Chinese New Year Celebrations and Activities
Year of the Dragon
Year 4709... or is it 4710? on the Chinese Calendar
(2012 on the Western Calendar)

Here is a quote from: http://www.chinesefortunecalendar.com/2011.htm
"Some web sites say the year 2011 is the 4709th Chinese year. If you cannot find the explanation, here is a possible answer for you: The Yellow King's inauguration was held in the spring of 2697 B.C. But the day that was used as the first day of the year was the winter solstice, which was around December 23rd, 2698 B.C. Today's January 1st meant nothing to the Yellow King. If we count that extra eight days in 2698 B.C., then year 2011 is the 4709th Chinese year."

Learning About the Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year and Dragon Lore
http://members.aol.com/Donnclass/Chinalife.html
Chinese Calendar Home Page
http://www.cnd.org/Other/calendar.html

 

Lesson Plans for China / Chinese New Year
China the Beautiful...
a huge website dedicated to the promotion of Chinese culture
http://www.chinapage.com/china.html

Mr. Donn's Lesson Links - lots of them!
http://holidays.mrdonn.org/chinesefestivals.html#new
but I like the "old version" from the WayBack Machine!
http://web.archive.org/web/20080303235007/http://holidays.mrdonn.org/chinesefestivals.html#lantern    


A to Z Kids Stuff about China
http://www.atozkidsstuff.com/china.html

 

Chinese Stories and Writing Activities
Lesson - comparison of Red Riding Hood and Lon Po Po
http://www.uvm.edu/~outreach/units/LonPoUS.html

 

Chinese New Year's Art & Drawing Activities
Learn About Chinese Dragons
http://www.chinapage.com/dragon1.html
A dragon website by someone who loves to draw them!
http://www.dragonneo.com/

 

Other Chinese New Year Activities
Visit Vancouver's Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden online
http://www.vancouverattractions.com/sunyatsen.html

Find your Chinese Zodiac Animal... and your other signs too.
http://www.chinesefortunecalendar.com/YourSign.htm

 

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This page created January 2001
newest update at top.