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2.21.26 - Part 1 · Children's Hour

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  Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to Radio Eyas Children's Story Hour as
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  a reminder, a reading service intended for people who are
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  blind her of other disabilities that make it difficult to
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  reprint a material. Today we will re reading from various
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  books on the Lunar New Year. Your reader today is Diane.
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  Our first book is titled Alex's Good Fortune and it
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  was published by Penguin Workshop and imprint of Penguin Random House.
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  It has a copywriter of twenty twenty and the author
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  is Benson Chum. When Alex wakes up and remembers what
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  day it is, she puts on a red shirt and
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  red headmand Happy Chinese New Year, She says, Can I
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  invite Ethan over for the holiday? Of course, Mom replies.
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  Once Ethan arrives, they joined the Chinese New Year parade.
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  Helps lift the dragon. Alex carries the staff to lead
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  the way. Together they make the dragon dance in the streets.
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  The sounds of drums, cymbals and firecrackers fill the air.
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  The de dum dumb, dumb, crash, crash crash. Ethan weighs
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  the dragon up and down. Alex holds the staff. What
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  does it all mean? Asked Ethan? The dragon dance brings
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  good luck to everyone, says Alex. After the parade, friends
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  and family gathered at Alex's house. Everyone exchanges wishes for
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  a healthy and happy New Year. Auntie Lynn hands Alex
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  and Ethan red envelopes for luck going xpashe says Auntie
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  Lynn xingunk Shing Shing says Alex, there is money inside.
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  Uncle Tay paints red banners for the front door. Alex
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  and Ethan help paint, stroke and sweep, stroke and sweep.
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  They hang them up to wish everyone piece all year round.
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  Chinese New York always brings Alex's least favorite tradition. Before
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  the start of the new year, Alex had to clean
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  her room to wash away bad luck. After that she
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  swept the floor. Ethan had offered to help and wipe
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  the table for his friend. Nay Nay makes dumplings in
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  the kitchen. Alex and Ethan help wrap them fod and pinch,
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  fod and pinch. Alex likes some fried Ethan likes some steamed.
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  Chinese New York dishes had many meanings. Fish for prosperity,
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  noodles for long life, dumplings for wealth, chicken for family,
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  and lots and lots of candy for good fortune, such
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  as peanuts, dried apricops, lucky candy, candy, lotus fruit, candy,
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  ginger and dried pineapple. Only everything is ready, Alex serves
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  the tea Ethan carries in the rice. It's time for
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  the most delicious tradition, the Grand Banquet. Everyone gathers to
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  share dumplings, noodles, and many other dishes. Alex's favorite tradition
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  is the Lantern Festival, which falls on the fifteenth day
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  of the celebration to mark the end of Chinese New Year.
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  Friends and families go to the park to enjoy it.
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  Alex and Ethan grab their lanterns and hang them on
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  the tallest tree. The lanterns shine like stars in the sky.
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  Thank you for sharing the holiday with me, Alex. Ethan says,
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  I'm glad we got to celebrate together. Alex Repie replies,
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  Happy Chinese New Year. They shout. Chinese New Year is
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  a time for family and friends to celebrate with music, dancing, cooking,
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  and lots of eating. Food is a big part of
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  the Chinese New Year festivities. There are many dishes to
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  repair it in, lots of goodies to eat during the celebration.
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  The color red is seen throughout the new year, from
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  banners and lucky envelopes to clothing and headbands. Red symbolizes
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  good luck. There is also the story of the Chinese zodiac.
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  The zodiac calendar is a twelve year cycle, and each
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  year is represented by an animal. Legend says that long
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  ago that Jade Emperor, on his birthday, decided to select
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  twelve animals to guard the heavenly gates. There was to
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  be a great race across fast flowing river. The first
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  twelve animals to cross would win. Rat arrived first, then ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog,
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  and finally pig. These twelve became the animals on the
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  Chinese zodiac calendar. Each animal has its own unique personality.
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  Is believed that if you are born in the year
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  of the rat, for example, you will have the rat's
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  characteristic traits, and those are quick witted, intelligent, natural born leaders.
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  Ox traits are strong, stubborn, hardworking. Tiger traits are brave, reckless, intense.
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  Rabbit traits are polite, affectionate, sincere. Dragon traits are fearless, creative, ambitious.
