Chinese New Year Fan Dance

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Chinese new year fan dance. Albuquerque s chinese culture center held a free celebration of the start of the year of the rabbit on saturday february 5 2011. Both tourists and younger chinese generations learn classic tales and lore of china s past through the fan dance. Here is the final full version.

Its a loong video. Dalhousie university chinese new year celebration 2012 choreographed by the dancer the music was one of the most famous song from jay chow blue and whi. This dates the fan dance to around 200 ad.

The learner will color the four chinese calligraphy symbols that represent happy new year. The music that usually pairs with the lion dance is often a combination of heavy drum beats cymbals and gongs. The chinese fan dance plays a few different roles in china.

Thanks and you guys are awesome. While archaeologists have found pottery depicting chinese folk dances dating from about 4000 to 2000 bc the fan dance is believed to have begun during the han dynasty. First it is used to help pass down stories and traditions of chinese culture.

Objectives outcomes after a lesson on chinese new year the learner will create a traditional chinese new year fan using red construction paper popsicle sticks and gold glitter glue. Students will partake in a traditional chinese new year fan dance. It was also during the han dynasty that the first effort was made to collect and preserve the country s folk dances.