- China the Beautiful: Chinese New Year
Includes a printable monthly calendar, common questions about Chinese New Year, and zodiac information.
www.chinapage.com/newyear.html
- Chinese New Year
Offers a look into the 15-day celebration of Chinese New Year and its traditional foods, decorations, taboos, and superstitions.
www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/chinese_new_year.html
- Southwest Airlines Chinese New Year Festival & Parade
Annual event held in San Francisco's Chinatown. Includes a schedule for the festival and parade, culture resources, local history, and recipes.
www.chineseparade.com
- Wikipedia: Chinese New Year
User-created article about the Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival. Includes Chinese New Year dates, traditional menus, and an analysis of traditional greetings.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_new_year
- Celebration of the Chinese New Year
Includes information about traditions, celebrations in Chinese-American communities, the history of the lantern festival, and symbolism.
www.c-c-c.org/chineseculture/festival/newyear/newyear.html
- Wikipedia: Lantern Festival
About the festival of lanterns celebrated on the 15th day of the Chinese New Year. Lantern Festival is also known as the Little New Year.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lantern_Festival
- Chinese Dragon Boat Festival
With photos and a brief explanation.
www.ncsu.edu/midlink/dec97/holiday/boatz.html
- 123 Chinese New Year.com
Celebrate the Lunar New Year with eCards.
www.123chinesenewyear.com
- Chinese Festivals: The Mid-Autumn Festival
Describes origins of the festival and the different celebrated forms.
www.chinavoc.com/festivals/Midautumn.htm
- Kaboose: Chinese New Year
Features crafts, recipes, and activities for Chinese New Year.
crafts.kaboose.com/holidays/chinese_new_year.html
- Harvest Moon Festival
The legend, lanterns, and moon cakes.
www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/moon.htm
- Holidays and Festivals in Taiwan: Mid-Autumn Festival
Explaining the legends of the Moon festival including eating moon cakes, Chang O flees to the Moon, Wu Kang chops down the Cassia tree, and the jade rabbit grinds medicine.
www.gio.gov.tw/info/festival_c/moon_e/moon.htm
- Chinese New Year eCards
Collection of eCards for the occasion of Chinese New Year.
www.chinesenewyearecards.com
- 101ChineseNewYear.Com
Chinese New Year greeting cards.
www.101chinesenewyear.com
- Celebration of the Lantern Festival
Explores the legends of the Lantern Festival, its modern celebrations, as well as Yuan Xaio and Tang Yuan dishes for the occasion.
www.c-c-c.org/chineseculture/festival/lantern/lantern.html
- Moon Festival, The
Offers a brief introduction to the holiday and poems.
www.chinavista.com/experience/moon/moon.html
- Family Culture: August Moon Festival
Provides mooncake recipes and the legend of the Moon Maiden.
www.familyculture.com/holidays/augustmoonfest.htm
- About.com: Moon Festival
Includes legend of the Mid-Autumn festival and recipes of variety of moon cakes.
chinesefood.about.com/library/weekly/aa091099.htm
- Family Culture: Vietnamese Mid-Autumn Festival
Family holiday with star lanterns and mooncakes.
www.familyculture.com/holidays/tettrungthu.htm
- Tomb Sweeping Day
Includes video clips of the rituals.
www.gio.gov.tw/info/festival_c/tomb_e/tomb.htm
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