1. WHAT IS CHINESE NEW YEAR? WHEN IS CHINESE NEW YEAR? Chinese new year is a huge festival that happens in china. Chinese new year is celebrated for 15 days. Chinese new year for this year is on February 19 and that is on Thursday. 中国新年 Zhōngguó xīnnián

2. HOW WAS THE HOLIDAY ORIGINATED ? The holiday was originated on ~2,300 B.C. Legend says that there was a beast named “year” and at the beginning of Chinese new year they started fighting the beast. 兽 Shòu

3. HOW MANY DAYS ARE IN CHINESE SPRING FESTIVAL AND WHO CELEBRATES IT There are 15 days in Chinese new year. The Chinese people celebrate Chinese new year. 庆祝 Qìngzhù Celebrate

4. WHAT KIND OF FOOD DO PEOPLE EAT DURING THE CHINESE SPRING FESTIVAL AND WHY?  Dumplings  Fish  Spring rolls  Rice cake  Sweet Rice Balls  Longevity Noodles  Good Fortune Fruit 鱼 Yú /yoo/

5. WHAT DO THE CHINESE DO ON THE FIRST, SECOND, AND 15 TH DAY ? ON the first and second day of Chinese new year they have new years eve dinner and fireworks. Shousui Stay up

6. WHAT IS SIGNIFICANT ABOUT DRAGON DANCE AND LION DANCE? The Dragon dance is a form of traditional dance and performance in Chinese culture. Like the lion dance it is most often seen in festive celebrations. The dance is performed by a team of dancers who manipulate a long flexible figure of a dragon using poles positioned at regular intervals along the length of the dragon. The dance team mimics the supposed movements of this river spirit in a sinuous, undulating manner.danceChineseculturelion dance 舞狮 Lion dance

7. WHAT IS A RED ENVELOPE ? Red envelopes are mainly presented at social and family gatherings such as weddings or on holidays such as the Lunar New Year. The red color of the envelope symbolizes good luck and is supposed to ward off evil spirits. The act of requesting for red packets is normally called (Mandarin): 討紅包, 要利是 weddingsLunar New Yearred color 红包 Red envelope

8. WHAT IS CHINESE ZODIAC? WHAT ARE THEY? WHAT ARE YOUR ZODIAC SIGN AND YOUR PERSONALITY TRAITS? The Chinese Zodiac, known as Sheng Xiao, is based on a twelve year cycle, each year in that cycle related to an animal sign. These animal signs are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. It is calculated according to Chinese lunar calendar.