the family members will get together in a relative’s house and have dinner together. Since making a Chinese family reunion dinner is a huge stress for those who are cooking (usually grandmothers, mothers, daughters, or daughters-in-law), it is becoming popular to order dishes from restaurants and take-outs.

Another newly-arisen business is of companies that will pre-make some famous Chinese New Year dishes 年菜 nián cài. These are usually half cooked.

Here is an example of a popular grocery chain in Taiwan. As you can see in the pictures below,

you can either choose to order the whole dinner. The whole dinner is usually good for 4-10 people.

Soups are usually also one of the must-have dishes in Chinese New Year dinner.

or you can only order whatever dishes you would like and make the other dishes at home. You usually can start ordering about a month ago before the Chinese New Year. You can choose when you would like to pick them up.

Here we list a few most popular Chinese New Year Dishes

1. Fish 鱼 yú – We definitely have at least one fish dish on the table. Fish in Chinese is “鱼 yú,” which has the same pronunciation as “余 yú.” The word “余 yú” means extra. A Chinese idiom “年年有余 nián nián yǒuyú” means you overflow ever year. Chinese people believe overflow means you gain more than you need, which represents fortune and wealth.

2. Dumplings 饺子 jiǎozi – The dumpling is shaped like an old-fashioned gold ingot. The meaning of eating dumplings in the Chinese New Year is the more dumplings you eat, the more money you will get in the coming year.

3. Spring rolls and egg rolls 春卷 chūnjuǎn – The rolls symbolize wealth because their shape is similar to gold bars.

4. Longevity noodles 长寿面 Chángshòu miàn – These kinds of noodles have an extended length compared to regular noodles. These noodles symbolize longevity, so it’s of the utmost importance not to cut them. Chinese people believe that eating longevity noodles can bring them a longer life.

Exchanging red envelopes

The red envelopes are given to younger generations. The grandparents, parents, and older generations will give money to younger ones. The money in the red envelopes are usually new bills and we will avoid the “number 4”, which represents bad luck (death) in Chinese.

If you would like to know more about gift-giving etiquette in Chinese culture, check out this fun infographic.

Staying up

On Chinese New Year’s Eve, the parents usually allow their children to stay up late until midnight. They usually spend the night watching a New Year Gala on TV or playing board games and cards.

Chinese New Year / The first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year

Setting off Firecrackers

This is the countrywide activity during the Chinese New Year. The original meaning of setting off firecrackers was to scare away evil spirits. The time for setting off firecrackers is different from region to region. The duration of fire firecrackers is varied. It can be between 10 minutes and to up to 2 hours.

Here are the two most popular times to set off firecrackers,

Chinese New Year Midnight

After staying up late, as soon as midnight comes, the firecrackers are set off in some regions. They believe that the monsters or evil spirits will be scared away from the loud noise of the firecrackers. Since midnight is the first moment of the New Year, which also means starting the first moment of a brand-new year, the evil ones will be no longer here.

First thing in the morning on Chinese New Year Day

In some regions, people set off firecrackers first thing in the morning on Chinese New Year Day. As soon as they open the door, they set off firecrackers. People believe that good luck will be with them throughout the entire year.

The 2nd to 4th days of the Chinese Lunar New Year

Visiting Relatives

On the second day of the Chinese New Year, a daughter who is married will go back to visit her parents with her husband and kids. This is what we call “回娘家 huí niángjiā.”

Between the 2nd to 5th days of the Chinese Lunar New Year, people usually visit their relatives. They often not only visit their close relatives but also pay a visit to their more distant relatives if they live close to their hometown.

The 5th to 8th days of the Chinese Lunar New Year

Businesses Resume

Most of the businesses resume between 5th to 8th day of the Chinese Lunar New Year. Post offices, banks, companies, clinics, and other small businesses won’t have regular hours until the 5th or 6th days after the Chinese New Year.

Restaurants, tour areas, and transportation usually offer extended hours. Usually, only emergency rooms will operate during the Chinese New Year.

Lantern Festival

The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the 1st month in the lunar calendar. It also marks the official last day of the celebration of the Chinese New Year.

Watch lanterns

The lantern festival is getting popular nowadays. By saying it is getting popular, it does not mean people did not celebrate the lantern festival before. More and more cities get enough funding to host a good-size festival.

Eating sweet sticky/glutinous rice balls

There are a few different flavors of sticky rice balls that you can easily find in the grocery stores.

White and pink sticky rice balls

These sticky rice balls are small. They do not have a filling.

Black sesame and peanut filled sticky rice balls are pretty popular, too.

