TheLanternFestival解析.ppt

The Lantern Festival 李润楠（3140205118） Morning everyone: As you may all know, I come from Hebei Province. When I doing my research, I found that it seems like all the festivals in Hebei are the epitomes and signifiers of the unified northern culture. the lantern festival Therefore I prefer to introduce the common festival in terms of the unique custom in Hebei and even the northern. So, that comes to my topic, the lantern festival. Basically, I have divided my presentation in two parts. Firstly I will briefly introduce the customs of lantern festival. To finish off, I will introduce the unique custom in Hebei, which is called” dashuhua (打树花)”. customs Ok, let’s start by introducing the customs lantern festival. Falling on the 15th day of the first lunar month, Lantern Festival is the first significant feast after Spring Festival. Various traditional customs and activities are held during Lantern Festival that appeal to people of different ages, including watching lanterns and fireworks, guessing lantern riddles, performing folk dances, and eating yuanxiao. Firstly Firstly, let me introduce the first represented customs- watching lanterns. It derived from the prevalence of Buddihism in Han Dynasty. In order to popularize Buddhism, one of the emperors gave an order to light lanterns in the imperial palace to worship and show respect for Buddha on the 15th day of the first lunar month. From that time, lighting lanterns became a tradition for Chinese people. Today, when the festival comes, red lanterns can be seen in the street, in each house, and store. In the parks, lanterns of various shapes and types attract countless visitors. Visitors marvel that various lanterns so vividly demonstrate traditional Chinese folklore. second Okay, let us move on to the second, guessing lantern riddles, which is a custom derived from the Song Dynasty. People write all kinds of riddles on pieces of paper, and paste them on colorful lanterns to let visitors guess. And as I have mentio