Chinese New Year
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- As a Chinese Indonesian, celebrating Chinese New Year is a big thing for me.
- Also known as the spring festival, Chinese New Year is held at the end of winter and the start of spring.
- And what I am about to show you is some of the ways in which my family celebrates Chinese New Year...
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- In Chinese culture, the colour red symbolizes wealth, lucky, and prosperity, which is why most of the decorations and clothings used are red-coloured.
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- Chinese New Year is a time to visit family, bringing oranges as gifts to the eldelry. Oranges is believed to bring good luck and happiness and the gold- colour symbolizing prosperity. Meanwhile, unmarried people receives red envelopes containing money from married couples.
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- Fireworks are a must, as they are meant to scare away the evil spirits. And they're pretty too!
- Similarly, the lion dance, with its loud accompaniment, also scares away evil...
- And of course there is the food! There are lots and lots and lots of food constantly... it never ends.
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- Common dishes served at Chinese New Year are: dumplings, spring rolls, pork, fish, steamed bun, and most importantly, noodles (which means long and happy life).
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- There are twelve zodiac animals in the Chinese Calendar. This year is the year of the tiger.
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