Black sesame sticky rice balls

Peanut filled sticky rice balls

13 Traditional Chinese New Year Activities Infographic

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Have you experienced Chinese New Year in China or Taiwan in person? What activities did you do during the Chinese New Year? Share them with us in the comments below!

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另外，作为传统的一部分，节日又会有横向的传播和纵向的传承，也可以用 "变化" 来概括。 这些内容基本上可以用四个问题来总结： 为什么庆祝？怎么庆祝？为什么用这样的方式庆祝？什么发生了变化？ 春节还有一个独特的现象-- 春运 ，这又涉及家庭、迁移、平等和认同等较为深刻的话题。

下图是根据上面的分析拟定的主题内容框架：

在此框架下，根据2018版新大纲规定的五大主题，我们可以尝试从以下几个话题来探究传统节日这个大主题：

探究"变化"这一概念时，最重要的是把所有变化的可能性列出，这样我们才能带领学生全面分析各种各样的变化。

我们用四章思维导图汇总了"传统节日--春节"这个大主题下四个教学单元的 概念、教学内容及评估活动， 供老师们参考。

具体每一个单元可以设计怎样的教学内容，安排哪些评估活动？又有哪些教学资源供我们选择呢？ 《IBDP中文B大主题单元创作》 一书中有非常详细的教学案例供大家参考。

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另外，作为传统的一部分，节日又会有横向的传播和纵向的传承，也可以用 "变化" 来概括。 这些内容基本上可以用四个问题来总结： 为什么庆祝？怎么庆祝？为什么用这样的方式庆祝？什么发生了变化？ 春节还有一个独特的现象-- 春运 ，这又涉及家庭、迁移、平等和认同等较为深刻的话题。 下图是根据上面的分析拟定的主题内容框架： 在此框架下，根据2018版新大纲规定的五大主题，我们可以尝试从以下几个话题来探究传统节日这个大主题： 探究"变化"这一概念时，最重要的是把所有变化的可能性列出，这样我们才能带领学生全面分析各种各样的变化。 我们用四章思维导图汇总了"传统节日--春节"这个大主题下四个教学单元的 概念、教学内容及评估活动， 供老师们参考。 具体每一个单元可以设计怎样的教学内容，安排哪些评估活动？又有哪些教学资源供我们选择呢？ 《IBDP中文B大主题单元创作》 一书中有非常详细的教学案例供大家参考。

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Chinese New Year is the time for family reunion and spring-cleaning. Once a year, people in the family get together to celebrate this special festival. We use illustration to portrait the happy and lively moment of the New Year and wish the card recipient a happy new year. We also designed both print and digital card to spread out this blessing!

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過年9天連假不想出門人擠人，又不知道在家能幹嘛？別擔心，小編教你幾款超簡單摺紙，不僅能為家中添「年味」，讓新的一年福氣滿滿，還可以避免與不熟的親戚陷入大眼瞪小眼的窘況。還在猶豫什麼？快跟著小編一起動手做吧！

摺紙之前，要先準備的材料有...

方形色紙+黑色筆+雙面膠

豬豬紅包袋

小提醒：影片中紙張大小為30 x 30公分，成品可以放進百元鈔票喔！

桃花朵朵開

小提醒：影片中一個花瓣的紙張大小為7.5 x 7.5公分，可以隨喜好變換花朵顏色。

祈願天燈

小提醒：影片中紙張大小為15 x 15公分，也可以在天燈上穿線，掛在家中更應景喔！

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過年9天連假不想出門人擠人，又不知道在家能幹嘛？別擔心，小編教你幾款超簡單摺紙，不僅能為家中添「年味」，讓新的一年福氣滿滿，還可以避免與不熟的親戚陷入大眼瞪小眼的窘況。還在猶豫什麼？快跟著小編一起動手做吧！ 方形色紙+黑色筆+雙面膠 小提醒：影片中紙張大小為30 x 30公分，成品可以放進百元鈔票喔！ 小提醒：影片中一個花瓣的紙張大小為7.5 x 7.5公分，可以隨喜好變換花朵顏色。 小提醒：影片中紙張大小為15 x 15公分，也可以在天燈上穿線，掛在家中更應景喔！

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By Hallmark staff

Chinese New Year is the longest, most celebrated event in Chinese communities around the world. Each year, the Chinese New Year celebration falls on the date of the first new moon on the Chinese lunar calendar, which can be in late January or early to mid-February. Fireworks displays on the eve of the new year often begin the 15-day Chinese New Year festivities. The Lantern Festival marks the end of the New Year celebrations on the fifteenth day.

