QUIZ: Lunar New Year Trivia & Celebration

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Happy Lunar New Year! The Year of the Dragon (or Naga in Thailand) is just around the corner. Lunar New Year is a fifteen-day celebration welcoming the arrival of Spring and is widely celebrated across Asian countries including China, South Korea, North Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Singapore, Cambodia, Thailand, and Myanmar. Rather than following the Gregorian calendar, the Lunar New Year starts on the first day of the first lunar month on the Chinese lunisolar calendar and this year it begins on February 10th.

It's a time for family, food, and festivity! Frisco is celebrating Lunar New Year with a Night Market Festival. The Library will be there along with other community groups. We hope to see you there as well!

Test your knowledge of Lunar New Year traditions, customs, and celebrations with this Lunar New Year Quiz!  

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1. Instead of an annual zodiac, which country has animals associated with days of the week?*
2. What is one type of dance customarily performed during Lunar New Year celebrations?*
3. What does the gifting of red envelopes filled with money, known as hóngbāo, symbolize?*
4. According to Chinese myth, the animals selected to be part of the Zodiac were decided by a race. Which animal was excluded from the Zodiac due to the tricky nature of the rat?*
5. Traditionally, the act of eating this Korean dish turns you one year older if eaten during Seollal (Korean Lunar New Year):*

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Korean Lunar New Year: Everything you need to know about Seollal, opens a new window

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