Lunar new year!

Chinese New Year!

2022- Year of the tiger!

Happy New year! You’re probably wondering why I’m saying this, since it was 38 days ago. I mean CHINESE NEW YEAR!

What is Chinese New year?

Chinese New year is a Chinese festival that is all about getting rid of the bad and the old and welcoming the new and the good.

The animals of the Chinese Zodiac

There are 12 animals in this Zodiac. The rat, the ox, the tiger (This year), the rabbit, the dragon, the snake, the horse, the goat, the monkey, the rooster, the dog and the pig. The Jade emperor held a great race between lots of animals, and the first twelve were given a year to represent. Here is the legend of the great race.

The myth behind the Chinese zodiac - Megan Campisi and Pen-Pen Chen

Chinese New year TRADITIONS!

Families will hang red flags by their doors that have blessings and wishes for the new year written on them. In the old legend, a ferocious beast called nien had a fear of the colour red so thats the colour of these flags. Parents and grandparents also give children little red pouches of money that were gifts for the new year.