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= Traditions in China ~Dreww = = Five Paragraph Essay and information = There are many traditions in China. A lot different from here in the U.S. There is Christmas, Easter, other holiday traditions and plenty more. Traditions are very important in China and if they don't follow them the people in China must pay a fine for only the very important traditions.
 * Intro- **

Here are some traditional celebrations in China. One of the traditional celebrations is called the Lantern Festival. At the lantern festival little kids go out by temples with their paper lanterns and they solve puzzles and riddles on the lanterns in Chinese of course. It officially ends the New Year celebration. In the ancient times the lantern puzzles were fairly simple for the emperor and everyone, but now a day they have been embellished with beautiful designs and the puzzles and riddles are much harder. In some other regions or countries this festival is also named as the Chinese version of St. Valentine's Day. Another traditional festival is called the Dragon boat Festival. At that festival people celebrate the death of a poet who drowned himself. Every festival people race their boats in the water and pound on their drums to scare the fish away from their favorite poet spirit.
 * Traditional festivals in China and their history **


 * -Christmas, -Easter, -New Year's or other holidays **

**Christmas-** Holiday traditions are different from the U.S. Most people in China are not Christians so there isn't always much of a celebration, but for the people that are Christians they have big celebrations with their friends and family. In China people usually celebrate by lighting their houses with beautiful paper lanterns with mostly red colors because they believe red gives them good luck and good fortune. They decorate their Christmas trees with paper flowers, paper chains, paper lanterns and tons of light. In the U.S. we use more plastic and glass ornaments than paper art work and paper decoration. Chinese people call their Christmas trees "The Tree of Light" Chinese children hang up muslin stockings. They get presents and hang up stockings, but kids in China do not believe in Santa Clause. Even though not very many people celebrate Christmas they still have huge winter festivals that falls at the end of January. **Easter-** for Easter Chinese people painted eggs just like us because they say it's been a symbol for spring and that it gave them gifts. They painted them red because it symbolizes good fortune and joy. **New Year's-** New Year's celebrations are traditionally highlighted with a religious ceremony given in honor of heaven and Earth. It lasts about three months. The 1st month is all about business. People pour out money for food, presents, decoration, and clothing. Everyone celebrates their birthdays on New Year's day even if it isn't their birthday on that day. New Year's is celebrated at the end of January and is one of the biggest celebrations in China. For New Year's they also do a Chinese New Year Dragon Dance. It symbolizes the bringing of good luck and success in the coming year for all the human beings. Dragons are considered as the governors of rainfall.


 * Wedding Traditions **

Weddings are much different than the U.S. Red is the wedding color in China. The bride's gown is red. Their outfits are red and their parents usually pick out what the brides are going to wear. Before the wedding, family members paint the bride or groom's house red. One month before the wedding celebration the bride gets tips on all about getting married and then their parents say who the bride will be marrying. Sometime before the wedding the groom's family members carry all the gifts and boxes to the bride's house. One of the baskets will contain "uang susu" or milk money which is money for all dairy products. The bride takes the gifts and sorts through them three days before the wedding. A "Good Luck Woman" would work on the bridal preparations. On the day of the wedding she would help the bride fit into her red jacket and red skirt and then the bride would wear red shoes. The bride's face was covered with a red silk or a curtain of beads that hung from her crown. After the bride was done with the bridal preparations, she would bow to her parents and to the tablets that used to be their ancestors and have carried on from generation to generation. The bride then awaited for the groom and the procession. The wedding celebration would then begin. As you can see there are many traditions in China and they are very different than the U.S. Wedding traditions, holiday traditions, and even birthday traditions are different from here. That is all about China traditions!
 * Closing **

Little kids take their lanterns out to a temple and they solve riddles and puzzles. -> || || This a Dragon Boat Festival. People Celebrate the death of a famous poet in China who died in a river or lake. People go over there and pat on their drums to scare the fish away from his spirit. || very many people in China are Christians, but the people who do celebrate have big celebrations and there are many traditions for the Chinese Christmas. ---> || || This is a Chinese New Year. New Year's is a big traditional holiday in China. At the end of the New Year which lands at the end of January people celebrate the Lantern Festival and they do the New Year Dragon Dance as well. || do the same thing that we do in the U.S. They paint eggs. They usually paint them red because red gives them joy and good fortune and Chinese people say painting eggs gives them a sign of spring and it gives them gifts. ---> || || very many traditions and are very different from here in  the U.S. Everyone wears red. Red is the big color in Chinese weddings. It symbolizes good fortune, good luck, and joy. <-- ||
 * This is the Lantern Festival.
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 * This is a Chinese Christmas. Not
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 * This is a Chinese Easter. For Easter they
 * [[image:http://www.asianbridewear.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Chinese-Traditional-Wedding.jpg width="308" height="179"]] || ﻿This is a Chinese wedding. Chinese wedding's have

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 * __Venn Diagram__ on the __difference__ of some of the traditions in China from some of the traditions in the U.S. **

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__** Vocabulary Terms **__ Traditions- Beliefs, customs, and information about a certain celebration that passes on from generation to generation. Milk money (uang susu)- Money to buy dairy products. Lunar Calender- A calendar based on lunar cycles. Procession- To proceed in a mannerly way.

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