1、Chinese traditional festival,In the day of New Years Eve , people not only sweep the family house cleanly, but also paste goalkeeper, couplets, New Year paste , hang door cage . People are dressed up with festival colors and patterned clothes .,Eve of the Spring Festival,Lunar New Year. New Years Ev
2、e -December 30 (Gregorian calendar in February 2). New Years Eve people tend to not sleep all night, called “stay up“(守夜).,The food of New Year,On this day, the family always gather together to eat dinner,Happy New Year!,Dumplings,Spring Festival Couplets and Firecrackers,Lantern Festival,Lunar New
3、Year (Gregorian calendar, February 17). The first month is January of the lunar calendar, the ancients called “night“ on the 15th of the year the first full moon night, so called the fifteenth day of the Lantern Festival. Also known as the first month, the Lantern Festival or the Festival of Lights,
4、 is an important festival after the Spring Festival.,China is a vast country with a long history, so the custom of the Lantern Festival is not the same throughout the country, which eat the Lantern Festival, Flower lamp, dragon and lion dance is the Lantern Festival, a number of important folk custo
5、ms.,Sweet rice dumpling,Tomb Sweeping Day,Tomb Sweeping Day - third lunar month (Gregorian calendar in April 5th). The custom of the Tomb Sweeping Day is rich and interesting, in addition to pay attention to the fire ban, grave, there are still hikers, swing, kicking Cuju, playing polo, Wickers as w
6、ell as a series of customs and sports activities.,Dragon Boat Festival,Qu Yuan,Dragon Boat Festival - fifth day of the fifth lunar month (Gregorian calendar in June 6th). The days activities evolved into eating dumplings, dragon boat racing, hanging calamus, wormwood, the leaves, smoked herb, Angeli
7、ca, drink realgar wine, is one hundred bamboo do Hong slot, Wudu paste, paste operator, put the yellow smoke child to eat 12 red.,Dragon boat racing,Dumplings,The Tanabata Day,The Tanabata Festival,The seventh lunar month, the seventh day (August 6) calendar . The Tanabata Festival is a the most rom
8、antic festival in the traditional festivals in China, but to the girls it is the most important day too. In the evening of this day, women are pinning QiQiao pray Gods activities, Sunday Seven Sisters, pious ceremony and grand display of flowers and fruits, female red, all kinds of furniture, applia
9、nces, beautifully compact and pleasing.,Mid-autumn Festival,Mid-Autumn Festival,Lunar August 15 (September 12 Gregorian calendar). Mid-Autumn Festival in China is a very ancient custom. The full moon of the customs from the festival on the solemn ritual into a relaxed pleasure. “Private worship on t
10、he moon“ become eager to reunite, recreation and well-being, always focused on in months. Setting up a large incense table, putting on the moon cake, watermelon, apples, dates, plums, grapes and other offerings, which moon cake and watermelon is absolute necessary.,Moon cake,Worship the moon,DoubleN
11、inth Festival,Double-Ninth Festival,Double-Ninth Festival ascend the custom of autumn in September, the air is crisp, this season climb afar to reach the refreshing, the purpose of fitness illnesses. And ascend linked there appreciating chrysanthemum (菊花)poetry cornel, eating Double Ninth cakes and
12、other customs.,Zhuyu,春节 Spring Festival 中秋节 Mid-Autumn Festival 端午节 Dragon Boat Festival 重阳节 Double Ninth Festival 清明节 Pure Brightness Festival /Tomb Sweeping Festival,【Question 1】: Do you often celebrate festivals in your culture/country?,Answer yes or no and then give a few brief details of the ma
13、in festivals, including its meanings and dates. How do people celebrate them?special clothes worn at this time ( if any ),eg.Yes, we do. We have many special celebrations（庆祝）in our country throughout the year. The Spring Festival（春节）, the Mid-Autumn Festival（中秋节）, and the Dragon Boat Festival（端午节） a
14、re among the most important ones. But even with the same festival, there are some different celebrating activities involved in different parts of China.,【Question 2】: What special things do people do during festivals?,题的关键是special, 所以不能仅仅把人们常做的一些事情如“meet their friends”以及“talk with members of family”
15、视为节日期间的特殊活动。 Whats the meaning behind these special things and how do people feel about them?,Spring Festival（春节）,- 除夕夜盛宴having a big meal on New Years Eve - 放炮竹setting off firecrackers- 穿上最好的服装putting on ones best outfits- 堆雪人making snowmen- 从长辈那里得到红包 receiving a red envelope with lucky money in it
16、 from elders - 做饺子和吃饺子 making and eating dumplings- 看春晚watching the Spring Festival Gala on CCTV,Mid-Autumn Festival（中秋节）,- 一边赏明亮的满月一边吃月饼 eating moon cakes and pears while appreciating the bright full moon - 围坐一圈，听“嫦娥奔月”的动人传奇 sitting around for the fascinating legend about Change Fly to the Moon,Dra
17、gon Boat Festival（端午节）,- 纪念屈原（中国古代著名的学者）showing respect to Qu Yuan, the famous Chinese ancient scholar-赛龙舟（代表着合作与团结）holding the Dragon Boats racing competition, demonstrating cooperation and teamwork- 做粽子，吃粽子making and eating of a kind of dumpling called Zongzi,Pure Brightness Festival （清明节）（又叫做 Tom
18、b Sweeping Festival）,-扫墓Sweeping graves- 送鲜花presenting/placing fresh flowers- 准备肉、蔬菜、米酒，经常是预备一份完整的饭，放在墓前offering meats, vegetables, rice wine, and often arranging a complete dinner to place in front of the tombs- 烧纸钱和其他代表财富的物品给死者 offering paper money and other symbols of wealth to the dead - 鞠躬表达敬意 bowing to express their respect and their regards,Double Ninth Festival（重阳节）,- 尊敬和照顾老人showing care and respect for the elderly-聚在一起，登高，朗诵诗歌getting together and climbing a high mountain and recite poems and articles,
