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Unit Sixteen Traditional Chinese Festivals 传统节日 Unit Objectives （单元目标） After learning this unit, you should ——understand what and how to introduce traditional Chinese Festivals; ——master the basic words and expressions about traditional Chinese Festivals introduction; ——get some cultural knowledge about traditional Chinese Festivals; ——find ways to improve your writing skills about traditional Chinese Festivals; ——be familiar with some traditional Chinese Festivals. Background Knowledge 背景知识 History of Traditional Chinese Festivals Boasting rich cultural meaning and a long history, traditional Chinese festivals compose an important and brilliant part of Chinese culture. ? The formation of traditional festivals is a long process of historical and cultural accumulation in a nation or a state. Festival customs passed down to today still show signs of ethnic group struggles. Festival activities always reflect primitive sacrifice, superstitious taboo and earthly life, peoples spirit and religious influence. Sometimes historical figures become the focus of a festival, showing peoples commemoration for them and endowing some historical sense to it. ? As China is a vast land and has many ethnic groups, different ethnic groups have different festivals in different places. Even on the same festival, they follow different customs. Here we introduce some important and commonly celebrated festivals. In fact, these traditional festivals have absorbed nourishment from different regions and various ethnic cultures and are a precious cultural heritage for the whole Chinese nation and its guests. Practice Materials 实训材料 Listening Passage 1 a. Listen to Dialogue One and decide whether each of the following sentences is true (T) or false (F). 1. ___F___ The Spring Festival is a popular holiday just for the Han people. 2.___T___ Many customs and practices about the Spring Festival have been established for centuries. 3. ___F___ A month before the festival, p