Chinese New Year Bingo Cards

Bingo Cards are used to play a common game among peoples who enjoy cutting each number, symbol, picture, name or any other item on the card. On chinese new year also, people and kids enjoy playing with this game. Its a funny activity to get into the spirit of play and enjoyment. Download these printable chinese new year bingo cards to feel the experience of enjoying and playing together.

Chinese New Year Crafts

Watch out our collection of crafts and activities to be enjoyed by kids, children and teens to spend their new year holidays. Best utilise your time to create lovely and cute chinese new year crafts by making puppets, lanterns, goody bags, wreaths, fans, zodiac cards, paper dragons, paper animals and other easy crafts by using waste or easily available items.

Chinese New Year Party

Every event, occassion or festival is incomplete without party. So let us rock this chinese new year's party with all our dear buddies, families and relatives. Have blasting party time with different food recipes, decorations, supplies, dance and other ideas. The biggest event of Chinese New Year's Eve is the dinner so keep your dining table ready with delicious food, candles and fragrant flowers.

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.

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 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 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.