https://padlet.com/sdutt/20february2018 Summarise the main information from text en-us 2018-02-19 00:24:40 UTC 2025-06-02 05:54:25 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/sdutt/20february2018/wish/233053484 2018-02-19 20:40:57 UTC https://padlet.com/sdutt/20february2018/wish/233053484 https://padlet.com/sdutt/20february2018/wish/233053517 Important part of the year for many people.
It is the longest and most anticipated of all China festivals.
During the Chinese New Year, the schools and universities are closed.
The celebration is one of the most profitable times of the year for local businesses.
Elders give children red envelopes with "lucky money" inside.
At the end of the celebration there is a festival called the Lantern Festival.]]> 2018-02-19 20:41:03 UTC https://padlet.com/sdutt/20february2018/wish/233053517 https://padlet.com/sdutt/20february2018/wish/233053712 1. Chinese New Year is also known as Lunar New Year or Spring festival which is celebrated on the 23rd day of the 12th lunar month of the Chinese calendar.
2. There are 7 lucky foods to eat during Chinese New Year - 
Fish - an increase in prosperity, Dumplings - wealth, Spring rolls - wealth, Tangyuan (Sweet Rice Balls) - family togetherness, Good fortune fruit - fullness and wealth, Niangao (Glutinous Rice Cake) - a higher income or a higher position and Longevity Noodles - happiness and longevity .
3. Chinese New Year is characterised by one of the twelve animals that make up the Chinese Zodiac. 
4. The sign and element are believed to affect the fate of individuals born in that year, as well as the world in general.]]> 2018-02-19 20:41:49 UTC https://padlet.com/sdutt/20february2018/wish/233053712 https://padlet.com/sdutt/20february2018/wish/233054347 (My Zodiac animal is a Dog i was born in 2006 I am a FIRE DOG) Chinese new year is also know as spring festival in modern China. Chinese new year started in the 16th of February and it's going for 15 days. It is the year of the Dog. Also the dog year has a 12 year cycle and this years element Dog is Earth Dog.]]> 2018-02-19 20:44:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sdutt/20february2018/wish/233054347 https://padlet.com/sdutt/20february2018/wish/233054818 1. It is also celebrated in Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and Vietnam. It is celebrated for fifteen days and is the most awaited event. The last day of the celebration is called the lantern festival.
2. In the Chinese culture red is a symbolic colour which means good luck and to make the bad spirits run away it is the chosen colour. That's why people wear red, red envelopes which the parents give money in for their children and even lanterns that decorate the house. People clean their house and busniess.
3. There are some symbolic choices of food for:
Fish - sucsess
Dumplings - wealth
Spring rolls - wealth
Tang yuan (sweet rice balls) - Unity among each other.
Good fortune fruit - wealth and fullness
Niango (Rice Cake) - a promotion
Longevity Noodles - happines and a long life
Some families can have some little meals but rich families might have 8 or even 9!
4. Schools and Universities have a holiday for one month and some workers get atleast 1 week of holiday.Last year in the new year week they spent around $47 billion.
5. Every year there is a symbolic animal with a symbolic element this year its the earth dog. Every 12 years the same animal is repeated.
6. New year is to remember the good moments of the past year and then welcome the next with great joy and to quit all bad habits and to stay healthy.]]> 2018-02-19 20:46:19 UTC https://padlet.com/sdutt/20february2018/wish/233054818 https://padlet.com/sdutt/20february2018/wish/233055822 1.Every year for the Chinese new year they have a animal of the year. This year it is the year of the dog.
2.During the 15 days of the Chinese new year celebration they eat 7 types of different food as, it is very lucky to them to eat during the celebration.
3. The colour Red is very lucky to them.
4. In Cantonese the number 'four'sounds like the word for death, so it is avoided.
5. In China, Chinese new year is the most profitable time of the year for local businesses.

 ]]> 2018-02-19 20:50:19 UTC https://padlet.com/sdutt/20february2018/wish/233055822 https://padlet.com/sdutt/20february2018/wish/233056331 1. The Chinese new year had begun on the 16th of February and is still going  on for 15 days. It is one of the longest festivals in China. Chinese New Year is also celebrated in Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam.

2. Before the Chinese new year starts everyone tidies up their homes so that they have room for good luck/good fortune. Everything is most likely to be red since red is the colour that gives you good luck and gets rid of evil spirits.  Kids get a holiday from school, and get to celebrate with many things including fireworks.

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During the Chinese New Year there are particular foods that grant them different things:

Fish - Higher Prosperity (Peace)

Dumplings and Springrolls - Wealth (Money)

Tang yuan (Some sort of Rice Balls) - Keeping their family together

Good fortune fruit  - wealth (Money) and fullness.

Niagao (Glutinous Rice Cake) - Gives you a higher income/higher position.

Longevity Noodles - Happiness and Longevity as said in it's name.

