Today was CAFE's first meeting, and it was a great success! Many thanks to our friends, Aiden Wang, Ethan Le and Patrick Tsang for presenting on the topic of Chinese New Year. Thank you also for the red envelopes with a gold chocolate coin. It sounds like you all learned so much! What did you learn? What was your favorite part? Share with me your reflections on CAFE!
If you did not attend cafe, click here to read about Chinese New Year and share with us some new learning. Please be sure to write four to five sentences with the correct punctuation and capitalization.
I loved CAFE it was so fun. I love the part when eathen, aiden and patrick. I learned that they have red envolopes with money in them and that if your money adds up to odd numbers or 4 and 14 that means bad luck. I can not wait for the next CAFE meeting❗️😄
ReplyDeleteMy favorite part of C.A.F.E was learning about the Chinese zodiac. I am the year of the pig. I never knew that the Chinese people celebrated Chinese New Year for 16 days! I wonder why there are certain animals and only 12 of them? The Chinese always clean out their house to get rid of all the bad luck from the last year. If you eat noodles while you are celebrating Chinese New Year, don't cut them because long noodles mean that you will live a longer life. You should wear red on Chinese New Year. It is considered a sign good luck but, don't wear black it is a sign of death. Over all the Chinese people are very fun to celebrate with. Thank you Aiden, Ethan and Patrick for telling us about this awesome celebration.
ReplyDeleteI love cafe. It was so much fun! Every Chinese New Year morning they clean there house for good luck. And to keep the gost away. They even have good luck food. Cafe is so cool.😎💩😱!
ReplyDeleteI did not go to cafe but I really want to. Chines new year has ben celebrated for more than 4,000 years. Children have the day of from school on Chines new year. The dragon is a pain of good luck and good fortune.👍
ReplyDeleteChines new yeas has been celebrated for over 4,000 years. They get red envelopes with money in them. They don't celebrate on January first. red is good luck
ReplyDeleteI learned that people sweep their houses to make sure that bad spirits don't stay in them. People give envelopes with money in them but they do not give uneven amounts of money. Don't wear black on Chinese new year because it is the color of death. Fish, spring rolls, dumplings, fruit, sweet rice balls, long noodles and rice cakes are good luck foods. I love CAFE and can't wait for next week's meeting!😀💕
ReplyDeleteI loved learning about Chinese new year. Each year is named after a different animal from the Chinese zodiac. For example, I am a rat because I was born on April 26, 2008. You give people money on Chinese new year in red envelopes, but if you give them a 4 dollar bill it is bad luck, if you also give them odd numbers of money that is bad luck. Every even number is good luck besides 4. The Chinese people decorate their homes with Mandarin trees to celebrate.🐀
ReplyDeleteC.A.F.E. was really fun!!! We learned about Chinese New Year, also called Lunar New Year. I have BK (background knowledge) that it is good to wear red because it brings good luck and keeps away bad luck. The grown ups give out red envelopes with money in them to the children to wish the children good luck and a happy new year. I was born on the year of the rat and so was my mother and my grandmother. My father and uncle were born in the year of the rooster and my sister was born in the year of the tiger. The tiger is actually her favorite animal🐯. I am half Vietnamese and we also celebrate Lunar New Year but watching Dragon dance, Lion dance and fire crackers. I think Aiden, Ethan and Patric did a REALLY GREAT job today!!!
ReplyDeleteI loved C.A.F.E. I learned that the number 4 and odd numbers are bad luck. I also found out that some people sweep out their houses to get rid of any bad luck on the year before. I loved listening to Patrick, Aiden and Ethan's traditions. I cant wait for C.A.F.E in two weeks.
ReplyDeleteDid you know last year was the animal monkey and this year was the roster! Some people call Chinese new year spring festival! the Chinese calendar runs by 12 years! The order of the Chinese zodiac is Rat, dragon, snake, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig. My zodiac animal is a rat! ����
ReplyDeleteI loved C.A.F.E so much. I learned that people like to start fresh and do what they haven't done. I also learned that they sweep their house to get rid of last years ghosts and bad luck. I also did not now that there was a legend about the animals having a race to see who would go first in the year which was a rat. I am a rat. I cannot wait to go two weeks from now to C.A.F.E.
ReplyDeleteI liked our first meeting so much! This year's animal is an rooster. My dad is a rooster. I am a pig. I learned that there are 12 animals, but the two most important one was the dragon & the rabbit. The rabbit is famous for the paper cuttings that have them on their, and for the dragon that is one of the most famous and traditional animals. I also learned never wear black wear red. Can't wait for the next meeting.
ReplyDeleteI like C.A.F.E. a lot. It was fun. I learned that if you cut noodles during the Chinese new year it is bad luck. If you wear black that means death. Wearing red is good luck. I can't wait until the next C.A.F.E.
ReplyDeleteI did not no that 2008 is the year of the rat and I was born in 2008. There are 12 animals in the Chinese Zodiac. All 12 animals had a race and I think the bunny won. So the bunny is first of all the 12 animals. My sister is the year of the dog. My mom is the year of the dog also.
ReplyDeleteI did not know that it is a 12 year cycle and 2007 is the year of the rooster, i think. I knew I that a lot of people wore red for luckily and that people eat long noodle for longer lives. I also didn't know that people sent out red envelopes to people withe money in it
ReplyDeleteC.A.F.E was really fun. I had some background knowledge like about the zodiac calendar and I also knew that I am a golden pig. My sister is a rabbit my mom is a dog my other sister is a monkey and my dad is also a pig. Some new facts I learned is that they highly celebrate the rabbit.
ReplyDeleteC.A.F.E was fun. I learned a lot of new things, like this year it was the year of the rooster!🐓 It was cool when we got those red envelopes with chocolate coins! yum! I didn't know that you had to have a specific amount of money to be lucky. I also didn't know you had to wear red to celebrate. It was fun learning, I hope to go again another day!
ReplyDeleteChinese new year has been celebrated for over 4,000 years. Chinese new year symbolizes letting go the past and welcoming a new begging. In China children are off from school during Chinese new year. The Chinese calendar runs on a 12 year cycle. Chinese new year has also been called the spring festival or the first day of the great year.
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