Unit 3 Chinese Traditional Festivals中国传统节日.pptVIP

Unit 3 Chinese Traditional Festivals Look at the pictures and speak out the festivals they reminds you! People get together eating dumplings The Spring Festival The Spring Festival is the most important festival for the Chinese people and is when all family members get together, just like Christmas in the West. All people living away from home go back, becoming the busiest time for transportation systems of about half a month from the Spring Festival. Airports, railway stations and long-distance bus stations are crowded with home returnees. The goddess, Chang- e makes moon cakes with jade rabbit! How many western holidays do you know? 1.The Spring Festival (春节） 2. Double Seventh Festival（七夕） 3. Tomb-sweeping Day （清明节） 4. Double Ninth Festival （重阳节） 1. Christmas （圣诞节） 2. Valentine’s day （情人节） 3. Halloween（万圣节） 4. Thanksgiving Day （感恩节） The Spring festival is also known as the Chinese New Year, which is the most important traditional festival in China.  It falls on the first day of the first Chinese lunar month . Do you know the origin of the Spring Festival? Origin The villagers gathered to discuss how to deal with “Nian” .Some people suggested that the demon（[‘di:m?n] 恶魔） was afraid of loud noises, red color and flames. Origin So they lighted firecrackers, put on red couplets (对联）on their gates, beat gongs (锣）and drums to drive “Nian” away. Since then, the custom and tradition of celebrating the Spring Festival were born. Eve of the Spring Festival Lunar New Year. New Year‘s Eve ---December 30 (Gregorian calendar in February 2). New Year’s Eve people tend to not sleep all night, called “stay up“(守夜). 1. Spring Cleaning Custom 2. Write and paste couplets(对联) on doors Custom 3.The lion and dragon dancing Custom 4.Set off fireworks 恭喜发财！红包拿来！ Custom 6 6. Greet each other Chinese Bainian（中国人的拜年） Early on the first morning of the Spring Festival, families set out to pay a lunar New Year visit to each other after t