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Chinese New Year Celebrations

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  • What is considered a bit of bad luck during the Chinese New Year?
    Breaking a Bowl
  • “Guo Nian Hao” is one of the most used greetings. What does it mean?
    Happy New Year
  • What thing determines the start of Chinese New Year?
    New Moon on First Day of New Year
  • Name something that people put in Red envelopes and hand over to children on Chinese New Year?
    Money
  • What is considered a Taboo on Chinese New Year?
    Sweeping and Cleaning, getting a haircut, cutting noodles
  • What is the thing that dragons represent during Chinese New Year?
    Luck and Prosperity
  • According to tradition, who do families visit on the first day of Chinese New Year?
    Oldest family members
  • Do the Chinese still use the old Lunar calendar to determine dates of festivals?
    Yes
  • Name the festival that is celebrated after Chinese New Year?
    Lantern Festival
  • Which of these is most widely celebrated at the time of the Chinese New Year?
    family ties
    Old world culture
    nations people
    Chinese heroes
  • All families set off these to celebrate the festival; comprises the largest usage of this on the whole planet?
    Fireworkds
  • What's the legend behind using firecrackers to celebrate Chinese New Year?
    meant to scare away monsters
  • What colour is considered the luckiest in Chinese culture?
    gold
    red
    Duke Blue
    Carolina Blue
  • Which food symbolises longevity and is eaten on a Chinese person’s birthday?
    birthday cake
    plums
    noodles
    organges
  • Comparing the sizes of countries, how many times is China bigger than the United Kingdom
    29%
    39%
    19%
    9%
  • To which season, the new year is associated with?
    Spring
  • Name something important in the preparation of Chinese New Year?
    Cleaning the house
  • According to Chinese legend, name the color which has the ability to keep bad luck and evil spirits away?
    Red
  • Name the evil dragon.
    Nian
  • Which food should not be cut on Chinese New Year?
    Noodles
  • The Chinese Zodiac is a repeating 12-year cycle of animal signs. According to the Chinese Zodiac legend, the order of the 12 animals was determined by…
    a race across the mountain
    a race across the river
    who could do the "floss" dance the best
    a dance contest
  • China has the world’s largest population, which is equivalent to __% of the total world population.
    28%
    18%
    38%
    8%
  • Which flower symbolizes luck on Chinese New Year?
    Plum Flower
  • The Chinese New Year Monster legend tells how to ward off a horrible monster called ‘Nian’. Which of the following would not be useful for driving the Nian monster away?
    fire
    salt
    loud noises
    red colors
  • Which is the thing that Chinese people are not supposed to do on Chinese New Year?
    Wash their hair; get a hair cut
  • Which of the following was not a Chinese invention?
    paper
    compass
    table tennis
    toothbrush
  • What is the meaning of “ Gung Hey Fat Choy”?
    Wishing you Prosper and Good Health
  • How many years apart are the years of the zodiac animals? For example: when it is the year of the monkey, how many years ago was the last year of the monkey?
    5
    12
    8
    10
  • What is Chinese New Year called in China?
    Spring Festival
    Dragon Boat Festival
    Moon Festival
    Winter Festival
  • Which of the following did not originate from China?
    noodles
    tea
    fortune cookies
    tofu