Chinese New Year Worksheet: Traditions
Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year, is the most important holiday for the Chinese. It spans from the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar and ends on the 15th day; however, informal celebrations often start weeks before and end weeks after Vietnamese, Koreans, Taiwanese, and other populations with which the Chinese have had extensive interaction or where there are large Chinese populations also celebrate the new year. Visits to family and friends are common. Elders give small red envelopes containing "lucky money" to children. New clothing is worn to signify a new year. The color red is considered festive and lucky and is worn and displayed throughout the new year celebrations.
Answer the questions below based on what you have learned about Chinese New Year and how you think you would celebrate.
1) How important is Chinese New Year for the Chinese?
2) Who else celebrates Chinese New Year?
3) When does Chinese New Year take place?
4) During Chinese New Year people visit friends and relatives. The friends and relatives I would visit are:
5) What is inside the small red envelopes that you might receive from your elders?
6) I would wear a new outfit to celebrate the new year. My outfit would be:
7) I would decorate my house to celebrate the New Year. I would use red decorations because:
