Like every other country, China also celebrates its new year every year. Chinese New Year is also known as “Spring Festival”, which is celebrated with lot of fun and frolic. During such occasion, games are always the center of attraction for excitement and joy. Children especially, are not contended with out games. When it comes to universal group games, Bingo is the first thing that comes to one’s mind. Bingo is a very popular, universal game which is enjoyed by all communities and age groups.
During the Chinese New Year celebration, playing bingo is something which is loved by everyone. Chinese New Year is based on a separate calendar (Lunar + Solar). Hence the dates are variable as it is changed to standard Gregorian calendar. During the New Year, the Chinese people follow the tradition of wearing new clothes, visiting friends and relatives, exchanging gifts, decorating the house etc. Family reunions are very common during these times. Tourists from different countries are heavily attracted to the Chinese culture and regularly visit China during this festival.
Students are forever hooked into playing bingo, as it is really very exciting. This idea is exploited in education. During new years, several education programs teach students with bingo cards. These cards contain Chinese characters rather than numbers. Rules are made such that the student learns while playing and winning. It is always in done in an amusing way for the sake of learning through fun.
Normally there are 5 levels of learning with bingo. They initially comprise of the first 100 Chinese characters spread out in 32 playing cards. In addition to that, Customized bingo is also played during Chinese New Year celebration parties. Customized bingo needs customized bingo cards. These can be easily made with the help of several websites offering such services. They normally offered customized bingo cards are available at free of cost.
The website would have a library of pictures/images to be put on the cards. Once all the cards are printed, the caller can start the game. The basic rule for pattern matching remains the same, but additional rules can always be incorporated for more fun. The items or images selected are mostly related to the Chinese New Year. This has several advantages: One being that it spreads the word of New Year to everyone. Secondly it makes the player learn about the tradition of celebrating the New Year.
Items can also contain pictures of stories/myths which relates to this festival. This would make the current generation realize and learn the culture and tradition too. The bingo cards can be printed at home itself, without the need of any additional software. If a person does not know how to play bingo, he/she can learn it very easily and quickly. The basic idea is to look for patterns (as issued before the game starts) and yelling “bingo!” if any are matched. The prizes and jackpots add to the excitement of the Chinese New year. Likewise, every year new bingo cards can be printed to keep up the spirits of bingo playing high.
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