2. -a story of a terrible mythical monster who
preyed on villagers.
The lion-like monster’s name was Nian ( 年 )
which is also the Chinese word for “year."
3. A wise old man told the villagers to scare off
the evil Nian by making loud noises with
drums and firecrackers.
They Hang red paper cutouts and scrolls on
their doors because for some reason, the
Nian is scared of the color red.
5. There are large celebrations throughout the
streets of China.
People are dressed in red, and there are
dragon shows.
7. Yuanbao (Jiaozi). In North China, everyone eats the
jiaozi dumplings, Families will make a dough and
wrap it around pork and cabbage, and boil the
dumplings, then serve them with vinegar and soy
sauce.
Sweets. Serving desserts brings a sweet life in the
new year.
8. Tangerines and Oranges. Displaying and
eating these fruits is said to bring wealth and
luck.
Jai. This vegetarian dish is eaten because its
part of the Buddhist culture to cleanse
yourself with vegetables.
10. The New Year's Eve dinner is the most important
dinner for Chinese. Normally this is the family
reunion dinner, especially for those with family
member away from home.
Fireworks are used to drive away the evil in China.
Right after the 12:00PM of the New Year's Eve,
fireworks will be launched to celebrate the coming
of the New Year as well as driven away the evil.
11. Red packet is a red envelope with money in it, range
from one to a few thousand Chinese Yuan. It was
believed that the money in the red packet will
suppress the evil from the children, keep the
children healthy, and long living.
12. After the cleaning, people will decorate the house to
welcome the New Year. Most of the decorations are
red in color.
13. Past Present
Everybody go to parents' home to Some people still dine home but
have dinner on the night before there is a lot of people eating out
Chinese New Year. too. Also, it's not limited to the
night before the new year. Some
Everybody go to parents' home to families will have a big meal the
have dinner on the night before previous weekend before new year
Chinese New Year. comes.
Money is put into a red packet called There is still quite a lot of flower
'lai see' to give to children and not kiosks but almost no one sells new
married young people. Senior year related food items. Most kiosks
members of the family will also give sell toys and cheap gadgets.
it to the close relatives regardless
they are married or not.