Presented and written by Richard Ng & Tin Tsoi (But mainly
Richard)
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With the rest of your table, think of as many things related to
Chinese Festivals as possible (1 minute) (eg. types of Festivals,
ways to celebrate, etc.)
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Chinese New Year Lantern Festival Lucky Money Dragon Boat
Festival Mid-Autumn Festival Lunar Calendar 12 Animal Zodiacs
Winter Solstice Banquets Dragon Dances
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To learn the numbers 1 - 10 in Chinese and the structure for
numbers 11 - 99 To learn the hand gestures for the numbers 1 10 To
learn about three Chinese Festivals: Chinese New Year The Dragon
Boat Festival The Mid-autumn Festival To learn the food eaten at
these festivals
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one two three four five six seven eight nine ten yy r snsn s ww
li qq bb jiji sh
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Structure: number of tens followed by units Eg. Twenty four
would be: Two tens, four. (two tens), (four). So (removing the
comma), twenty four is written as: ( r sh s)
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yy rsnsns ww li qq bb jiji sh
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ch nji: Chinese New Year du nw ji : the Dragon Boat Festival zh
ngqi ji: the Mid-autumn Festival
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Celebrated on the first day of the first month of the Chinese
Calendar: February 3rd in 2011. Families clean their houses to
sweep away the bad luck, and it is customary to make dumplings to
represent prosperity ( : ji ozi)
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Rat Ox Tiger Rabbit Dragon Snake Horse Sheep Monkey Rooster Dog
Pig
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Celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month in the lunar
year (in the Chinese Calendar), usually May or June People race
dragon boats and eat zngzi ( ): pyramid shaped rice dumplings
wrapped in bamboo leaves.
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Celebrated on the fifteenth day of the eighth month in the
Chinese Calendar (usually around September or October) Moon cakes,
pastries with a paste filling, ( : yubing) are eaten under the
bright mid-autumn harvest moon.
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ch : to eat x hu n : to like
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Structure: w + ch + food Eg. w ch yubing: I eat moon cakes
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Structure: w + x hu n + anything (noun, verb, etc.) Eg. w x hu
n ch nji: I like Chinese New Year
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w ch ji ozi I like to eat dumplings w x hu n ch I like to
eat
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Stroke order for ch Stroke order for ch
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Stroke order for x Stroke order for x Stroke order for hu n
Stroke order for hu n
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ch njiChinese New Year du nw jiDragon Boat Festival zh ngqi
jiMid-autumn Festival ji oziDumpling zngziSticky rice dumpling
yubingMoon cake x hu nTo like ch To eat
