What is Chinese New Year?
Chinese New Year is the most important of the Chinese holidays, and is a time of feasting with the family, celebration, fireworks and gift-giving. It is a 15-day holiday, beginning on the first day of a new moon and ending with the full moon on the day of the Lantern Festival.
The Chinese calendar is based on the lunar year, so the date of Chinese New Year changes every year. The Chinese calendar follows a 12-year pattern with each year named after an animal. 2021 is the year of the Ox. Here is a story which explain this.
Suggested Activity Idea:
- Create an Ox with your child using their hand to print the shape of the body. Encourage them to be creative using materials at home to create the Ox’s nose, ears and horns.
- Use an empty kitchen roll tube or toilet roll tube to create an Ox. If you and your child have paint, pens or crayons colour in the body and encourage your child to become creative using other recycled materials to make a nose, mouth and eyes.
Suggested Story:
