Chinese Culture for Kindergarten

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Chinese Culturefor Kindergarten

• By Elyza Rodriguez

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China

• A Map of China

• Chinas Flag

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Chinese calendar

• Based on the cycles of the moon
• The beginning of the year is always a different
  date.
  
• Each year is named after a different animal.
• There are twelve different animals.

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Chinese Calendar

• Legend has it that the Lord Buddha summoned all
  the animals to come to him before he departed
  from earth. Only twelve came to bid him farewell
  and as a reward he named a year after each one in
  the order they arrived.

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Cultural Traditions

• Holidays
• Art

• Songs
• Dance

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The Dragon Boat Festival
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Chinese Lantern Festival

• Festival of fun
• Young and old watch lions or dragon dancing, play
  Chinese riddles and games, and light up
  firecrackers.
  
• Yuanxiao, sweet dumplings with filling,are the
  special food of the night.

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Chinese Valentines Day

• Story of Valentines Day A young man married a
  fairy, but the Jade Emperor separated them by
  drawing the Milky Way with her hairpin. Because
  they were so sad, they were allowed to meet once
  a year on July 7th.

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Dancing

• The Chinese Lion Dance
• One thousand years old
• The lions express joy and happiness.

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Chinese Fan Dance

• A Chinese Emperor (713-755), once dreamed that he
  was in the moon palace with many fairies singing
  and dancing in multicolored cloud-like long
  robes.

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Chinese Ballet

• Ballet is a dancing style in China, like in
  America.
  
• The National Ballet of China was founded in 1959.

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Art

• The Chinese have many different styles of art.
• Calligraphy is a form of art as well as a
  physical and mental exercise.
  
• Calligraphy is believed to have a healing
  effect.

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Chinese Gardens

• Garden design is an art in China.
• Includes buildings surrounded by rocks, plants
  and water

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Chinese Painting
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Chinese Musical Instruments

• Pipa-
• a Chinese guitar

Erhu- a Chinese violin
Dizi- A flute
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Popular Sports

• Soccer
• Table tennis
• Basketball
• Martial arts

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Schools

• Art, music, physical education
• Open until 11 at night
• Students teach classes
• Students work as janitors

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Activities

• Students in Kindergarten will enjoy these
  activities.
  
• Students will examine a Chinese lunar calendar to
  determine under which animal their birthday
  falls.
  
• Students will read a book about the Chinese New
  Year (large group).
  
• Students will then draw a picture of their
  favorite lunar animal and write one sentence
  about it.
  

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Activities

• Class will create their own Lantern Festival.
• Teacher will provide Chinese music for the
  Festival, to increase the students appreciation
  of the Chinese culture.
  
• Students will imitate the basic moves of the Lion
  Dance with a Lion costume.
  
• Students will prepare Yuanxiao, the special food
  for the Lantern Festival.
  

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Yuanxiao

• Ingredients
•  4 1/2 cups (500 g) sticky rice flour butter 7
  oz (200 g) black sesame powder 7 oz (200 g)
  sugar 8 oz (250 g) 1 tsp wine
  
• Directions
• 1.      Mix the butter with sesame powder, sugar
  and wine together. You need to heat a little bit.
  Make small balls about 0.3-0.4 oz (10 g) each.
  2. Take 1/2 cup of sticky rice flour. Add water
  into the flour and make a flatten dough. Cook it
  in boiled water and take out until done. Let it
  cool down. Then put it in the rest of the sticky
  rice flour. Add water and knead until the dough
  is smooth. 3. Make the dough into small pieces
  about 0.3-0.4 oz (10 g) each. Make it like a ball
  using hands first and then make a hole in the
  ball like a snail. Put the sesame ball into it
  and close it up. 4. Cook them in boiled water.
  Make sure to keep stirring in one direction while
  cooking. When they float on the water, continue
  to boil for about one minute using less heat.

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Questions

• What holidays do they celebrate in China?
• How are Chinese instruments different than the
  instruments we see here?
  
• What sports do people play in China?
• What kinds of dancing do they have in China?
• How are schools different from schools in
  America?
  

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Bibliography

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• http//www.chinese.new-year.co.uk/calendar.htm
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