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= Festivals = Festivals are important to China because it tells something good or bad that happened in the past. Some festivals are the lateren festival, dragon boat festival, spring flower festival and water splashing festival. The LATEREN FESTIVAL is a time to laugh and light the country. There is many challeneges like.... biggest lateren, dancing, and singing. The DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL is the time of the year when a man drowned. From this day on everybody has been looking for this man, in Chinas waters. To hopefully find this beloved hero. Tense the name they search in dragon boats. The SPRING FLOWER FESTIVAL is a time when the Chinese plant, grow, and pick flowers. They build huge sculpters out of flowers. The WATER SPLASHING FESTIVAL is a time when people splash away the bad times and remember old by, singing dancing and taken part in water activities. The ICE FESTIVAL is a time when they dance and build ice sculpters. Traditions Chinese celebrate many traditions. A lot differently than America does. In china you are fined if you don’t follow the complete the tradition.
 * [[image:lantern-festival.jpg width="117" height="85" caption="Lateren festival"]] || [[image:hello-kitty-lantern-festival-2.jpg width="140" height="96" caption="Lateren festival"]] || [[image:il_fullxfull_82862065.jpg width="159" height="103" caption="Spring flower festival"]] || [[image:2009416103625985.jpg width="130" height="78" caption="water splashing festival"]] || [[image:1905084-Ice_Festival-Harbin.jpg width="120" height="79" caption="ice festival"]] ||
 * [[image:2008-dragon-boat-festival-ala-moana-beach-park.jpg width="140" height="117" caption="dragon boat festival"]] || [[image:bdb_boat2.jpg width="153" height="136" caption="dragon boat festival"]] || [[image:flores2.jpg width="159" height="87" caption="Spring flower festival"]] || [[image:20070612151200890.jpg width="120" height="73" caption="Water splashing festival"]] || [[image:ice.jpg width="90" height="108" caption="ice festival"]] ||

Weddings are very important to Chinese. It symbolizes they`re ready to move on in their life, and start a family. During the wedding week the bride and grooms family shower each other with gifts. To prove their family approves of whom their son or daughter is marrying. In the process of the weddings eve, the hall is decorated in red, yellow, and white. Just as the Chinese flag. Finally the day of the wedding the bride goes to a hair ritual ceremony to promote her beauty.

New years are the most looked forward time of the year to Chinese. It shows that it’s a fresh start and bad luck is gone!!!! The start of new years is the cleaning of the house, to sweep away all bad. They then repaint their windows and doors, with a new shade of red. The wallpaper is then removed and has a new embroidery added to the fine wallpaper. For New years they have a big feast, and invite the whole entire family to eat moon cakes, dumplings, and rolls. After eating the family plays cards and watch TV programs that have to do with new years. The next morning the kids wake up early and receive money, that’s wrapped in red paper. NOT much later the family greets neighbors, friends, and family to start a new friendly friendship. The celebration doesn’t just end after the sky is lit up with fireworks. The kids get the whole month off of school and adults get a week off of labor.

In China there isn’t that much religion but have the religion of Buddhism, Mongolians, and Tibet’s. Christmas and Easter are celebrated in China, but not the same way as ours! There isn’t Santa or the easter bunny. For Christmas they decorate the house by putting up Christmas trees, ornaments and tinsel. They also exchange presents! Easter is just a dance and singing celebration. Chinese also celebrate Tibet’s new year and the goddess birthday. They celebrate both by dancing the lion and dragon dance.

There are more than just celebrations there’s also festivals like the …. Lateran festival, dragon boat festival, ice festival, spring festival, and more. Which is all celebrated by power or happiness that has happened in the years.

vocabluary words
 * TRADITIONS-an inheritied patteren of thought or action
 * LUNAR CALENDER-a calender based on lunar cycles
 * SEDEN CHAIR- a covered seat on two long poles.
 * BETHROAL- a mutual promise to marry
 * TIBETANS- a very religious group



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__STATE STANDARDS__ E.4.4 Describe the ways in which ethnic cultures influence the daily lives of people