Learn about the Traditions of the Chinese New Year

Welcome back to Hutong School website! This will be the final delivery of the Chinese New Year Series. Today we are going to learn more about the traditions of this very interesting holiday! Thank you very much for reading the past two posts! Have a great time reading this last post of the series!

Learning Chinese enables you to go deeper on this very important holiday for the Chinese people. Immerse yourself in their traditions and learn to become familiar with the Chinese world through the activities carried out during the Chinese New Year. Here are the most important activities:

• To give a red envelope (hóng bāo, 红包) as a present. They are red envelopes that contain money and that are given mostly to children or young people.
• To wear red colours.  You can wear (chuān, 穿) red colour clothes (hóngsè de yīfu, 红色的衣服) because it symbolizes prosperity and good fortune.
• On the Lantern Festival (Yuánxiāojié, 元宵节), which is celebrated on the last day of the Chinese New Year´s celebrations, people (especially children) light lanterns. This tradition officially ends the Chinese New Year celebrations.

The Hutong School invites you to learn more about this very traditional Chinese festival and its celebrations. The school’s staff wishes you the best for these holidays and your experience in China is filled with happiness and prosperity! We wish you an excellent and happy Chinese New Year!

Zhù dàjiā xīnniánkuàilè! 祝大家新年快乐!