Lunar New Year in Taiwan Before New Year. Must eat food.

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Lunar New Year in Taiwan Before New Year

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Lunar New Year in TaiwanBefore New Year

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Must eat food

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Things to do on New Year

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“Upside down fu”Good luck and happiness

Cleaning and decoration: Lunar New Year in Hong Kong

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Bright red colors are believed to scare off bad fortune.

Decoration:

Flowers are also used to adorn the homes

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Fish and Dumplings are the most important dish; mean prosperous.

A whole chicken/ pig with the head still attached; symbolize wholeness and prosperity.

Food:

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A lion dance traditionally marks big occasions

Parade down the streetsCelebrations:

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The Cathay Pacific New Year's parade float The Disneyland parade float

Dragon dance

Celebrations:

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Firework

Celebrations:

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The gate entrance to Wong Tai Sin temple

The Wong Tai Sin temple market sells New Year

charms.

Lighting incense

Lai See are small red and gold envelopes

Celebrations:

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Lunar New Year in Korea

Memorial service for ancestors

bow deeply to our elders Younger receive money/good words

Korean antique with calligraphic words

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Must-eat food (rice cake soup!)

Bright red bags are believed to bring fortune

1 bowl = become 1 year older

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sxHBhgm1yw: magpie song

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Flying kite (get rid of bad fortune/luck)

playing stick game (playing yut)

Throwing arrows

used in fortune-telling

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Spinning tops

Rolling wheels (transport crops)

Korean traditional percussion quartet

(a small gong), (a larger gong), (an hourglass-shaped drum), (bass drum)

a musical instrument is sounded by being struck by a beater

Pray to sky and earth for good harvest

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Jumping Seesaws (look out the house)

kicking shuttlecock(remove weeds)

(directing cow?)

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Happy New Year!

Korean: seh heh bok mahn ee bahd euh sae yo

(Receive a lot of new year's blessing)