Favorite Chinese New
Year Sites
HKTA's web site is our favorite on the
Chinese New Year.
- New
Year Cards
- Chinese
Horoscope
- Legend of the Dragon interactive
stories
- Chinese New Year traditions
Print and coloring sheets. Different types of Chinese New Year images. You will love
this.
Find out how the British-Chinese community celebrates the Chinese New Year.
Classroom Resources
Dim Sum by
the Anglier School
The Angier School in Newton, MASS, developed a web site called Dim Sum. A great place
to start for arts and crafts projects, Chinese New Year images, reproducible templates,
and lesson plans on China and Chinese culture.
TeacherLink:
Chinese
New Year lesson plan for 2nd-3rd graders by Natalie Walker
Chinese
New Year
Family.com
Chinese lanterns
Dragon
costumes
Paper
garlands
Click here for
arts & crafts resources.
Images, Photos, and E-cards
From
Corbis.com, here's an impressive collection of photographs related to Chinese New
Year. Select an image and send a free E-card to a friend.
Chinese New Year Flowers
and Images from Chinapage.com
From Photoarts, here's a collection
of images from a New York Chinatown New Year celebration.
Food
For Lunar New Year food and recipes, click here.
Dances
Traditional
Chinese dances (ribbons and fans) from the Atlanta Chinese Dance Company
Lion Dance Association
Kingdom of Lions: The Chinese
Lion Dance
About
lion dancing by the Chinese Historical and Cultural Project in
San Jose
Organizations and
General Links
Chinese Historical and Cultural Project (CHCP):
CHCP is one of the best resources on the Web on Chinese culture. The Golden Legacy
Curriculum provides lesson plans and background information on the lunar calendar and
Lunar New Year.
Chinese Cultural Center of San
Francisco (CCC)
CCC provides detailed background information on the Chinese New Year. The write-up is
worth reading.
Chinese New Year Hunt, San
Francisco, CA
This is a fundraiser and an adventure. Learn about the streets of San Francisco's
Chinatown and raise money for local community organizations.
Solar/Lunar calendar:
This site provides an interactive tool to convert a date on the solar calendar to the
corresponding date on the lunar calendar.
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York (TECO)
TECO offers 2 new videos on the Chinese New Year. You can rent them. You will also find
some neat articles and recipes. Do check out their event calendar. They are also
sponsoring several New Year programs.
Chinese New Year in
Taiwan
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