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Freddy’s Fun Facts                        Meet Isaac


           CHINESE NEW YEAR FACTS
     •    Many Chinese are not Christians        What food do you have in your city?
          and are superstitious.
                                                          I’m Isaac, a five-year old missionary kid. My family

     •    Red is the color of the New                     moved here from our home country of Canada.
          Year. To the Chinese, red                       Taiwan is very different from Canada.
          signifies joy and good luck.
                                                                      When we go for a walk, people want to touch my

                                                                     hair. Since it’s blonde and not black, they
     •   Children receive red envelopes                              think it’s not real.
         with money inside from friends
         and relatives. The amount of
         money should be an even                                 In Taiwan there are lots of people and lots of
         number because that is                              motorcycles and cars. Colorful street vendors have
         considered lucky.                                their stands set up everywhere. The food they sell is
                                                         unusual. We buy barbecued squid on a stick. It’s spicy
     •   A red good-luck banner is                      and chewy, but I like it. We also buy fruits such as
         placed over the front door of                lychee and mango.
         most homes at the Chinese New
         year to ward off evil and to                     I go to a Chinese Christian kindergarten, even though
         welcome the blessings of the New              I am not Chinese. Most of my classmates are not
         Year.                                         from Christian families.
                                                 In kindergarten we sing songs about Jesus. It’s fun to
     •   A Chinese saying: “Give me old          learn about neat things like lizards because I like
         friends, but give me new clothes.”
         People in Taiwan buy a new outfit       dinosaurs, which are sort of big lizards. We
         to welcome the New Year.                have little lizards called geckos in our house.
                                                 Sometimes I miss Canada, but I also enjoy
     •   At midnight everyone sets off           Taiwan. God loves Taiwan too. Please pray
         firecrackers!                           that we will be able to tell lots of people
                                                 here how much he loves them.
     •   The celebration lasts for 15 days,
         until the start of the Lantern
         festival.                                                                               This is a favorite in Taiwan.
                                                   Cook’s Corner:

     •   People greet each other by saying         People often eat rice two or three meals a day. Noodles are
         Guo Nian Hao which means                  also a popular dish. Sometimes they are served in soup,
         “Happy New Year.”                         and sometimes they are fried with meat and vegetables.

     •   Each year is named after one of the
         12 animals in the Chinese zodiac.






                 Lion Dancer: Ernie Wan's
                 Chinese New Year

                 by Kate Waters

                 ISBN  0-590-43047-5
                 Experience the Chinese New
                 Year through photographs.



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