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In China, January 23, 2012, is the beginning of the new
year. In China it will be the year 4710! Chinese New Year
does not fall on the same date each year, although it is
always in January or February.
On New Year's Day, Chinese people add a year to their
age, no matter when they were born. This is the biggest
birthday party of all!
The Chinese tell a story that, one day, a great teacher
named Buddha invited all the animals to a meeting.
Only 12 animals came. Buddha named a year after each
of these animals.
The Chinese year starting January 23, 2012, is named
after the dragon, a powerful, mythical creature.
Find the year you were born. Then work with a parent
to figure out the animal representing the year they were
born by counting back counter-clockwise. (Someone
born in 1962 would be born in the year of the tiger.)
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Worldwide Celebration
Chinese communities around the world
celebrate thenew year with fireworks,
parades, gongs, music,
eating and gift-giving.
Special foods are
prepared and
homes are cleaned
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happiness and good
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People look forward to the Golden Dragon
Parade, a Chinese New Year tradition.
According to legend, the Golden Dragon,
"Gum Lung," has been asleep for a year.
He wakes up only for the parade. To make
sure he stays awake for the entire parade,
people throw firecrackers in his path.
San Francisco holds the largest
Golden Dragon Parade outside of Asia.
It takes 100 people to carry the colorful,
bright-eyed dragon. More than 600,000
firecrackers will be thrown. The dragon's
head is 6 feet long. The entire dragon is
more than 200 feet long.
Join the Excitement!
Tell your friends, "Gung Hay Fat Choy!"
That means "Happy New Year!" in Chinese
Use the code to get some
details on how to celebrate
Chinese New Year!
This dragon overslept
Help him get to the
parade!
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Standards Link: Social Studies: Students understand the customs, ceremonies, traditions and social practices of varied cultures.
The
World
Together
Today most
communities are made
up of people from
many parts of the
world. Look through
the newspaper to find
examples of words,
products, foods and
celebrations that show
the diversity in your
community.
Standards Link: Social Science:
Students recognize the forms of
diversity in their community and
the benefits of a diverse
population.
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When people visit China, some are surprised
to find that there are no fortune cookies. That's
because fortune cookies were invented in
's Chinatown!
Many years ago, a Chinese New Year
tradition gave one Chinatown restaurant
owner an idea. Each New Year, people
in Chinatown write greetings, blessings
and sayings on long pieces of red
and hang these near their doors. He
wrote these on little
pieces of paper and folded
cookies around them for a
crispy dessert treat. What
a fortunate dessert!
Bom iennume Word Search
Look at the
fortunes to find
the missing
words.
Learn how to draw a Chinese dragon in eight
easy steps! Visit: www.kidscoop.com/kids
for printable instructions.
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stories and activities.
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Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognized identical
words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
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Advertise the New Year
Create a newspaper advertisement to promote
a Chinese New Year celebration. Use the ads
in the newspaper for ideas on how to make
your poster look exciting and appealing.
Standards Link: Writing: Research: Understand the organization
of newspapers and how print materials convey information.
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Below are the Chinese
characters for each of the
animals. On the left, you'll
see the complete character.
Fill in what's missing in
each character on the right.
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the letters in the word DRAGON
in each vertical and horizontal
row. Each letter should only be
used once in each row. Some
spaces have been filled in for you.
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Make a Fortune!
Pretend it is your job
to write the fortunes
at the fortune cookie
factory. Can you
come up with 10
fortunes?
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Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 354, Ed. 1 Monday, January 9, 2012, newspaper, January 9, 2012; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth229657/m1/10/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.