Celebrate Chinese New Year: With Fireworks, Dragons, And Lanterns

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團圓、辭舊、喜慶

自古傳承下來的春節文化，不論華人身處在哪個國家（基本上世界各地都已有華人紮根定居），都會在這一特定節日慶祝農曆新年。但也因為全球化緣故，演變成各地華人的慶祝方式不盡然相同，如何讓年輕一代更了解中華的春節文化和價值觀更顯得重要。

寫實的插圖，紀實的說明，以全世界的觀點，帶你一窺農曆春節文化的形式和意義。

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.

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