Happy Lunar New Year! 🐍🎆
Hello Mito Amity students and family! ヽ(>∀<☆)ノ
Today’s post is Mito Amity’s first English post of 2025. We apologize for keeping everyone waiting! The Mito Amity English Friday Series is officially back and better than ever before!
This week we will be talking about Lunar New Year, a holiday that is coming up this next week on Wednesday, January 29th. The date of the Lunar New Year holiday depends on the position of the moon, so the date changes each year. Lunar New Year lasts for 15 days, beginning with the new moon and ending with the full moon.
This holiday is also called the Spring Festival or Chinese New Year! Even though it is known as Chinese New Year, it is not only celebrated in China but also in Vietnam, Singapore, Korea, Japan, and in many other countries where people of Chinese descent live.
Firecrackers are often shot off on New Year’s Eve. Fireworks celebrate the end of the old year and the beginning of the new year. Lunar/Chinese New Year is a time to feast and to visit family members. During this 15-day period, there will often be day parades with lion dancers or night festivals with flying lanterns.
Chinese years are named after 12 different animals: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig. Lunar/Chinese New Year marks the start of the next animal’s year. After 12 years, the cycle of animals repeats itself. This year will be the Year of the Snake. These are the years of the snake from the past: 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013, 2025. Do you know anyone who was born in the Year of the Snake? If you do, you should gift them something red to bring them good luck for the year!
Will you be celebrating Lunar New Year this coming week? Let us know in your next Amity lesson!
Sincerely,
Your English Teachers at Mito Amity (ノ= ⩊ = )ノ
Today’s post is Mito Amity’s first English post of 2025. We apologize for keeping everyone waiting! The Mito Amity English Friday Series is officially back and better than ever before!
This week we will be talking about Lunar New Year, a holiday that is coming up this next week on Wednesday, January 29th. The date of the Lunar New Year holiday depends on the position of the moon, so the date changes each year. Lunar New Year lasts for 15 days, beginning with the new moon and ending with the full moon.
This holiday is also called the Spring Festival or Chinese New Year! Even though it is known as Chinese New Year, it is not only celebrated in China but also in Vietnam, Singapore, Korea, Japan, and in many other countries where people of Chinese descent live.
Firecrackers are often shot off on New Year’s Eve. Fireworks celebrate the end of the old year and the beginning of the new year. Lunar/Chinese New Year is a time to feast and to visit family members. During this 15-day period, there will often be day parades with lion dancers or night festivals with flying lanterns.
Chinese years are named after 12 different animals: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig. Lunar/Chinese New Year marks the start of the next animal’s year. After 12 years, the cycle of animals repeats itself. This year will be the Year of the Snake. These are the years of the snake from the past: 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013, 2025. Do you know anyone who was born in the Year of the Snake? If you do, you should gift them something red to bring them good luck for the year!
Will you be celebrating Lunar New Year this coming week? Let us know in your next Amity lesson!
Sincerely,
Your English Teachers at Mito Amity (ノ= ⩊ = )ノ
