Everybody, XinNianKuaiLe. Maybe some of you guys already know what this Chinese mean. It is literally translated to the greeting “happy Chinese new year” in English. Today is the Chinese New Year (Yeh). Chinese New Year is the most important traditional holiday in China. Despite its winter occurrence, Chinese New Year is also known as Spring Festival in China. The festival begins on the first day of the first month, which is today, and ends on the 15th day of that month. As I had mentioned, Chinese New Year is the longest and most important festivity in the chinese Lunisolar Calendar. Ancient Chinese New Year is a reflection on how the people behaved and what they believed in the most. In the celebration of the Chinese New Year, people …show more content…
Fish also play a large role in the celebrations. The word for fish, “Yu” sounds like the words both for and abundance. The fish is usually served whole, with head and tail, which mean having a good beginning and ending for the coming year. These round dumplings which is called JiaoZi signify family reunion. Its shape look like a bag the has many gold coins inside. This dish is called Lion’s Head Meatball. They are cooked with oversized meatballs and some vegetable soup. The lion represents power and strength in Chinese culture, while the oversized meatballs symbolize family reunion. Duck symbolizes fidelity in chinese culture. Also, sweet and sour pork is popular with families hoping for a lot of grandchildren because the Cantonese word for “sour” sounds like the word for grandchild. Cakes have a special place in Chinese New year celebrations. Chinese people called them NianGow. NianGow is made up of rice flour, wheat starch, water and sugar. Their sweetness symbolizes a rich and sweet life. The family will then end the night with firecrackers. In the next morning, children will greet their parents by wishing them a healthy and happy new year, and receive red packets. These red packets are envelopes that are passed out during the Chinese New year’s celebrations from married couples to unmarried teenagers and children. Red packets almost always contain money, usually from a couple of dollars to several hundred. The amount of
`The Hmong New Year is a cultural celebration that occurs annually, in the months of November and December, in areas where large Hmong population exists. In this speech, I am going to share the three main components that make up the celebration of Hmong New Year, such as the culture of the food, tradition clothes, and the activities that are involved.
The festival of Chinese New Year last fifteen days, with each day having a different theme and sets of activities to do. The first day is the beginning of the new year and the beginning of spring. In the morning, families will first light firecrackers to ward off evil spirits, before going out to visit the older and more senior members of their extended families, such as their grandparents, and great-grandparents. The younger generation will bow to their elders and wish them a happy new year. People also visit their friends and neighbors, and in modern times with increased technology, it is becoming more popular to make a ceremonial call instead of paying a visit in person. The next day is called Ying Xu Ri, or the day to welcome son-in-laws. On this day married daughters will visit their parental home with their husbands, bringing gifts and red envelopes for children in their parent’s home, and eat lunch together in order to connect better and discuss life (Day).
China town possess many cultural traditions and customs. One major cultural trait is the color red. In Chinese culture, red signifies happiness, prosperity, and luck. Many buildings have a very generous use of red. Doorways, walls, and even windows covers
Colors take on a big role for the new year’s. Table is decorated in red and gold, and the candles demonstrate a desire for peace(blue), prosperity(yellow), money(green), and white for health (“New Year’s”). People’s clothes are color coordinated according to superstitions. Women choose colored underwear according to what they wish for in the new year. Red indicates love, yellow suggest general good luck, green means money; and white influences health (“New Year’s”).
From the information given, New Year in each country has a unique celebration; especially there is a big
Let us just theoretically say that you are able to time travel. You are the leading scientist in a time-traveling operation, and feel that you should be allowed to take the first trip back in time. You have so many interesting places you can go: Rome, Greece, Mesopotamia, you name it. But for some reason, your gaze just keeps traveling back to Ancient China. Before you pack up all your things and leave this decade, let me tell you a little bit about why you should not go to China back during the 1000s-500s BC.
On the radiating morning in February of 2008, I woke up elated because today was Vietnamese New Year. The new year represented a new beginning, hope, and endless possibilities for the following year. My family and I tend to make an extravaganza out this holiday, because it is part of our traditions, and our culture. Ever since I was in preschool, every
New years eve is celebrated in many different ways across the world. There are many different traditions. America and china have many similarities and differences in the way that they celebrate. They are both very passionate in there different celebrations.
The Impact of Pigs on Popular Culture We all know what pigs are, generally speaking. However, one thing that not all of us know is that pigs had various impacts on certain aspects in popular culture. We are not only talking about cartoons and films here, but in most of the areas of popular culture. So get ready to see some of the cultural areas where pigs brought their presence into.
Some places in China, red is often represents giovanni cobolli gigli and luck, such as the Spring Festival, every household will put red couplets on the Spring Festival and the big red lantern hanging implication beaming, everything goes well, however, white represents not auspicious, such as someone's death, the family will be dressed in white clothes,To pray they have had a very good time in heaven.In addition, the dragon in the Chinese traditional culture is a powerful, noble, a symbol of honor, sometimes luck and a mark of succe
In China, there are some things that represent good luck and bad luck.Now, I will list the things I know as follows.
In Japan New Year is considered a family celebration. Most people go return to their home towns or parents' homes. The majority of shops and restaurants close for 3 days, people start
Not only is the dance performed during Chinese New Year, many perform this dance during business openings or wedding ceremonies all to bring positivity to the festivities. “Social interaction, action, knowledge, power, virtue and interdependent things and much are based on the supreme spiritual power of the Dragon” (Ranjan). The dragon is an important symbol for the Chinese and it is part of the reason why the Dragon Dance is so important to perform during great festivities.
Chunjie is the translated name of Chinese New Year which is also ‘Spring Festival’. It is a time for the Chinese to hold a number of traditions. This includes giving red packets or envelopes to children. Another is to light up some fireworks. The majority of these traditions are done in order to drive
There are many weird and bizzare traditions and cultures around the world. Many of them are on certain holidays or even on an everyday life. There are many of the these traditions around the world. One of these such places is China. China has many bizzare traditions.