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  Snake traits are intuitive wise, calm. Horse traits are independent
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  and patient. Positive sheep traits are gentle, patient, easygoing. Monkey
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  traits are adventurous, active, curious. Rooster traits trustworthy, talented, practical.
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  Dog traits loyal, diligent, generous. Pig traits problem solvers, humble, honest.
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  Chinese New Year wishes goone Devonte, wishing you wealth and prosperity.
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  Sing Sion si ching, May all your wishes come true.
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  Shing Ti Long King, wishing you good luck. Ni Na
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  y'all you, may you have abundance every year, Sing Nan
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  Kua lu, Happy New Year. Her next book is titled
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  Grumpy New Year and it was published by Little Bee Books.
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  It has a copyright year of twenty twenty two and
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  the author is Katrina Moore. Ten days until the New Year,
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  Daisy hugged your parents goodbye. This will be the best
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  lunar New Year ever. Daisy was visiting her grandpa in China.
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  They would have so much fun together. Remember, Auntie, we'll
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  drop you off with yea yea. You should sleep on
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  the long flight, said Mama. Daisy should have slept, but
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  she didn't. She was too excited to see ya ye.
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  Nine days until the New Year. Eight days until the
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  New Year. We're here, We're here, your sons, said ya Ya.
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  After unpacking. Ya Ya show Daisy his favorite spot to
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  fly kit ah see ya ya go, grumbled Daisy. That night,
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  Yea Yea said fun gay ow. Daisy should have slept,
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  but she didn't. There were too many things to explore.
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  Seven days until the New year. Ya Ya planned a
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  fun filled day for Daisy. First, they painted with ink,
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  Then they sang karaoke, but that didn't last too long. Finally,
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  they rowed a boat. Nothing was as fun as Daisy hoped.
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  Why am I being such a grump? Will I make
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  yaya grumpy? Two six days until the new year. Yea
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  ya took Daisy to his favorite restaurant. Yea Yea slurpt
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  and burned. Daisy wanted to smile, but she didn't. Ah,
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  yelled Daisy. She pointed to the fishhead, then chop eh
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  yay yay grumbled at not. Yea Yea said fun Gael.
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  Daisy should have slept, but again she didn't. There were
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  too many sights to see. Five days until the new year.
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  Daisy couldn't get rid of the grumps, not even while
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  making yummy rice cakes. With yea yea naon Gayo said
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  ya ya. His hands dance sterle whirl. Poor Daisy rode
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  onto the floor or a growl roar hmm. Yea Yea grumbled.
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  He painted Daisy's head fun Gael. Daisy needed to sleep,
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  and finally she did. Four days until the new year.
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  Three days until the new year. Daisy woke up in
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  time to make zomzi yay. Yea announced, What about the dumplings,
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  Jaysy asked, ya Ya pointed boo. Daisy grumbled, I missed it.
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  Two days until the new year. Daisy did not want
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  to miss a thing. Today. I'm ready, Daisy cheered, ya Ya.
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  Hanged to her A broom, Oh, Daisy grumbled. It was
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  time to clean before the new year. Daisy dusted, she swept,
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  She sighed. This day wasn't turning out like Daisy hoped.
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  Until another adventure. Daisy loved the market oranges, she cheered.
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  She tried to slice sweet juicy tanging, mmm, said Daisy.
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  She handed one of yea yea ah grumbled ya Ya.
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  He scrunched up his face. Daisy tried not to, but
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  she couldn't help but smile. Soon Daisy and Yea YEA
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  were having so we're laughing so hard as belly jiggled
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  up and down. One day until the New Year, Daisy
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  ate and ate, and danced and danced. By the time
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  she went to bed, she finally felt jolly again. On
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  New Year's Day, Daisy stretched her arms. She smelled something
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  sweet like tangy oranges, as well as something steamy like zomzy.
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  Something sizzled dumplings fresh from the walk. The breezy air
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  buzzed with jingles and jangles and jovial voices. Oh no,
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  she cried, did I miss the New Year? Daisy peeked
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  into Yaya's room. No, yay yay, What was this lucky money?
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  But no, ya ya ya ya wants to celebrate the
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  New Year without me, thought Daisy, maybe I've been too grumpy.
