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DIRECTIONS: Celebrate the Chinese New Year with a trip through cyberspace to the Websites listed below. Write your answer to each question in the space provided on your worksheet. Read the clues carefully. Each time you find an answer, use the back button to go back to this website.
The worksheet can be downloaded. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your machine.
1. According to the Chinese calendar, what begins at the end of January or beginning of February?
http://www.chinapage.com/newyear.html
2. Which animal represents the year in which you
were born? (Find the year you were born and look across to see which
animal represents your year.)
http://www.123chinesenewyear.com/chinesenewyear-zodiac/
3. Look up the year you were born and find out
something about your zodiac sign. (what you should be like or what
job you might be good at.)
http://www.123chinesenewyear.com/chinesenewyear-zodiac/
4. What is the 15th day of the New Year
called?
http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/chinese_new_year.html
5. What are three things that Chinese people use
to decorate their living rooms during Chinese New Year?
http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/decorations.html
6.What do oranges and tangerines, traditionally
served during this holiday, represent? (Hint: Scroll down the page
and find the section on oranges and tangerines. Read the whole
section to find your answer.)
http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/decorations.html
7. Feeling lucky this year? Get an on-line fortune cookie! What did your fortune say? (Hint: Click on "Virtual Fortune Cookies." Be forewarned...this website is very popular and you may have trouble getting it to respond.) http://www.123chinesenewyear.com/fortune-cookies/
8. What are some of the things that people do
before the holiday starts? (Hint: Scroll to the section on Before New
Year's Eve.)
http://www.familyculture.com/holidays/chinese_new_year.htm
9. Name three "don'ts" on New Year's Day. (scroll
to the bottom of the page and look for "Do's & Don'ts on New
Year's Day")
http://www.familyculture.com/holidays/chinese_new_year.htm
The worksheet can be downloaded. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader .
adapted by BrooksWidmaier
March 2004