Eastern New Year A Valuable Learning process For Kids

By John Chan

How do kids celebrate New Year in China? Take a look at what the Chinese kids do during the New Year.

In China during the New Year all men women and kids have a fabulous time doing all sorts of traditional rituals but those who enjoy maximum are the verysmall children.

Younger kids has the maximum fun as they are not old enough to take the responsibility of supervising and managing the things that needs to be done for the New Year celebrations. Therefore they are given the liberty of simply celebrating the Chinese New Year except sometimes helping the elders in the household activities.

Chinese New Year is the greatest time of the year in China for adults and kids alike as they bring back the old customs for the celebration. But amongst all this fun it also has educational value as the children find out a lot about their ancient tradition and their origin while having fun.

The New year celebrations become a history lesson as far as the kids are concerned but it is a history lesson they learn through fun and games and not sitting in the class room so they neither forget it nor become uninterested. In fact the learning becomes so enjoyable that these things stay in their mind forever.

The richness of Chinese tradition is apparent during the New Year when it manifests through various activities. The China in its true colors is presented to the children in such a style that the kids easily understand them. The fun begins with the permission of staying awake till late at night and taking part in all sorts of activities.

The learning process especially in Chinese history is present all through the celebrations where they are encouraged to play certain games that are deep rooted in Chinese culture. For instance while playing dominoes they get to learn that the game originated in China and is being played here for last thousand years.

Another game which parents encourage the children to play is an 8th century game of cards. Here the parents create drawings on the cards and kids are required to write a story from the visual. Jianzi game is also played with lot of eagerness which is one of the ancient games of China resembling the game of hacky sack played by the kids in modern times.

The greatest joy is the red envelop which the children receive which contains money given by the elders. Hong Bao as the tradition is known as is the best custom of Chinese New Year tradition for the kids as they get pocket money to spend on all the nice things that are present as well as it brings them good luck.

The New Year celebration is spread over a couple of days when dragon dance ,lantern festivals and other parades are also held which aregreat learning experience for the children. All in all they have a gala time. - 30411

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