Legends abound about the origins of the ancient Chinese New Year holiday. One well-known story says the man-eating dragon Nian (also the word for "year") terrorized the country until a wise man convinced the dragon to eat other beasts. The wise man then advised the people to ward off the monster by making loud noises and hanging red decorations on windows and doors. The dragon was thought to be scared of the color red.

Today, the color red symbolizes the celebration, and gold appears as a tribute to the brilliance of Chinese culture. Peach blossoms and the narcissus and chrysanthemum all have symbolic value for a new year of prosperity, good health and happiness. The Chinese tradition of giving money packets, or laisee packets, is also thought to bring luck to both the giver and receiver.

Chinese zodiac: What's your sign?

The 12-year cycle in the Chinese calendar recognizes each of a dozen animals in the Chinese zodiac. People are thought to share some characteristics and traits of the animals that are associated with their birth years. Look below to learn more about your Chinese zodiac sign-and discover the animal in you!

Rat: 1912, 1924, 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008, 2020

Determined and ambitious, people born in the year of the rat are hungry for success and relentless in achieving their goals. Their intelligence means they have the ability to go far, but they can be hotheaded when faced with difficulties, which can lead to conflict. Their charm and confidence mean they have few problems attracting the opposite sex. Longer-term relationships can be more challenging, however, because of their unwillingness to compromise. They do not like to share. Source: gohongkong.about.com

Cow (Ox): 1913, 1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009, 2021

People with these birth years are patient, reliable and loyal. They are happiest when their lives and relationships are stable. They tend to form strong and long-lasting friendships and often have a small but solid circle of friends. While usually relaxed, these people can be apprehensive of change, and this fear can make them sensitive to criticism and unwilling to accept other people's opinions. Source: gohongkong.about.com

Tiger: 1914, 1926, 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010, 2022

Passionate about life, people born in these years tend to act before they think and throw all their energies into every situation. They are supremely confident and breed confidence in those around them, and they tend to be leaders and great orators. But their hot and cold emotions mean they are easily bored and change their mind and opinions frequently. They warm to people quickly and usually have many friends, but they can often be too easily influenced. Source: gohongkong.about.com

Rabbit (Hare): 1915, 1927, 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011, 2023

The rabbit is one of the noblest signs. People with these birth years are considered principled and honorable and often gain the admiration of those around them. They care deeply about family and friends, and their kindness and sympathy for others means they have long and strong relationships. With their honesty and talent for dealing with people, they can often rise to positions of influence. Their good intentions can make them easy targets for people who take advantage of their charity and sympathy, and their gullibility can lead them into trouble. Source: gohongkong.about.com

Dragon: 1916, 1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012, 2024

The dragon is one of the strongest signs in the Chinese zodiac. People born in these years have tireless spirits, which often bring them success. Because of their backbone and resolve, people often turn to people of the dragon zodiac in times of crisis, and they can be relied upon to help out others. Their bravery means there are few situations they cannot overcome. A fiery temperament drives these people and can make them impulsive and impetuous. They dislike routines and are regularly searching for new challenges and opportunities. Source: gohongkong.about.com

Snake: 1917, 1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013, 2025

Naturally intelligent, people born in the year of the snake have a thirst for knowledge and education, giving them a wisdom that makes them prudent and rational when it comes to both money and relationships. They rarely make hasty decisions, preferring to be patient and consider the pros and cons before choosing a course. Because of their deliberate approach to life, these people cope well with stress. However, they can seem emotionally detached and can struggle to express themselves. Source: gohongkong.about.com

Horse: 1918, 1930, 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014, 2026

Full of wit and personality, people born in the year of the horse revel in being the center of attention, and their outgoing and sociable behavior means they usually have many friends. They usually have little difficulty in attracting the opposite sex. But they can be quick to fall in love and often have intense, brief relationships that end in heartbreak. Regardless of their relationship status, people born in the year of the horse like to be independent, and their can-do attitude and self-confidence can often drive them to success. Source: gohongkong.about.com

Sheep (Goat): 1919, 1931, 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015, 2027

People with these birth years are thoughtful and kind to those around them, value their family and friends and often put other people first. Gentle in their personality, people with the sheep zodiac tend to have an affinity for culture and are often creatively gifted. Because of their sensitivity and concern, they are deep thinkers as well as worriers, making them easily stressed and often tense. Source: gohongkong.about.com

Monkey: 1920, 1932, 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016, 2028

