Chinese New Year by EIlidh

In China they make a lot of noise to chase away the old year . In china there are animais of the calendar it is called the Chinese zodiac I am a pig because I was born in 2007 are you. The lucky colors are red and gold. It all started with whoever came in 1st to 12th in a swimming race would get a place in the chinese zodiac the lion dance is also good it is about some acrobats [the one at the back has to be the strongest] this is the Chinese ABC

Chinese New Year by Ellie

Chinese new year is a celebration celebrated by the chinese .They light lanterns every chinese new year and put them high in the sky.Chinese new year does not start at the start of the year because they have a different calendar than us and it is called the zodiac.The zodiac started when one day down at the riverbank the king decided to have a race to decide which of the animals would get to be to be named after a year in the zodiac.Competing in the race was a snake,,horse,goat,monkey,rooster,dog,rat,pig,ox,tiger,rabbit,dragon.At the celebration a group of people get drums and make alot of noise to scare the last year away.Their lucky coulors are red and gold.They have there own dance called the lion dance .2 people dress up in the one very long suit and they work together to do the lion dance.

Chinese New Year by Mhirren

In China they celebrate Chinese new year by making a lot of noise to chase away the old year. Sometimes they watch a special dance called the lion dance. The lion dance is a performance performed by two of the best acrobats,the acrobat at the back has to be the strongest one. In the lion dance they jump from pole to pole instead of walking on a straight path. The lucky colours in China are red and gold. In China are some very important animals, these animals are the animals of the Chinese zodiac. It all started with a race by the lake and whoever came in 1st-12th place in the race would get a place on the zodiac. There was a pig, a rat, an ox, a cat, a dog, a horse, a rabbit, a monkey, a tiger, a rooster, a snake and a dragon. This year Chinese new year will take place on January 28 2017. They give each other a special red envelope with a gold coin inside it the envelope is very nicely decorated with the good luck symbol it looks like a person standing beside a house. Chinese new year is also called Spring festival. Chinese new year is one of the biggest celebration in the world.