Y6 Mandarin class made this book to introduce Lunar new year traditions and celebrations at Bangkok Prep.

Lunar New Year 2021-22

The lunar new year is a very well-known festival that is celebrated worldwide.

This day occurs on different days of the year because it depends on the different phases of the moon. This year the festival falls on the 1st of February.

During this day people stay up late and have a feast with their relatives.

Additionally, there are lots of lion dance shows to watch all over the country. 

It is also believed that making loud noises on Lunar New year's day is good because it scares away the monster, Nian.

Lunar New Year Traditions

The first day of lunar new year begins with a festive dinner. loud fireworks and noisy festive

𝙲𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝙻𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎, 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚘𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚟𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚏𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚊𝚕𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚢𝚖𝚋𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝙲𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚊, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚜 "𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚘𝚗." 𝙸𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚘𝚗 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚕𝚞𝚌𝚔 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎.

Messages from Mr Owen, Mr Breen &amp; Ms Bialek

traditions include serving of fish and you must save some leftovers to represent surplus in the new year, serving items like spring rolls represent gold bars that symbolize wealth, maybe serve one whole chicken also to represent wholeness and prosperity 

Hanging lanterns 挂灯笼 , Spring couplets 贴春联， Have new years dinner 吃年夜饭,

For Chinese new year people usually eat fish to represent surplus, spring roll and dumplings look like gold bars so they eat these for the the new years eve dinner. Spring couplets are propitious verses written In black or gold ink written in red paper. it is to express sincere blessings and good wishes, people usually put it in their door stop . Chinese lanterns are hung to symbolize happiness and many believe it drive away bad luck.

𝔹𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕜𝕠𝕜 ℙ𝕣𝕖𝕡 ℙ𝕣𝕚𝕞𝕒𝕣𝕪 𝕄𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕟

Story of 年 Nián

chinese new year story "nian"

Nian have sharp teeth and horns also some villagers would escape to remote mountains to avoid Nian's attack. someone told that nian is scraed of red, fire and loud noises so people do it so that Nian will never ever came back. at night when it was the full moon Nian came at the villagers place but then Nian saw the color of red on people house next people light up firework and make loud noises that make Nian scraed so Nian had to ran back and never came back to the villagers place.

Wishes from Mandarin Classes: 新年快乐，虎年大吉，恭喜发财，红包拿来！

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