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  But wait, what is this a map? Daisy hoped she
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  would find yay yay, and she did. Gone hey fetch
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  wa said ya ya ten night, eight, seven, six, five,
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  four three two one. Happy New Year, cheered Daisy, celebrating
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  the Lunar New Year. From the author growing up, the
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  only thing that made me grumpy about Lunar New Year
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  was that I had to clean my room. Actually, having
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  clean up still makes me grumpy, but everything else about
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  celebrating the New Year was full of joy and most
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  importantly family. I grew up in a big, big Cantonese
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  and English speaking Chinese American family, and we were always
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  eating or thinking about eating food. My Yaya would begin
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  the New year's food preparations the days leaning up to
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  the first night of Lunar New Year. The whole house
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  was a buzz with sizzling, slashing, stirring stuff and sweet
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  and salty smells. When it was finally midnight of the
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  first night of the New Year, my family would gather
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  around our kitchen table for a feast of long noodles, fish,
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  sweet rice cakes, snowball soup, and various types of dumplings,
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  including my favorite fried Giaze, which is shredded cabbage with
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  pork and or shrimp and it has soy sauce and
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  sesame oil. Our next story is titled The Lunar New
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  Year's Surprise and it was published by Soaring Kite Books
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  has a copyright year of twenty twenty three and it
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  was written by Jade Wang. Knock Knock Knock, may may
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  wake up and get dressed. It's the first day of
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  the Lunar New Year. It's the biggest, yummiest, noisiest celebration
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  of the year. New clothes signify a fresh start to
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  the year. They are read a color to symbolized good luck.
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  This new year is going to be the best one yet,
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  because I have a special surprise for May May. Isn't
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  my new dress beautiful? Gegee? May May cheers for the
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  Lunar New Year. Everything must be new and clean. After
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  we clean the whole house, we fold red paper in
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  half in fancy paper cuts as decorations that bring happiness
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  and good blessings. Then, out of May May's sight, I
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  work on her special gift surprise. There's something I wanted
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  you to see, May May. I uncover the gift box,
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  but May May runs downstairs before I can show her.
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  I crocheted a Chinese line as a gift for May May.
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  It's made with a lot of different yarn colors and
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  more stitches than I can count. Nay Ny who thought
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  who taught me how to crochet, is the only person
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  who knows about my top secret project. Our code name
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  for the doll is Lucky, since traditionally lion dances bring
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  good luck. I took Lucky inside my vest and follow
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  may may wait up seeing name Kwali bye bye and
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  Ma must say together Happy Lunar New Year to you.
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  Happy Lunar New Year. We cheer, I'm careful to squish
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  Lucky as we hug Mama plants kisses on our cheeks.
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  You two look great in your new outfits. Now off
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  to ya yay in Nayna's house to celebrate. We arrive
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  at ya Ya and Nayne's home with a basket of
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  juicy red apples gone gone Nae home. We say, we
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  wish ya yay nay nay a happy, healthy, peaceful and
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  blessed new year. Yay yay na Nae pull us into
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  warm hugs. Here is your y'all, sweet kwan for your
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  piggy bank, Naynae says with a smile. We take the
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  envelopes of lucky money with both hands and bow our
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  heads to show respectful gratitude. I noticed Lucky's arms sticking
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  out from my collar and quickly tuck him inside my vest.
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  Thank you, Yaya and na nay yay yay na Nay
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  lead us all to the altar in the living room.
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  Nane carefully places a plate of colorful fruit from the
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  photos of our great grandparents and other ancestors. Our descendants
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  are here to wish you well for the new year,
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  said yeah, yeay, giving us each a burning incense stick.
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  We hold our incense sticks with both hands, bow again
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  to pay respect to our ancestors, and then place our
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  sticks in the incense holder. Crack, crack, crack, it's the
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  lion's dance. Let's go, Bob bob cheers. We join the
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  festivities outside, clapping and cheering as the lion romps and
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  dances up the street. The lion dance is my favorite.
