https://padlet.com/grace_oualline/txsqvumykoo0 Made with ♥ en-us 2018-05-24 02:02:32 UTC 2023-01-24 18:52:30 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Cake.png grace_oualline https://padlet.com/grace_oualline/txsqvumykoo0/wish/263210914 The first day of the lunar year , usually two or three new moons after the winter solstice. It takes place on the first day of spring. Celebrations run for 15 days from The New Year to the Lantern Festival. It is a major holiday in China as well as its surrounding Countries. The festival was a time to honor their elders and ancestors. The evening after the celebrations was celebrated with a family reunion. Families would also clean the house to get rid of past bad luck and make room for fortune and prosperity. People would set off firecrackers to frighted off evil spirits. Areas are decorated with the color red, which symbolizes good luck and happiness.
Elders give children Red envelopes full of money as if to bless them with a year full of prosperity. Every year there is also a big Dragon Dance. Dragons represents good luck, and the dance drives out evil.]]> 2018-05-24 02:04:51 UTC https://padlet.com/grace_oualline/txsqvumykoo0/wish/263210914 grace_oualline https://padlet.com/grace_oualline/txsqvumykoo0/wish/263903037 Each Month starts at every new moon. Years begin on the second or third new moon after the winter solstice. The year starts on the first day of Spring.]]> 2018-05-27 22:13:14 UTC https://padlet.com/grace_oualline/txsqvumykoo0/wish/263903037 grace_oualline https://padlet.com/grace_oualline/txsqvumykoo0/wish/263904227 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_calendar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_New_Year
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https://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/festivals/red-envelop.htm
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qixi_Festival
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Autumn_Festival]]> 2018-05-27 22:26:33 UTC https://padlet.com/grace_oualline/txsqvumykoo0/wish/263904227 grace_oualline https://padlet.com/grace_oualline/txsqvumykoo0/wish/263907416 2018-05-27 23:15:11 UTC https://padlet.com/grace_oualline/txsqvumykoo0/wish/263907416 grace_oualline https://padlet.com/grace_oualline/txsqvumykoo0/wish/264097697 Takes place 15 days after Chinese New Year, on the first full moon of the New Year. It signifies an end to the spring festivals. It started when Emperor Ming of Han saw that the Buddhist lighted lanterns on the 15th day of the year. So he orders all households to do so. People go out and enjoy the extravagant shows of lanterns and lights and try to solve lantern riddles. Lanterns can be normal, or can be shapes of animals and have pictures painted on them.]]> 2018-05-28 20:41:49 UTC https://padlet.com/grace_oualline/txsqvumykoo0/wish/264097697 grace_oualline https://padlet.com/grace_oualline/txsqvumykoo0/wish/264336557 2018-05-29 18:08:58 UTC https://padlet.com/grace_oualline/txsqvumykoo0/wish/264336557 grace_oualline https://padlet.com/grace_oualline/txsqvumykoo0/wish/264337371 It is celebrated on the 5th day of the 5th month of the lunar calendar. The festival is to remember and honor Qu Yuan, a poet and minister. He killed himself by jumping into the Milou river. The local people took their boats out to try and save him, or at least retrieve the body. That is where the dragon boats come from. They dropped rice balls into the river so the fish would eat the rice and not his body, originating zongzi. Today, people hold boat races and scatter zongzi in the water during the Dragon Boat festival.]]> 2018-05-29 18:12:15 UTC https://padlet.com/grace_oualline/txsqvumykoo0/wish/264337371 grace_oualline https://padlet.com/grace_oualline/txsqvumykoo0/wish/264341117 It takes place on the 7th day of the 7th month of the lunar calendar. It celebrates the annual meeting of a cowherd and a weaver girl. Their love was forbidden so they had to stay on either side of the silver river. But once a year, Magpies would make a bridge so the couple could meet. Tanabata is also known as China's Valentine's day. During Tanabata tree and bamboo is set up so a passerby can write a wish on a piece of paper and put it on the tree.  Couples give each other flowers and chocolate just like in the western Valentines day.]]> 2018-05-29 18:25:28 UTC https://padlet.com/grace_oualline/txsqvumykoo0/wish/264341117 grace_oualline https://padlet.com/grace_oualline/txsqvumykoo0/wish/264344683 2018-05-29 18:37:53 UTC https://padlet.com/grace_oualline/txsqvumykoo0/wish/264344683 grace_oualline https://padlet.com/grace_oualline/txsqvumykoo0/wish/264345075 It is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the Chinese lunar calendar. It is a Chinese thanksgiving, sparking family reunions and giving thanks for a good harvest. It was originally to celebrate mountainous deities after the harvest was finished. It was also to worship the hero Houyi's wife who lived on the moon. Lanterns are put up as decoration and mooncakes are eaten.]]> 2018-05-29 18:39:15 UTC https://padlet.com/grace_oualline/txsqvumykoo0/wish/264345075 grace_oualline https://padlet.com/grace_oualline/txsqvumykoo0/wish/264347664 2018-05-29 18:48:59 UTC https://padlet.com/grace_oualline/txsqvumykoo0/wish/264347664 grace_oualline https://padlet.com/grace_oualline/txsqvumykoo0/wish/264349071 2018-05-29 18:55:16 UTC https://padlet.com/grace_oualline/txsqvumykoo0/wish/264349071