2012 Year Of Dragon - Chinese New Year Greetings

Monday, January 12, 2009

Chinese New Year Dragon Dance

Chinese New Year Dragon Dance is an important tradition experienced on Chinese New Year celebrations. Dragons are legendary animals bringing supernatural power, good luck, fertility, poise and wisdom. Thats why they play special role in chinese new year celebrations in the form of dragon dance. Special artists perform for lion dance in the special chinese parade with special costume and training. All the arrangements and decorations are incomplete without the presence of dragon dance through a team of dancers who carry the image of dragon on poles raising it up and down. The dragon dance is a highlight of New Year celebrations in China and Chinatowns around the world.
Dragon Dance in Chinese New Year Parade Chinese New Year Dragon Dance

Chinese New Year Customs

Chinese New Year is the China's most famous festival with hundreds of traditions and culture binding people together. From cleaning to decoration, food to gift, red packet to lanterns, there are lots of customs followed on chinese lunar year celebrations. Houses are lighted with colorful lights to welcome good luck, special feasts are prepared like dumplings, drawings of the gate gods are put on gates during the Chinese New Year, play board games after dinner for entertainment, lion dance considered lucky, red lanterns are hung everywhere as a traditional custom, dragon being considered symbol of good power and fortune. Find our list of famous and most common chinese new year customs experienced with celebrations.
Chinese New Year Customs

Friday, January 2, 2009

Chinese New Year Clothes

Red is the color of chinese new year celebrations. Even clothes are mainly designed in red colored fabric since it is considered lucky to wear red color on the chinese new year day as this color frightens evil spirits. Orange is another color for the chinese new year clothes. Children and other family members wear new clothes and accessories with the arrival of new year. Feel free to have idea about the type of costumes, dresses and clothing which is highly observed on the chinese new year celebration time. Chinese New Year Costume
Chinese New Year Clothing Chinese New Year Dress
chinese new year clothes

Chinese New Year Recipes

Holidays, events, festivals and celebrations calls for lots of get-together and feast for all. Arrangements and dining table decoration is must. Traditional food recipes are special menu item for the people. On the chinese new year eve, you get different delicious food, desserts and recipes. Famous chinese new year recipes are Streamed Dumplings, Sesame Chicken, Spicy Pork, Chinese Salad, Egg Foo Yung, Chicken Lo Mein, Chinese New Year Turnip Cake, Pork Dumplings, Chinese Tea Leaf Eggs, Asian Orange Chicken and lots more.
Recipe for Steamed Chinese Dumplings
Ingredients:
1) Chinese cabbage - 3 stalks.
2) Scallions - 2.
3) Soy sauce - 1 tbsp.
4) Salt - 1 tsp.
5) Cornstarch - 1 tbsp.
6) Pork - 1 lb., lean and grounded.
7) Dumpling wrappers.
8) Sm. fresh cilantro or parsley leaves
Instructions:
First chop the Chinese cabbage and scallions. Put them in a mixing bowl and the soy sauce, salt, cornstarch, and pork. Mix well with a spoon. Drop 1 teaspoon filling on each wrapper. Fold the wrappers into half circles and moisten its inner edges with water. Press to seal the wrappers. Pour 2 quarts of water in a large pot and bring to a boil. Drop in the dumplings and cover. Pour in a cup of cold water when the water starts boiling again. Repeat this step two more times. When the water boils for the third time, the dumplings will be done. Mix 1/4 cup soy sauce with 2 tablespoons white vinegar. Serve your steamed dumplings with the gravy.
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Delicious Chinese New Year Recipes

Chinese New Year Activities

Chinese New Year is the most awaited celebration holidays of the year in which people enjoy shopping, gifting, decoration, gaming and other chinese new year activities for kids. Celebrate the arrival of Chinese New Year with fun crafts, special chinese new year parade, lion dancing, fun coloring and other activities.
Chinese New Year Parade Activities Chinese New Year ActivitiesChinese New Year Decoration Activities

2009 Chinese New Year

Celebrate the arrival of 2009 Chinese New Year with a smile on your face and hope that it brings lots of entertainment, happiness & good luck in your life. The Chinese follow the moon movements to decide the date of the New Year. According to chinese astrology, Ox is the year of 2009 starts on February 12 for the Chinese. The preparations and arrangements for the Chinese new year celebration commences months before the actual celebrated day. Lot of rituals, customs, traditions are practised with the chinese new year celebrations.
2009 Chinese New Year 2009 Chinese New Year Card
2009 Chinese Lunar New Year Day

Chinese New Year Graphics

Chinese New Year or Spring Festival is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. On this very day, people decor their homes, offices, shopes and business centers with flowers, hangings, lanterns, graphics and other material. Desktops and laptops are another pieces which calls decoration. People decor their computer system's screen with lovely moving and animated chinese new year graphics. Even you can use for myspace comments, profiles and blogs. Free Chinese New Year Graphics
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