- 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
- 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
- Kaboose: Chinese New Year
Features crafts, recipes, and activities for Chinese New Year.
crafts.kaboose.com/holidays/chinese_new_year.html
- Chinese Festivals: The Mid-Autumn Festival
Describes origins of the festival and the different celebrated forms.
www.chinavoc.com/festivals/Midautumn.htm
- 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
- Family Culture: Vietnamese Mid-Autumn Festival
Family holiday with star lanterns and mooncakes.
www.familyculture.com/holidays/tettrungthu.htm
- Chinese New Year eCards
Collection of eCards for the occasion of Chinese New Year.
www.chinesenewyearecards.com
- Tomb Sweeping Day
Includes video clips of the rituals.
www.gio.gov.tw/info/festival_c/tomb_e/tomb.htm
- Family Culture: August Moon Festival
Provides mooncake recipes and the legend of the Moon Maiden.
www.familyculture.com/holidays/augustmoonfest.htm
- 101ChineseNewYear.Com
Chinese New Year greeting cards.
www.101chinesenewyear.com
- 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
- Moon Festival, The
Offers a brief introduction to the holiday and poems.
www.chinavista.com/experience/moon/moon.html
- Chinavoc.com: Lantern Festival
About the Chinese Festival when people try to solve puzzles on the lanterns and eat Yuanxiao dumplings.
www.chinavoc.com/festivals/lantern.htm
- Chinese Festivals, The
About different chinese festivals like Chinese New Year, Ching Ming, and Tin Hau, as well as some interesting information about Chinese culture.
www.edunetconnect.com/categories/originals/chinafest/chinesef.html
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