Sunday, April 10, 2011

Facts About Children Traditions In Oriental New Year

By John Chan


Wonder what its like for the children during the Chinese New Year celebrations? Find out how the kids get the best of the season.

Although the Chinese New Year is a time when men, women and children of all ages go all out in terms of enjoying themselves by engaging in all sorts of traditional activities it is the youngest lot that manages to reap the utmost benefits.

This is feasible because as they are too young, they are free from the chores of arranging and coordinating activities for the events which is taken care of by the elders. They do few things like helping the adults in their arrangements but more or less they are free to enjoy at the time of Chinese New Year and elders let them have fun.

For the Chinese kids the New Year events promise a lot of fun and games but also it becomes an educative process for them as well. This is because the New Year is a time when all sorts of historic traditions are brought back to life hence the kids get to discover about the history and origin of their very own culture.

The New Year in China has a lot of benefit as far as the kids are concerned. It allows them to have lot of fun with all the festivities but it also imparts significant education in history which children learn through the whole process of celebration. This way they do not dread the lessons and also remember it till they are alive.

The rich cultural heritage of China comes across in a series of activities that are held during this time of the year. The true essence of China is presented to the kids in a manner that they can absorb. New Year's eve is a time when bed time curfews are removed and the children are allowed to stay up late and engage in all sorts of games.

The elders in China take pains to teach their kids Chinese history and traditions by setting up traditional games so that kids learn from them while enjoy playing them. One of the important games that kids get to play is dominoes which they learn that it originated in China and Chinese are playing it for at least 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 made to write a story from the visual. Jianzi game is also played with lot of enthusiasm which is one of the ancient games of China resembling the game of hacky sack played by the kids in modern times.

The normal practice of Hong Bao which is the red envelope received by children from their elders. The red envelope contains cash which is meant to bring them good luck. Of course the kids love this ancient Chinese tradition which finances their holiday treats.

The kids also get to enjoy the general parades like the lantern festival as well as the dragon dance that takes place a few days into the New Year. On the whole the festive season is a time of immense fun and learning for children.




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