Lion Dancer: Ernie Wan's Chinese New Year

by Kate Waters

Paperback, 1990

Status

Check shelf

Call number

E Ho Wa

Collection

HOLIDAYS (RED label, Everybody Holidays shelf)

Publication

Scholastic Paperbacks (1990), Edition: Reprint

Description

Describes six-year-old Ernie Wong's preparations, at home and in school, for the Chinese New Year celebrations and his first public performance of the lion dance.

Local notes

1907-025

User reviews

LibraryThing member gjchauvin504

This book is one of my favorite books for Chinese New Year celebration. The authors successfully capture the lively and warm atmosphere of New Year celebrating among Chinese. Through the realistic photograph as well as the text, the authors show readers the custom of the Chinese New Year, such as

offering food and incense at the altar and wearing new clothes in New Year. In addition, the authors also appendix the Chinese horoscope to the end of the book. The Chinese horoscope is an important part of the Chinese culture and is still widely used among the Chinese community. The Chinese characters in the horoscope are also written correctly and beautifully in Chinese paint brush to represent the artistic aspect of Chinese writing system.

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