{"id":15241,"date":"2022-01-23T23:03:27","date_gmt":"2022-01-23T23:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kamiapp.com\/?p=15241"},"modified":"2024-01-19T12:02:29","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T23:02:29","slug":"teaching-lunar-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.kamiapp.com\/blog\/teaching-lunar-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Lunar New Year With Your Class"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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A super important part of educating your students is to open them up to different cultural and social experiences, and what better way to do that than by celebrating an international holiday! Not only does this make for more diverse lessons, but it gives every student the same chance to celebrate their cultural traditions \u2013 and who doesn’t love a reason for hosting fun activities!<\/p>\n
So this year, why not incorporate some traditional Lunar New Year celebrations into your lesson plan to give all your students insight into facets of Asian heritage and Chinese culture.<\/p>\n
Firstly, let’s take a look at what Lunar New Year\u2014also referred to regionally as Chinese New Year or Spring Festival\u2014is.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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What is Lunar New Year?<\/h5>\n
Lunar New Year is celebrated throughout China, Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Singapore, and many other Asian countries, making it one of the world\u2019s most prominent and celebrated holidays. The first day of the Lunar New Year changes based on the lunar calendar, but usually falls between the winter solstice (Dongzhi) and spring’s beginning (Lichun) \u2013 typically around 21st January to 20th February each year. It’s not a religious festival, but Chinese heritage is celebrated by all Chinese regardless of their religion.<\/p>\n
The celebration themselves are huge and can last anywhere from a week to 15 days! Considering its significance, the official public holiday is seven days long, but in some rural areas, it can go for the whole 15-day period.<\/p>\n
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For your students who celebrate Lunar New Year, and their families, this is the most exciting time of the year. Being a New Year celebration, this is when celebrants welcome the God of Wealth (Cai Shen Ye) and spread wishes of prosperity \u2013 Gong Xi Fa Cai!<\/p>\n
Gong Xi Fa Cai’s direct translation is “Wish You Get Rich”.<\/p>\n
The Zodiac<\/h5>\n
Each year is represented by one of twelve Chinese zodiac animal signs, matched with one of five elements: gold, water, wood, fire, or earth. Read more about each zodiac and their meanings here<\/a>.<\/p>\n