Exploring Chinese New Year Traditions

Chinese traditional Festival

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01 Book Title

A NEW YEAR’S REUNION

02 Read the book to finish a lantern organiser

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What:

Why:

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What are the features of this Chinese festival ?

• It's a Chinese traditional festival in the winter
• It's a Chinese traditional festival in the summer

• It's a Chinese traditional festival in the autumn

• It's a Chinese traditional festival in the spring

What: Festival Features

 It's a Chinese traditional festival in the winter

 A haircut before the New Year to symbolise a

good year.

 A family wraps rice balls together and puts coins

inside for good luck for those who eat them.

 At night, the whole family sets off firecrackers.

 Put on your new clothes and meet your new

friends.

Chinese Traditional Festival

Festival Features：
· Chinese traditional festival
· haircut symbolise a good year
· wraps rice balls and put coins
· sets off firecrackers at night
· put on new clothes

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Who are the people in the festival?

Who: people in the festival

 Dad came back from a faraway place.

 Mum is at home waiting for Dad to come back.

 The child reunited with her father, whom she

hadn't seen for a long time.

 Relatives and friends who spend the holidays

together.

Who:

· dad came back
· mum is waiting for dad
· the child see her father again
· they meet their friends

Chinese Traditional Festival

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So that everything will go well in the next year

To avoid getting tangled hair

To have a fresh look for the New Year

Why: meanings of festival

 Get a haircut before the New Year so that

everything will go well in the coming year.

 Wrapping coins in rice balls to symbolise wealth

and good fortune.

 Firecrackers to celebrate and welcome the new

year.

 Wearing new clothes symbolises a new year and

good luck.

meanings of festival

· haircut for things go smoothly
· coins symbolise wealth
· fiecrackers to celebreate
· new clothes sant for lucky

Chinese Traditional Festival

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Who:

What:

Why:

Festival Feature：
Chinese traditional festival/haircut symbolise a good
year/wraps rice balls and put coins/sets off
firecrackers at night/put on new clothes

dad came back/mum is waiting for day
/the child see her father again/they meet their friends

haircut for things go smoothly/coins symbolise wealth
fiercrackers to celebreate/new clothes sandard for luck