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Using this activity to celebrate Lunar New Year
Take some time to discuss some of the principles and traditions of Lunar New Year. For example, it’s an opportunity to sweep out the old and celebrate the new. The colour red is used to symbolise good luck and happiness.
There’s a very famous, ancient banyan tree in Lam Tsuen in Hong Kong. People travel at Lunar or Chinese New Year and during other festivals to leave their own special wishes. First, they write their wishes on colourful red wishing paper, then they tie them to oranges, and throw them up into the tree. If the wishes stick, it is thought that they will come true!

Resources

Pens or pencils
Scissors
Sticky tape
String
Red paper
Sticks or twigs - you could also use sturdy potted plants

Instructions

Use the twigs or stick to create your own New Year trees as a group or individually. You could use string to hang the trees up.
Alternatively, you may want to tie some sticks into a cross shape to use a base to stand the trees up.
Cut out sections of the red paper in different shapes, making sure they’re big enough to write different wishes on.
Now, everyone should write their own personal wishes for the coming year onto the red paper..
You may want to search online for some Chinese symbols and their meanings to draw onto your paper, such as ‘happiness’ or ‘luck’, to decorate the wishes.
You could then use sticky tape and string to stick a loop of string onto the card and hang your messages onto the trees.
Keep the wishing trees on display to look back onto the messages at different times during the year for inspiration, positive messages or as something to reflect on.

Tags

• Chinese New Year

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