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  But why is it always so loud? Maybe as while
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  covering our ears, the noise of beating drums, cymbals, and
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  gom synchronized with the lion's movements. It's loud to show
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  how powerful the lion is, said Mama as she squeezes
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  Ma Mae's hand. The lion dances to chase away ghosts
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  and evil spirits too. Look, may may I made you
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  your own? I start to say, But may may can
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  hear me over the commotion? Time to eat, Mom says,
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  while motioning us back inside. Yay, yay, nay nay, Please
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  have a seat, I respectfully pull out their chairs while
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  may Mae sets the dining table. Coming through, Mama announces
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  holding a large plate of dumplings. Bye bye, follows with
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  a steaming fish, and I bring the crispy spring roast.
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  Pretty soon, a spread of colorful, yummy dishes fills the
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  entire table. Mama tells us what she made and why
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  each is important to eat on the lunar New Year.
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  Noodles for mom life and happiness, dumplings for wealth, steam
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  fish for abundance, spring rose for a fresh start, stewed
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  mustard greens for longevity, tangerines for good luck, apples for peace,
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  sweet rice balls for family togetherness, rice cakes for success
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  with work and money. I wish I could eat these
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  foods every day. Me Me giggles. They are extra special.
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  On the New Year, we express thanks for the help
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  we received over the year. Thank you Mama for putting
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  together this amazing meal and for always being our biggest cheerleader.
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  I chime in. We congratulate each person at the table
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  for the happy and proud moments they had last year.
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  Congratulations for making the soccer team. As Mimi, we talk
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  about plans, trips, and celebrations for the new year. We
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  also share stories and legends, such as the twelve Chinese
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  zodiac animals that represent each year. After our meal, by
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  Bye places bright red firecrackers on the ground in front
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  of our house, standing them up like candles. Maybe and
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  I take turns using incense sticks to light the firecrackers.
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  One by one. They explode with loud cracks and rising
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  white smoke. The noise will surely scare away evil spirits.
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  Pop Pop pop. Finally, my opportunity is here, and I
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  take Lucky out once more. May May I know how
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  much you like seeing the lion each year? So I
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  made you this little guy. Wow, he's so cute and
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  small and quiet too. She squeals. I love him so much.
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  I can't believe you made him. Thank you, I smell.
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  I smile proudly. What a memorable New Year? Lunar New
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  Year Around the world, Lunar New Year, or the Spring Festival,
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  is celebrated all over the world. Has different names, such
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  as los Are in Tibet, Tet in Vietnam, and in
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  sol Seoul in Korea. They all begin with the first
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  new moon and end on the full moon, so families
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  will celebrate for two weeks. During these two weeks. It's
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  time for new clothes, lucky money, flashy lion dances, loud firecracks,
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  and delicial food, with various countries having their own specialties.
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  It's a time for honoring ancestors and pain respect to elders.
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  Most importantly, it is a time for being with family,
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  visiting friends, and spending time with those you love. Dishes
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  around the world dumplings in China. They are a very
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  popular dish there and symbolized prosperity as they are in
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  the shape of goat or rectangle blocks. Fish in China
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  is often prepared as a steam dish with soy sauce
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  and ginger and topped with greens. Since the Chinese word
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  for fish sounds like the word surplus, eating fish symbolizes
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  bringing abundance. Non Gao in China is sweet and sticky
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  rice cakes. They are very popular. It is a very
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  popular New Year dessert. Their name sounds like each year higher,
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  so it is implied that eating it will bring an
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  even better year than the last. Momo in Tibet are
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  dumplings that are packed with hearty minced meat, filled with
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  juice and considered a special treat reserved for holidays, making
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  Momo is a great way for families to come together
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  and spend time in the kitchen. Chicken in Taiwan is
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  a popular New Year entree that symbolizes reunion or coming
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  together a family. It is important to finish the dish
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  and not leave any leftovers. Pineapple in Taiwan, both fresh
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  pineapple and pineapple cakes, is a traditional pastry symbolizing wealth
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  and prosperity. The Taiwanese pronunciation for pineapple is only, which
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  sounds like prosperity. Coming bon Shan is from Vietnam. These
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  Vietnamese rice cakes are savory, sticky rice dish that is
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  traditionally filled with mung beans and pork, then cooked and
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  banana leaves. Many believe the dish symbolizes the earth and
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  is often used as an offeringer incest worship altars. Teo
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  Kigook in Korea is a rice cake soup that is
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  made with beef or anchovy broth, beef chunks, thinly sliced
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  rice cake, and whist egg. This dish symbolizes turning a
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  year older, and the consumption of it on New Year's
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  Day is culturally believed to bring longevity, good health, and fortune.