4. Food plays a big part in the Chinese new year. They have different symbols and meanings.  For example; The dumplings look like silver ingots which represents wealth/money. The dumplings are very popular during the lantern festival. Also in the food subject, you will never get 4 kinds of food on one dish since 4 is believed to be the unlucky number. In Cantonese,  the number 4 sounds like death.

5. Many people gain a holiday up-to a month during the Chinese New Year. Experts think that the Chinese go on over 3 billion trips Chunyun travel period. In 2017, during New Year Week they spent over $47 billion US dollars.

6. Every Chinese year has one of 12 animals as its name. This year (2018) is an earth dog. These animals make up the Chinese zodiac. They also add one of the 5 elements which are; metal, water, wood, fire or earth. People also make horoscopes or character traits for those who are born in that specific year of that animal.

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What do the Chinese residents do during the Chinese new year?

23rd - 29th of the 12th month in the lunar calendar:
Cleaning their house
New Year Shopping

New years eve (30th of the 12th month in the lunar calendar):
Putting up spring couplets
(Chinese words on red paper in a scroll)
Enjoy a family dinner.
Giving red envelopes with money to children.
Staying up late.

Chinese new year day:
Lighting fireworks
Offering sacrifices to their ancestors

Day 2 - 7:
Visiting relatives and friends

Day 8:
Most people go back to school/work

Day 15 (Lantern Festival):
Lighting and watching the Lanterns
Eating sweet dumplings
And more fireworks

8.]]> 2018-02-19 20:52:34 UTC https://padlet.com/sdutt/20february2018/wish/233056331 https://padlet.com/sdutt/20february2018/wish/233057277 It's the year of the  Earth Dog meaning and school's and university were closed in China for a whole month.]]> 2018-02-19 20:57:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sdutt/20february2018/wish/233057277 https://padlet.com/sdutt/20february2018/wish/233057782 1.These are the years of the Earth Dog 1934, 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006 and 2018. Schools and University's are closed for a month.

2. In the Chinese New Year their are different types of food that have the same and also different definitions to them. Spring roll means Wealth. Uncut Noodles means happiness and longevity. Dumplings mean wealth]]> 2018-02-19 20:58:38 UTC https://padlet.com/sdutt/20february2018/wish/233057782 https://padlet.com/sdutt/20february2018/wish/233058727 2018-02-19 21:03:23 UTC https://padlet.com/sdutt/20february2018/wish/233058727 https://padlet.com/sdutt/20february2018/wish/233058849

1.This year the  Chinese new year starts at 16 February and ends at march 2nd which means it goes for 15 days

•  During The Chinese new years children there is no school and get a special red envelope with lucky money in it from elders

•  There are  seven lucky food to eat in Chinese culture during this time which each represent different thing. These foods are Dumplings which represents wealth, Fish which represents the increase in prosperity, Spring Rolls which also represent wealth , Sweet Rice Balls which represents family's being together ,  Glutinous Rice Cake which represents a higher income , Noodles which represents  happiness and long living  and good fortune fruit which represents fullness and healthiness . 
• You will never see dish with 4 different types of foods on it because in Cantonese the number 4 sounds like death.

•  Last year in that one week of Chinese new year China alone spent 47 billion USD or 213.7 billion yuan.

•  The first ever year of the dog was 1934 which is almost 1 hundred years ago. ( The same animal comes again every 12 years) Since i was born in 2005 that means i was born on year of the rooster which means the last time that happened was last year.

•  Chinese astrologers predict that 2018 will be a positive year in both financially and people affected by the zodiac signs

]]> 2018-02-19 21:04:00 UTC https://padlet.com/sdutt/20february2018/wish/233058849 https://padlet.com/sdutt/20february2018/wish/233060357 Spring Rolls are one of the foods that will bring wealth, if you eat it during the Chinese New Year.]]> 2018-02-19 21:11:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sdutt/20february2018/wish/233060357 https://padlet.com/sdutt/20february2018/wish/233060994 Longevity Noodles bring happiness and longevity.]]> 2018-02-19 21:14:07 UTC https://padlet.com/sdutt/20february2018/wish/233060994 https://padlet.com/sdutt/20february2018/wish/233067726 2.  Dumplings also mean Wealth. Sweet Rice Balls mean family togetherness. Good Fortune Fruit (Orange, Grapes, Pomelo, Plum, Jujube, Peach and Plum Blossom.) means fullness and wealth. Glutinous Rice Cake  a higher income or a higher position.

3. They clean their house and sweep out any bad luck that might be in the house. The Chinese also wear red because they think that it will care away bad luck and demons. Chinese people spend over  $47 billion  (213.1 billion yuan) during the New Year Week.]]> 2018-02-19 21:55:45 UTC https://padlet.com/sdutt/20february2018/wish/233067726 https://padlet.com/sdutt/20february2018/wish/233518209 3.]]> 2018-02-20 21:00:42 UTC https://padlet.com/sdutt/20february2018/wish/233518209