Celebrate Chinese New Year /
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TextSeries: Holidays around the world | National Geographic kidsPublication details: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, 2015Description: 31 pages : illustrations (colour), map (colour) ; 26 cmContent type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781426323720 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Chinese New Year -- Juvenile literature | China -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature | Non-Fiction 5+ | SocietyDDC classification: 394.26140951 Summary: Children have never had so many reasons to learn how Chinese people everywhere ring in the new and ring out the old. As China takes its new place on the global stage, understanding Chinese culture and values becomes ever more essential to our next generation. For two joyous weeks red is all around. The colour represents luck and happiness. Children receive money wrapped in red paper, and friends and loved ones exchange poems written on red paper. The Chinese New Year is also an opportunity to remember ancestors, and to wish peace and happiness to friends and family. The holiday ends with the Festival of Lanterns, as many large communities stage the famous Dragon Dance.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Books | Main Library Junior Nonfiction (JN) | JN 394.261 .O912 2009 | Available | 30119 |
Originally published: 2009.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Children have never had so many reasons to learn how Chinese people everywhere ring in the new and ring out the old. As China takes its new place on the global stage, understanding Chinese culture and values becomes ever more essential to our next generation. For two joyous weeks red is all around. The colour represents luck and happiness. Children receive money wrapped in red paper, and friends and loved ones exchange poems written on red paper. The Chinese New Year is also an opportunity to remember ancestors, and to wish peace and happiness to friends and family. The holiday ends with the Festival of Lanterns, as many large communities stage the famous Dragon Dance.