"Chinese New Year Lion"
created by Daniel10459 in Grade 2 at
Twin Hickory Elementary School
from school project "Chinese New Year Lions"
art id #28932637
About this School Project (Chinese New Year Lions)
Chinese New Year is an important traditional Chinese holiday celebrated on the first day of the year of the Chinese calendar. In China, it is also known as the Spring Festival. The Chinese year 4712 begins on Jan. 31, 2014.
At Chinese New Year celebrations people wear red clothes, decorate with poems on red paper, and give children "lucky money" in red envelopes. Red symbolizes fire, which according to legend can drive away bad luck. The fireworks that shower the festivities are rooted in a similar ancient custom.
