Chinese Culture

Chinese people

• do not like to celebrate the New Year.

• hate preparations to celebrate the New Year.

• enjoy and are concerned about preparations to celebrate the New Year.

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What do Chinese people do in their houses to prepare fot the New Year Celebration??

• They paint and decorate them

• They clean and decorate them

• They pay a lot of money for a special decoration.

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What do they do with their clothes and hair?

• They buy new clothes and have their hair cut.

• They do not buy new clothes or have their hair cut because it means bad luck.

• They sell their clothes to pay their debts and have their hair cut.

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How do they decorate their living room?

• They put out platters of oranges and tangerines, vases and beautiful blossoms, and a tray with dried sweet fruit.

• They put out of vases of dried sweet fruits, platters of pretty blossoms and a tray with oranges and tangerines.

• They put out vases of orages and tangerines, platters of dried sweet fruit and a tray with pretty blossons.

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What are red couplets?

• They are greeding cards people exchange.

• They are red envelopes with money inside.

• They are good luck sentences written on a red paper.

What do people do with the red couplets?

• They hang them on their garage doors.

• They put them on doors or walls

• They send them to their friends and relatives

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What do Chinese family do on New Year's Eve?

• The family gathers for a big dinner.

• They get together to exchange presents.

• They get together to take pictures.

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What happens at midnight?

• After the clock strikes the New Year, people set off fireworks.

• Before the clock strikes midnight people set off fireworks.

• People listen to the clock strikes midnight, then they have a big dinner with more than ten dishes.

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What do people exchange on their first morning of the New Year?

• They exchange money

• They exchange blossoms

• They exchange greetings

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What do people give children on the first morning of the New Year?

• They give presents in packages called "lai see"

• They give expensive presents

• They give money in red envelopes