Let's celebrate the Chinese New Year Festival together!
A Quick Glance
Name: Chinese new year festival
Date: the second new moon after the winter solstice
What to do: Chuan lin decoration
Food: Jiaozi
More information:
http://www.indiana.edu/~chasso/newyear.html
http://www.chinapage.com/newyear.html
http://chineseculture.about.com/library/weekly/aa011900a.htm
http://sunflower.singnet.com.sg/~cecil/calendar.htm
Chun Lian
Chun lian is a special type of couplet. It is used
only during the Chinese New Year as part of the celebration. Chun Lian is comprised
of couplets written on vertical strips of red paper in the best calligraphic
style one can muster. The first (called upper) line is posted on the right
side of the front door. The second (called lower) line is posted on the left
side of the front door. In addition, a third horizontal piece may be posted
across and on top the door. Typically, the Chun Lian writes a happy, hopeful,
uplifting message about a better New Year to come, like these:
Jiaozi
Jiaozi is perhaps the most special food in the Chinese people's life. First,
it is served at a particular time, right after midnight. Second, it is
served with barely any garlic soy sauce. Third, usually a coin is hidden
in one of the dumplings. The person who finds or bites the coin will be the
luckiest one in the New Year. It has been the custom to have dumplings for
breakfast on New Year's Day.
