Chinese New Year Funology

The Year of the Snake

January 24 - February 11, 2001

Gung Hey Fat Choy! (good luck) is the traditional greeting that the Chinese use to welcome in the New Year. This lunar holiday lasts for 15 days beginning with the sunset the day of the 2nd new moon following the Winter Solstice and lasts until the first full moon. Traditionally the holiday is celebrated with parades, the wearing of new clothes and the exchange of small gifts.

Crafts and Activities:

• Activity Village: Crafts, games, puzzles and more
• Bry-Back Manor: Word search puzzle
• China: DimSum: Celebrations, Holidays and Customs: Activities
• Chinese Culture: Chinese papercut patterns
• Chinatown Online: Classroom activities
• Chinatown Online: Fortune sticks
• Chinatown Online: Gift packet for money
• Chinatown Online: Name translator
• Chinese Astrology: Fortune cookies
• Chinese Astrology: Chinese astrological signs
• Crafts for Kids: Fireworks craft project
• Crafts for Kids: Fire cracker craft project
• Family Fun Magazine: Celebrating Chinese New Year
• Family Fun Magazine: Dress like a dragon
• Folds: Origami projects
• Gamekids: Asian Lunar New Year games
• Gamekids: Red paper good luck wishes
• Kids Domain - UK: Chinese gift Packet
• Mr. Donn's Page: Chinese festivals and dragon lore
• Paperfantasia: Chinese cultural quiz
• Perpetual Preschool: Art, cooking and musical activities
• Rainfall: Find your Chinese zodiac sign
• Softseek: Mah Jongg game
• Scotland Online: Fortune cookies
• The Abacus: Build a lego abacus
• The Guide Zone: Chinese crafts
• There's no Page Like Home for the Holidays: A variety of information and activities
• Think Quest Jr.: Chinese Calligraphy

Food:

• All Recipes: Recipe index
• All Recipes: Fortune cookies
• Crafty Visions: Fortune cookies
• Gamekids: Asian recipes
• Grandma's Holiday Desserts: Chnese New Years candy
• Stuart A. Blair: Recipe index
• Rec.Food.Recipes: Recipe index

Thought You'd Like to Know:

• Chinese Astrology: Checkout your horoscope
• Chinatown Online: Predictions for the year of the snake
• Paper Folding: The history of Origami
• Sabrina: Chinese astrology calendar
• University of Victoria: Taboos and superstitions

Virtual Cards and Gifts:

• Asia Greetings: Greeting cards
• Awesome Cards: Dragon greeting cards
• Bansheeweb: Greeting cards
• Cardmaster: Greeting cards
• Epicurious: Create a personal fortune cookie
• Paperfantasia: Greeting cards
• Scotland Online: Greeting cards
• TV3 Online: Greeting cards
• Virtual Postcard: Greeting cards
• MaCyber: Greeting cards

Computer Enhancements:

• Alvin's Homepage: Chinese midis
• China the Beautiful: Chinese graphics
• Chinese Papercuts: Black and white clip art
• Fontazm: Asian dingbats
• Fontazm: Take Out font (on page 2)
• Fonts n Things: Oriental font
• Font Pool: Asian dingbats - go to page 5
• Holiday Themes: Click on themes and screen savers
• Karate: Chinese graphics
• Millan: Animated clip art
• Millan: Animated clip art
• Sana's Clip Art: Background, icons, buttons and bars
• Softseek: China Lake desktop theme
• Softseek: Oriental river desktop theme

Additional Links:

• Chinese Culture: Additional holiday links
• Freeservers: Additional holiday links
• Kids Domain: Additional holiday fun
• Web Holidays: Additional holiday resources

Verifying links is an ongoing process. Links are here today but gone tomorrow.
If you come across a link that is dead or has moved, please notify us.
All links were last verified on January 3, 2001.

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