Traits of people born in these years include confidence, charisma and a dash of cuteness, often making them popular with friends and potential partners. People of the monkey zodiac are imaginative, adventurous and restless, which can make them seem rebellious and unwilling to accept authority. Their inquisitive natures and creativity often make them gifted at overcoming challenges and striving under stress. Their natural talents may sometimes be lost to laziness, and they can seem condescending and egotistical. Source: gohongkong.about.com

Rooster: 1921, 1933, 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017, 2029

With high expectations and high standards, people with the rooster zodiac demand the best for themselves and are tenacious in doing whatever it takes to achieve their goals. Although their ideals may seem impossibly ambitious, their approach to life is practical, disciplined and hardworking. They are sharp and capable and conquer the obstacles that face them resolutely. These people take failure very personally and can be highly critical of themselves and others, which can make them appear insensitive. Source: gohongkong.about.com

Dog: 1922, 1934, 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018, 2030

People of the dog zodiac have naturally happy dispositions and are eternal optimists, always seeing the best in themselves and others. Their enthusiasm is infectious and can inspire others to look to them for leadership. Although they value loyalty and are trusting of others, they are easily jealous and are unforgiving after disagreements and arguments. An innate stubbornness also means they will rarely admit when they are wrong. Source: gohongkong.about.com

Pig: 1923, 1935, 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2019, 2031

People born in these years are down-to-earth and instantly likable. Others rely on them for their honesty and sense of fairness. Their friendliness and compassion make them excellent at dealing with people, and they are excellent judges of character. Despite their belief in other people, they can often underestimate themselves and feel they lack the skills or talent to achieve what they want most in life. Source: gohongkong.about.com

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By Hallmark staff Chinese New Year is the longest, most celebrated event in Chinese communities around the world. Each year, the Chinese New Year celebration falls on the date of the first new moon on the Chinese lunar calendar, which can be in late January or early to mid-February.

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豬年
新年歌

每条大街小巷 每个人的嘴里 见面第一句话

就是恭喜恭喜

恭喜恭喜恭喜你呀 恭喜恭喜恭喜你

冬天已到尽头 正是好的消息 温暖的春风

就要吹醒大地

恭喜恭喜恭喜你呀 恭喜恭喜恭喜你

皓皓冰雪溶解 眼看梅花吐蕊 慢慢花也活络

听到一声鸡啼
恭喜恭喜恭喜你呀 恭喜恭喜恭喜你

经过多少困难 经历多少磨练 多少心儿盼望

盼望春的消息

恭喜恭喜恭喜你呀 恭喜恭喜恭喜你

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Every winter, a sixth of the world's population, including more than one billion Chinese citizens, celebrate Chinese New Year. The 15-day festival, also known as Lunar New Year or the Spring Festival, kicks off on the second new moon after the winter solstice, or according to the Gregorian calendar in use since the 16th century, sometime between January 21 and February 19. But Chinese New Year goes back a lot further than the 16th century- it's based on the ancient Chinese calendar, which existed as early as the 14th century BC. Even though China adopted the Western calendar in 1912 and began marking January 1 as the official start of the year, Chinese New Year remains the country's most important social and economic holiday.
每年冬天，全世界六分之一的人口，包含超過十億中國人，慶祝中國新年。這持續十五天的節日，又稱作農曆新年或春節，在冬至後的第二個新月開始，或根據十六世紀開始使用的公曆，中國新年大約落在一月二十一號和二月十九號間。不過中國新年可回溯至十六世紀更久遠以前－－它是以中國古老曆法為根據，那早在西元前十四世紀就存在。即使中國在 1912 年採用西洋曆法，並開始將一月一號標為正式的一年之始，中國新年仍是國家最重要的社交和商業節慶。

Over the centuries, holiday festivities have spread far beyond China and now take place all over the world. In fact, the biggest celebration outside of China takes place in the United States- San Francisco to be exact. Ever since the Gold Rush in the 1840s and '50s brought an influx of Chinese immigrant workers to Northern California, the city has held a massive parade for Chinese New Year.
幾世紀來，節日慶典已遠佈至中國以外的地方，如今在全世界舉行。事實上，中國外最大的慶典就在美國舉行－－準確點說是在舊金山。自 1840 和 1850 年代的淘金熱將大量中國移工帶到北加州後，舊金山這城市就為中國新年舉辦盛大的遊行活動。

