Chinese New Year

Multiple Choice

What does the name of the monster "Nian" mean?

• Month

• Year

• Day

• Week

Multiple Choice

What was Nian scared of?

• Loud noises

• The color red

• Fire

• All of the above

​灯笼 (dēng lóng)

​lanterns

​春联 (chūn lián)

Spring couplets

​鞭炮 (biān pào)

firecrackers

Multiple Choice

Look at the calendar. Which date does the first day of Chinese New Year 2022 fall on?

• 一月一号

  January 1

• 二月一号

  February 1

• 一月十五号

  January 15

• 二月十五号

  February 15

Multiple Select

Why do you see lots of red decorations during Chinese New Year?

• The monster Nian was scared of the color red.

• Red represents good fortune and happiness.

• The God of Wealth likes the color red.

• Red represents bad luck.

Multiple Select

Why do people hang the character 福 (fú) upside down?

• People hang it the wrong way.

• By placing the character upside down, it will cause good fortune to literally pour down on the house.

• 福倒 (fú dǎo): upside down fú sounds similar to 福到 (fú dào): good fortune comes.

• The God of Wealth can only read words from upside down.

Multiple Choice

What do you call the red envelopes given to children by married adults to bless them with a peaceful new year?

• 红包

  hóng bāo

• 灯笼

  dēng lóng

• 剪纸

  jiǎn zhǐ

• 黑包

  hēi bāo

Multiple Choice

Why are there firecrackers set off on the first day of Chinese New Year?

• The sounds of firecrackers are funny.

• to worship and pray to the God of Wealth

• to scare away the thieves

• to sound out the old year and welcome in a better new year

Multiple Select

Why do people eat fish during Chinese New Year?

• "Fish" (鱼 yú) sounds like "surplus" (余 yú)

• to wish everyone 年年有余 (nián nián yǒu yú) (to have a surplus every year)

• Fish symbolizes good fortune and wealth.

• The Kitchen God rides the carp to fly to heaven

Multiple Choice

Paper cutting is a folk craft that can be seen in every season, but are especially prominent during the Spring Festival. What do you call "paper cutting" it in Chinese?

• 红包

  (hóng bāo)

• 鞭炮

  (biān pào)

• 灯笼

  (dēng lóng)

• 剪纸

  (jiǎn zhǐ)