Happy Chinese New Year!
As a part of our Asian study, today we celebrated and took some time to delve into the Chinese culture. We made some amazing dragon masks and lanterns. We learnt that the New Year is a time of family reunion, where families gather and have large feasts.
Our lanterns were created to celebrate the lantern festival held on the fifteenth day of the first month. People carry these beautifully decorated and crafted lanterns to an evening parade under the light of the full moon. A major event during the lantern festival is the dragon dance. To us they may be mythical, fire breathing creatures but to the Chinese, dragons are linked to good luck, long life and wisdom. The dragon dances on new years day to scare away evil spirits. Can you believe they can be up to 100m long?
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