According to Chinese tradition, each year is named for one of the 12 animals associated with the Chinese zodiac. Two of those animals, the dragon and the rabbit, are particularly important to Chinese New Year. You'll see dragons everywhere, because the Chinese are said to have descended from the mythical creature. And on the 15th day of the New Year, known as the Festival of Lanterns, many people display paper lanterns in the shape of rabbits. These symbolize a Chinese goddess named Chang'e, who is said to have brought a rabbit along with her when she jumped on the moon.
依照中國傳統，每年是以和中國生肖有關的十二種動物之一命名。那其中兩種動物，龍和兔，對中國新年特別重要。你在任何地方都會看到龍，因為中國人據說是這種玄妙生物的後代。而在新年的第十五天，稱作燈節，許多人展示出以兔為形的紙燈籠。這些象徵一位名為嫦娥的中國女神，據說她在跳到月亮時帶了隻兔子一起。

To prepare for Chinese New Year, lots of people clean out their houses to rid them of ghosts and bad luck associated with the old year. They might get a new haircut and clothes, settle disagreements, or pay off debts in order to start the year fresh. In this way, the Chinese New Year customs resemble the Western custom of New Year's resolutions.
為了準備過中國新年，許多人打掃房子以除去和舊的一年有關的鬼魂和厄運。他們可能會剪個新髮型和買新衣、化解紛爭，或還清債務好有個新年新氣象。就這方面，中國新年的習俗和西方的新年新希望習俗相似。

In the late-night hours of Chinese New Year's Eve, many families make dumplings together. This food is said to bring good fortune to the household. Long noodles are also a traditional Chinese New Year's dish. But if you wanna live a long life, never cut the noodles while eating them. And be sure to wear red, the color of good luck, and avoid black, which many people associate with death. Whether they're superstitions or resolutions, one thing's for sure: There's a lot of tradition associated with Chinese New Year that we bet you didn't know!
在除夕的深夜，許多家庭會一起包餃子。據說這種食物會帶給家庭好運。長壽麵也是傳統的中國新年料理。不過如果你想要長命百歲，永遠不要在吃長壽麵時把麵條咬斷。務必穿著紅色，喜氣的顏色，並避免黑色，許多人將黑色和死亡聯想在一起。無論那些是迷信或決心，有件事是毫無疑問的：有許多和中國新年相關的傳統，我們敢說你不知道!

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Every winter, a sixth of the world's population, including more than one billion Chinese citizens, celebrate Chinese New Year. The 15-day festival, also known as Lunar New Year or the Spring Festival, kicks off on the second new moon after the winter solstice, or according to the Gregorian calendar in use since the 16th century, sometime between January 21 and February 19.

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绘本带你领略雪天的元宵节怎么打灯笼

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元宵节的今天，除了东北外，估计全国人民都会在晴朗的天气里过元宵节了。没了降雪的元宵节，似乎总觉得少了童年时的热闹和欢乐。让我们翻开绘本，重温在漫天大雪里的元宵节打灯笼的热闹、欢畅与遗憾吧。

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轉貼在中國雅虎論壇上看到有十二生肖的國畫圖分享, 點圖就可看到原圖。(Chinese zodiac animation pictures)

Note: 1/12/2010 原圖好像都不見了, 找到別處的, 這次下載了再貼, 應該不會掉了。不知道畫家是哪位, 畫的真好。 1/6/2011 右邊的 字與圖的結合 很藝術。

子zǐ 鼠shǔ Rat: 1924, 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008, 2020

丑chǒu 牛niú Ox: 1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009, 2021

寅yín 虎hǔ Tiger: 1926, 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010, 2022

卯mǎo 兔tù Rabbit: 1927, 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011, 2023

辰chén 龍lóng Dragon: 1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012, 2024

巳sì 蛇shé Snake: 1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013, 2025

午wǔ 馬mǎ Horse: 1930, 1942, 1954,1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014, 2026

未wèi 羊yáng Ram: 1931, 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015, 2027

申shēn 猴hóu Monkey: 1932, 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016, 2028

酉yǒu 雞jī Rooster: 1921, 1933, 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017, 2029

戍xū 狗gǒu Dog: 1922, 1934, 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018, 2030

亥hài 豬zhū Pig: 1923, 1935, 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2019, 2031

美麗的字畫, 按圖至原下載點:

謝謝 燕燕老師告訴我下面這張美麗的圖, 問過 作者後, 可以加入收集。 請使用者在用漂亮的圖時, 不要忘記加上圖片的來源喔! (按圖至原作者文章, 十二生肖吉祥話)

有趣的漢字演變動畫裡有十二生肖字的演變, 紙的藝術 中也有生肖剪紙欣賞。

測驗一下學會了多少動物名稱? Zodiac animal name game

YouTube上的影片:

中國青花瓷做的 十二生肖圖片 。

網路上的著色圖:

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