Chinese New Year Links - Library of Congress Primary Resource

From the LC Training on Primary Resources:


About Chinese New Year

In-depth explanation of the 15-day Chinese New Year celebration Includes explanation of feasts, descriptions of traditional foods and decorations.
http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/chinese_new_year.html

Traditions and History of Chinese New Year Celebrations
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/chinese-new-year/about.html


Articles from the 1880’s

“The Chinese New Year,” The American Missionary. Volume 36, Issue 5, May 1882
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/ncps:@field(DOCID+@lit(ABK5794-0036-106))::

“New Year's Day in China,” The American Missionary. Volume 38, Issue 8,
Aug 1884
http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/moa/pageviewer?root=%2Fmoa%2Famis%2Famis0038%2F&tif=00267.TIF&cite=&coll=moa&frames=1&view=50


Pictures

Chinese New Year: dragon dance, children and adults watching]: From San
Francisco Chinatown (post-1910)
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/cic:@field(DOCID+@lit(chs301))

Chinese New Year: dragon parade]: From San Francisco Chinatown
(post-1910):
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/cic:@field(DOCID+@lit(chs302))

Chinese New Year: Dragon dance, children watching
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/cic:@field(DOCID+@lit(chs304))

Chinese New Year: dragon dance, children watching
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/cic:@field(DOCID+@lit(chs300))

Chinese New Year, Chinese girl in traditional dress sitting in a chair
surrounded by various objects, furnishings and textiles
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/cdn:@field(NUMBER+@band(ichicdn+n003283))

Chinese New Year, Chinese girl and boy in traditional dress standing
next to each other on a chair surrounded by various objects, furnishings
and textiles
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/cdn:@field(NUMBER+@band(ichicdn+n003282))

Dance of the magnificent lion, Chinatown, San Francisco, Calif.: From
Miscellaneous California views from the collection of Joseph A. Baird
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/cic:@field(DOCID+@lit(brk2982))

"Chinamen Celebrating Their New-Year's Day in San Francisco" and "Alter
in the Chinese Joss-House, San Francisco":
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/cic:@field(DOCID+@lit(brk5379))


Other Resources/Activities

Get ready for Chinese New Year. Start at the bottom and click on a moon
... Based on the book "The Chinese Siamese Cat," written by Amy Tan with
http://pbskids.org/sagwa/games/countdown/index.html

Teacher Planet has lessons and unit plans, worksheets along with other
resources that look at the Chinese New Year.
http://www.teacherplanet.com/resource/chinesenewyear.php

Global Gateways, Portals to the World, Library of Congress resources on
China.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/asian/china/china.html