Multicultural Aged Care Library

Respecting Diversity in Ageing

Yuan xiao jie [videorecording] = Lantern festival.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmLanguage: Chinese Summary language: Chinese, English Original language: Chinese Series: Publication details: [Nanning Shi] : Guangxi wen hua yin xiang chu ban she ; [Guangzhou Shi] : Qiao jia ren chuan mei gu fen you xian gong si fa xing, [2009].Description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (ca. 49 min.) : sd., col. ; 12 cmISBN:
  • 9787885261474
  • 7885261476
Other title:
  • Lantern festival
Subject(s): Summary: The 15th day of the 1st lunar month is the Chinese Lantern Festival because the first lunar month is called yuan-month and in the ancient times people called night Xiao. The 15th day is the first night to see a full moon. So the day is also called Yuan Xiao Festival in China. According to the Chinese tradition, at the very beginning of a new year, when there is a bright full moon hanging in the sky, there should be thousands of colorful lanterns hung out for people to appreciate. At this time, people will try to solve the puzzles on the lanterns and eat yuanxiao (glutinous rice ball) and get all their families united in the joyful atmosphere.
List(s) this item appears in: Chinese Resources
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
DVD DVD Main Library Library Lifestyle DVD Festivals 1138 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Long Overdue (Lost) IMUAC041763

The 15th day of the 1st lunar month is the Chinese Lantern Festival because the first lunar month is called yuan-month and in the ancient times people called night Xiao. The 15th day is the first night to see a full moon. So the day is also called Yuan Xiao Festival in China. According to the Chinese tradition, at the very beginning of a new year, when there is a bright full moon hanging in the sky, there should be thousands of colorful lanterns hung out for people to appreciate. At this time, people will try to solve the puzzles on the lanterns and eat yuanxiao (glutinous rice ball) and get all their families united in the joyful atmosphere.

DVD ; all regions ; NTSC ; MPEG-2.

Dialogue in Mandarin with simplified Chinese or English subtitles.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

Powered by

Koha

Provided by

MAC

Hosted by

Catalyst