Children have never had so many reasons to learn how Chinese people everywhere ring in the new and ring out the old. As China takes its new place on the global stage, understanding Chinese culture and values becomes ever more essential to our next generation.

For two joyous weeks red is all around. The color represents luck and happiness. Children receive money wrapped in red paper, and friends and loved ones exchange poems written on red paper. The Chinese New Year is also an opportunity to remember ancestors, and to wish peace and happiness to friends and family.

The holiday ends with the Festival of Lanterns, as many large communities stage the famous Dragon Dance. Fireworks, parades, lanterns, presents, and feasts: these are some of the joys experienced by all who observe Chinese New Year. Celebrate Chinese New Year is the latest, timely addition to National Geographic’s popular Holidays Around the World series. With 25 colorful images and a simple, educational text, the book is a lively invitation to revel in this child-friendly, national and international holiday.

Carolyn Otto brings the historical and cultural aspects of the Chinese New Year into focus, and young readers experience the full flavor of an event celebrated by over a billion people in China, and countless others worldwide.


讓孩子學習中國人如何除舊佈新的最佳機會來了！隨著中國在全球地位逐漸成長，下一代更需要了解中國文化與價值。

整整兩個禮拜，到處充滿紅色與喜氣。紅色代表好運與幸福，孩子能夠在新年收到紅包，親朋好友與愛人互相交換春聯。人們也可以藉由中國新年追憶祖先，並保佑家人與朋友平安幸福。

許多社區也會表演舞龍舞獅，整個節慶直到元宵節才完整結束。在中國新年人們放鞭炮、遊行、掛燈籠、送禮物，甚至一起享受美食。本書為《國家地理雜誌》最受歡迎的「世界各地節慶」系列中最新篇章。書中含25張色彩豐富的圖片及簡單又具有教育性質的測驗，具體呈現這個增進親子互動及國際化節慶。

作者卡洛琳‧奧圖讓大家一同關注充滿歷史性與文化層面的中國新年，年幼讀者也可以透過本書，體驗由超過10億的中國人與世界各地一起慶祝的大節慶。


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 Age Range: 6 - 9 years