The writer describes how their family celebrates Chinese New Year. They begin preparations weeks in advance by cleaning and decorating the house with bright lanterns, new curtains, and oranges. On New Year's Eve, the family gathers for a hearty meal and the children light firecrackers. They wear new clothes and exchange well-wishes and red envelopes containing money. The family visits relatives and hosts an open house, enjoying lion dances believed to bring good fortune. Certain activities are prohibited to avoid bad luck in the new year. Celebrations last 15 days, ending with another grand dinner.
The writer describes how their family celebrates Chinese New Year. They begin preparations weeks in advance by cleaning and decorating the house with bright lanterns, new curtains, and oranges. On New Year's Eve, the family gathers for a hearty meal and the children light firecrackers. They wear new clothes and exchange well-wishes and red envelopes containing money. The family visits relatives and hosts an open house, enjoying lion dances believed to bring good fortune. Certain activities are prohibited to avoid bad luck in the new year. Celebrations last 15 days, ending with another grand dinner.
The writer describes how their family celebrates Chinese New Year. They begin preparations weeks in advance by cleaning and decorating the house with bright lanterns, new curtains, and oranges. On New Year's Eve, the family gathers for a hearty meal and the children light firecrackers. They wear new clothes and exchange well-wishes and red envelopes containing money. The family visits relatives and hosts an open house, enjoying lion dances believed to bring good fortune. Certain activities are prohibited to avoid bad luck in the new year. Celebrations last 15 days, ending with another grand dinner.
The writer describes how their family celebrates Chinese New Year. They begin preparations weeks in advance by cleaning and decorating the house with bright lanterns, new curtains, and oranges. On New Year's Eve, the family gathers for a hearty meal and the children light firecrackers. They wear new clothes and exchange well-wishes and red envelopes containing money. The family visits relatives and hosts an open house, enjoying lion dances believed to bring good fortune. Certain activities are prohibited to avoid bad luck in the new year. Celebrations last 15 days, ending with another grand dinner.
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WRITING AN INFORMAL LETER
The picture below shows what you and your family members celebrating Chinese New Year. Based on the picture given, write about the celebration to your pen pal.
Hi, how are you and your family? _________________________________________.
In this letter I would like to write about __________________________________________ as you wanted to know more about it. Chinese all over the world celebrate __________________________in ___________________ when the Lunar Year usually begins. This year the celebration falls on _______________. In Malaysia, the Chinese celebrate the event with a festive spirit as it is the most important festival to them and every Chinese home is made ready for the great event.
The preparations begin ________________ as there are many things to be done
before the great day arrives. My mum gets busy ______________________ our house. Bright lanterns and colourful decoration lights brighten our house. We also put up new curtains. Besides, we place mandarin oranges plan in the garden. On the New Year day, we must wear new clothes, therefore we prepare our traditional attire call Cheongsam and samfu. The New Year is incomplete without traditional delicacies such as Nien Kau a glutinous rice cake and kuih kapit.
On the New Year eve, our family members and close relatives will gather for a ________________. It is a chance for family members to meet and greet while strenghtening the family bonding. Here we enjoy a variety of dishes specially cooked with love. After the hearty meal, the children will light up the New Year mood by playing firecrackes. The loud cracking of firecrackers and colourful fireworks sparks the beginning of the New Year.
To me, the New Year is the most awaited day. I always enjoy and celebrate the day in a positive note. After wearing my new clothes, we do prayers together and get blessings from elderly people. We say Kung Hai Fat Choi to our relatives or wish them have a good year. In return, we receive Hongbao is a red packet containing money. Then we go and visit friends and relatives. We organise open house to celebrate the auspicious day the others. Only on this day, we get to see the lion dance performance at my house as this is believed to bring in good fortune to the family.
There are some taboo that you should avoid doing on the New Year day such as we are not allowed to sweep or clean the house, to wash our hair and prohibited from using foul language as this will drain away the good luck of the year. This is only the start of the Chinese New Year celebrations which stretch on for a period of fifteen days. On the fifteenth day which is known as Chap Goh Mei, another grand dinner is held to mark the end of the festival. I always enjoy myself greatly during the Chinese New Year.
Thats the whole explanation of how my family n I celebrate the Chinese New Year. Hopefully, next year you can join us to celebrate this auspicious day. Please send my regards to your family. Take care and will write to you more after the celebration. Bye.
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