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  Chinese Zodiac animals. According to ancient Chinese myth, many animals
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  were invited to a big race to claim one of
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  the twelve spots in the zodiac. They finished in the
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  following order. Rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog,
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  and pick. After the big race, each year became associated
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  with the zodiac animal. Your zodiac sign is decided by
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  your birth year and has traditionally believed that each zodiac
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  animal has the following personality traits. The rat was the
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  first to finish the race and is considered to be quick, witted, resourceful, versatile,
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  and kind. The ox is diligent, dependable, strong and determined.
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  The tiger is brave, confident, competitive and unpredictable. The rabbit
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  is quite elegant, kind and responsible. The dragon is confident, intelligent,
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  and enthusiastic. The snake is in omatic, intelligent, and wise.
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  The horse is animated, active, and energetic. The goat is calm, gentle,
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  and sympathetic. The monkey is sharp, smart and curious. The
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  rooster is observant, hard working, and courageous. The dog is lovely,
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  honest and prudent. The pig is compassionate, generous, and Diligent.
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  Our next book is Tired of Lunar New Year, a
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  celebration of family and fun. It was published by Golden
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  Book has a copyright year of twenty twenty three. The
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  author of this book is Mary man Kong. It's time
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  to celebrate the Lunar New Year. Grandparents, parents and children
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  all come together to join in the fun. The new
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  year begins when the first new moon of the lunar
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  calendars in the sky. Celebrations last for fifteen days and
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  end when the moon is full. More than one point
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  five billion people enjoy Lunar New Year festivities is celebrating
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  different countries in Asia and in countries where a lot
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  of Asian families live in China, Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam,
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  and there are many different ways to wish someone a
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  happy New Year in those countries. Every Lunar New Year
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  is named for one of the following twelve zodiac animals rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragons, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog,
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  and pig. Each animal has a different personality and the
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  people born in the year of that animal are thought
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  to have that personality. Which animal are you clever, charming, wise, ox, gentle, patient,
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  hardworking tiger, brave, payful, generous rabbit, shy, kind, artistic dragon, proud, generous,
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  smart snake, clever, curious, graceful horse, cheerful, independent, talkative goat
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  and easygoing gentle, artistic monkey, smart, optimistic, entertaining rooster, funny, neat,
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  adventurous dog, loyal, helpful, trustworthy pig carrying on a strong.
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  Time to clean and china. The tradition is to clean
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  the house at least two days before the lunar new year.
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  This is meant to sweep away any bad luck in
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  which for a fresh new year. The color red is
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  very important. It symbolizes lucky and success for the lunar year.
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  People wear red clothing and hang red decorations. Adults give
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  children red envelopes filled with lucky money. The red envelope
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  is called home bail in Mandarin's, usually filled with crisp
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  new bills that bring happiness, health and good luck. But
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  be sure to receive it with both hands. Using just
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  one is considered rude. Special red decorations are hung on
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  doors of houses. They're meant to bring good luck and
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  a peaceful new year to the family that lives there.
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  Time to eat, lots of delicious foods are shared beginning
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  on the eve of Lunar New Year. People eat dumplings,
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  which represent a wealthy life. They eat fish, which represents
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  a life full of all good things, and they eat
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  law noodles, which represents a long life. Oranges are popular
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  Lunar New Year gift. They are believed to bring good luck.
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  Legend is that long ago a beast with sharp teeth
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  and horns would come to villages and eat people and livestock.
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  On the last day of Lunar New Year, villagers discover
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  that hanging red lanterns and the noise the burning bamboo
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  mate scared the beast away. Today, the lantern festivals celebrate
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  on the last day of the Lunar New Year celebrations.
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  People hang glowing lanterns in their homes and light firecrackers
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  to scare away evil spirits. And they're exciting parades. You
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  may even see a colorful dragon or a dancing lion.
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  Everyone makes noise with drums, cymbals and gods to frighten
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  away evil spirits, bring good luck and welcome the new year.
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  Happy Lunar New Year. This concludes the Children's Story Hour
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  for today. Please join us next time. As we will
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  read more stories, fables and fairy tales. Thank you for
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  listening in. Please take tune for the Lexing Herald Leader
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  here on RADIOI