Gōngxǐ fā cái, hóngbāo ná lái!!
OK, I'm not nearly young and adorable enough to get away with demanding a red envelope, but you all have my best wishes on today, the first day of the Year of the Ox. If you're lucky enough to live in an area of the US that puts on a good party for this occasion, enjoy the fireworks and dragon dances.
A few resources for learning about Chinese New Year and the various traditions and activities involved:
The University of Victoria up in Canada has a nice faculty page up with links to information on the full 15-day slate of festivities as well as food, decoration, and taboos.
http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/chinese_new_year.html
And a nice, succinct run-down of New Year dos and don'ts:
http://www.familyculture.com/holidays.chinese_new_year.htm
OK, Wikipedia is not my favorite source for many things, but they do have a nice overview of this one....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_New_Year
This page is terribly clunky, but has some really nice examples of Chinese calligraphy and presents it so that you can see how the art has evolved over the ages
http://www.chinapage.com/callig1.html
And, finally, good wishes to all of you students!
Zhù nǐ xué xí qǔ dé hǎo chéng jì ！
Enjoy!
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