Earn points in every activity: myth or fact (10 each), trivia (5 each), lantern riddles (15 each), zodiac path test (30, once). Every 25 points unlocks a mystery card. Tap a card to flip it!
📜 The Real History of Chinese New Year
🐉 Myth vs. Fact, side by side
📖 Glossary
❓ Myth or Fact?
Read the statement. Is it a popular myth, or is it real history? Each correct answer earns 10 points.
🧠 Trivia Trail
Walk the trail! Every correct answer moves you one step. Every 5 steps earns 25 points (a whole card). A wrong answer sends you back 2 steps.
🏮 Lantern Riddles (灯谜, Dēngmí)
A real tradition dating back at least 800 years! At the Lantern Festival, riddles are hung from paper lanterns for anyone to guess. Tap a lantern to read its riddle. Each one solved earns 15 points.
✂️ Paper Cutting (剪紙, Jiǎnzhǐ)
A real folk art nearly 2,000 years old! Real paper cutters fold red paper first, then cut shapes out of the folded stack — when it unfolds, the cuts appear on every section at once, creating a perfectly symmetrical "window flower." Tap any square below to cut it out. Watch how one snip appears in all four corners!
🎂 What's your REAL zodiac animal?
Type your birth year to find out.
⚠️ Note: Chinese New Year doesn't start on January 1st. If you were born in January or early February, your real animal might actually be the year before this calculator says!
Zodiac Path Test
Now try a different question: not which animal you were born under, but which one matches your personality. Answer 7 questions honestly. (Worth 30 points, once.)