Chinese New Year 12 Animal Signs Party! Chinese New Year is called Lunar New Year 農曆年|农历年liand Spring Festival春節|春节 in Mandarin Chinese. We are officially entering the Year of the PIG (Feb. 5, 2019). PIG is the last animal of the 12-year cycle on the Chinese calendar. So, what animal comes next? The one comes next will be the first and the beginning of a brand new 12-year Chinese animal sign cycle. Have you heard the story of
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Chinese New Year is Lunar New Year or Spring Festival in Chinese. Lunar New Year is the most amazing time of the year for many Asian countries. It is celebrated in China, Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Macau, and Chinese communities around the world! Now, you can also see Lunar New Year festival activities in major international cities. You cansee event listing by location at the end of this post. These events are for the Chinese
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Are you ready for the Mid-Autumn Festival? Every Chinese festival is an opportunity for children to learn more about Chinese language and Chinese culture. For the Mid-Autumn Festival, there are quite a lot to share with children. There are stories to read aloud, there is food to share or make, and there are fun tradition to explore! I am always thrilled to read all the questions from you, your children and students about Chinese culture and Chinese
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Chinese Ghost Festival Meets Halloween and Day of the Dead – Is there a Chinese Halloween? The Chinese Ghost Festival is an event in the Chinese Ghost Month! In Chinese culture, the seventh month of the lunar calendar is the “ghost month” and it has many taboos. These taboos include that people should not swim in rivers, weddings should not be held, and moving or buying a house is prohibited, just to name a few. Even though
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The origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival The Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival or “Zhōng Qiū Jié” (中秋節) occurs on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month each year (falling in September or October on our familiar solar calendar). Because this holiday is based on the lunar calendar, where it falls on the solar calendar varies from year to year. As the festival is celebrated at the midpoint of the lunar month (also the middle of autumn), it is
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Chinese Lunar New Year series presents “Chinese New Year Must-Know Lucky Phrases!” Happy Spring Festival! Happy Lunar New Year! Why do you need to know the Chinese New Year Must-Know Lucky Phrases? It is because the most important thing during the Lunar New Year is to keep a positive spirit and to say the traditional Chinese lucky phrases when greeting family and friends. Here are the TOP three lucky phrases you will hear during Chinese Lunar New
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Read Learning Unit Description here. Are you a Monkey? Are you a Chicken/Rooster? Are you a dog? Are you a pig? Chinese children ask their friends these questions for fun. They also use the Animal Birth Signs to figure out how old their friends are. With the arrival of the Year of the Rooster less than 10 days, we are going to take a look at the fun twelve Chinese Animal Birth Signs . There are
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Lucky Word Sign Craft for the Chinese Lunar New Year We are going to work on a cultural craft for the Lunar New Year. This is one classic and most popular Chinese Lunar New Year lucky word sign you will see throughout the Chinese lunar new year celebration. Many Chinese families keep this sign up in the house all year long. They replace it with a new one in the next new year. We welcome the Year
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A special Thank You to Miss Panda’s artist friend, Matt Cox for creating the Dragon Boat Festival coloring pages for all the readers on Miss Panda Chinese! Matt speaks English, Japanese and he has been learning Mandarin Chinese together with his daughter. Note: The following copyrighted coloring pages are for non-profit educational use only. Dragon Boat – Lóng Zhōu 龍舟 Dragon – Lóng 龍 Related post: Learning About Dragon Boat Festival Save Save
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Chinese New Year – Spring Festival – Lunar New Year is coming and I have selected three songs for you to learn and sing with the family or friends for the Chinese New Year. These are not the classic traditional songs for the Chinese New Year. These are the contemporary songs that will go very well with the celebration of the Lunar New Year! I include the lyrics in Chinese characters and pinyin for you to follow
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