How it works
Lunar New Year bubble letters on one sideways sheet, Lunar above New Year, in Fredoka, which keeps a white ring in both a's. Twelve letters make a twelve-sheet banner at one letter per page, with a, e and r twice.
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Greetings and the holiday's five names
After your first print, open Lunar New Year words in bubble letters. Happy / Lunar / New Year greets a door and Lunar / New Year / Parade marks a route. Spring / Festival, Seollal, Tet, Losar and Tsagaan / Sar name the holiday in China, Korea, Vietnam, Tibet and Mongolia. Xin Nian / Kuai Le, Gong Xi / Fa Cai, Gong Hei / Fat Choi, Saehae Bok / Mani Badeuseyo and Good / Fortune are wishes for a banner.
Red envelopes, the table and the lanterns
Red / Envelope, Hongbao, Lai See and Lucky / Money label the gift of money. Reunion / Dinner, Dumplings, Nian Gao, Tangyuan and Tteokguk mark the food, Lion / Dance and Dragon / Dance a show, Couplets and Paper-Cuts a craft table, and Lantern / Festival, Lantern / Riddles and Paper / Lanterns a lantern night.
- Tet, three letters, prints over four times as tall as Saehae Bok / Mani Badeuseyo, the smallest of the row.
- In Fredoka a third line, Parade or a short name, leaves the letters their size; Baloo 2 prints all three lines a little smaller.
Questions and answers
How do you draw Lunar New Year in bubble letters?
Pencil Lunar on one line and New Year under it, with wide gaps. Round every stroke into a fat outline, keep a ring in each a, then rub out the pencil and color.
How do you say Happy Lunar New Year?
In Mandarin, xin nian kuai le, which translates Happy New Year. Gong xi fa cai, or gong hei fat choi, loosely means congratulations and be prosperous. The Korean saehae bok mani badeuseyo asks you to receive a lot of good fortune for the New Year.
When is Lunar New Year?
The date moves. Chinese New Year falls on the new moon between 21 January and 20 February, and the Korean and Vietnamese new years generally fall on the same day. Tibetan and Mongolian New Year can fall on that day or about a month later.
How long does Lunar New Year last?
Chinese New Year runs from New Year's Eve to the Lantern Festival, held on the 15th day of the new year. Customs and the length of the holiday differ from country to country.
Is it Lunar New Year or Chinese New Year?
Chinese New Year is one of the festivals that the name Lunar New Year covers, and Chinese people outside China use both names for it. In China the holiday's official name is the Spring Festival.