英语视听说-中西传统节日.ppt

The content and structure Traditional Chinese Festival Spring Festival Lantern Festival Han Shi Tomb-sweeping Day Dragon Boat Festival Chinese valentines day Spring Festival First one is spring festival Spring Festival is the most important holiday for Chinese people. Excitement and happiness are palpable this time of the year, and they reach the peak on lunar new years eve. Generally it is the first day of the Chinese lunar calendar Origin of spring festival The lunar calendar new year origin, has the basis, also is rich and picks the varied fable to be possible to trace(追溯) to several millenniums before; Most is famous is the year beast fable. The year beast is a cruel terrible wild animal, ancient times the person believed year beast when lunar New Years Eve night come out eats the person. Origin of spring festival The fable the year beast extremely fears red, the flame and the mixed sound, the people paste the red paper in the gate, and selects the torch all night, is setting off the artillery candle, avoids the year beast. To second day early morning, has congratulated the sound to the ear, in the air does fill defeating the year beast the victory and the rebirth joy. Paste Spring Festival Couplets 贴春联 Paper-cuts 剪纸 Reunion dinner of the New year eve 年夜饭 Staying Up Late on New Years Eve 守岁 Setting off Firecrackers 放鞭炮 Customs of spring festival The Spring Festival Gala 春节联欢晚会 Pay New Year‘s call 拜年 Lion Dance and Dragon Dance 舞龙 舞狮 Customs of spring festival People in northern China will eat jiaozi, or dumplings, for breakfast, as they think jiaozi in sound means bidding farewell to the old and ushering in the new. Southern Chinese eat niangao (New Year cake made of glutinous rice flour糯米粉) on this occasion, because as a homophone同音字, niangao means higher and higher, one year after another. Customs of spring festival Mid-Autumn Day Mid-Autumn Festival, is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar cal