1、1,A GLIMPSE OF CHINESE CULTURE,中国文化概况,2,Chapter 7 Traditional Festivals,3,学习目标,介绍中国传统节日； 了解少数民族传统节日； 思考中国传统节日的传承和保护。,4,Overview,5,Lead-in Activity,Discuss,Watch the video and discuss the following questions: 1 Whats the new trend of spending holidays for Chinese people? 2 How do overseas retailers c
2、ater to Chinese shoppers?,6,Overview,7,Chinese Festivals,8,Major Traditional Festivals,Spring FestivalLantern FestivalQingming FestivalDragon Boat FestivalDouble Seventh FestivalMid-Autumn FestivalDouble Ninth Festival,9,Spring Festival,What will occur to your mind when you think of Spring festival?
3、,family get-together,lucky money,fire crackers,family reunion dinner,10,Spring Festival,Spring Festival,also called the Chinese New Yearfalls on the first day of the first lunar monthfamily members gather togetherwith seven days of holiday,11,Spring Festival,The legend of spring festival,Nian,red co
4、lor,flame,firecrackers,ferocious,devour animals and people,villagers,flee to the mountains,beggar,grandma,New Years eve,first day of the first lunar month,Use the clues to tell the story.,scare off the monster,12,Spring Festival,On the 8th day of the 12th lunar month, laba porridge was made. It cont
5、ains all kinds of beans. On the 23rd day of the 12th lunar month, sacrifices are offered to the Kitchen God. Now, people make delicious food to enjoy themselves. decorations are prepared before Spring Festival a sumptuous family dinner is served on the Spring Festival eve,13,Spring Festival,Spring f
6、estival gala watched by millions of Chinese after dinner on New Years Eve On New Years Day, everybody dresses up lucky money was given to the children firecrackers were burned,14,Lantern Festival,celebrated on the 15th day of the first lunar month with a grand display of beautiful lanterns riddles p
7、asted onto lanterns are guessed yuanxiao, a kind of rice dumplings, was eaten,15,Qingming Festival,a day for mourning the dead falls on 4-6 April each year after the festival, the temperature rises and rainfall increases in readiness for spring plowing,16,Qingming Festival,originates from the legend
8、 of Jie Zitui tomb sweeping is an important activity cold food was prepared the day before kite flying and playing on the swing were also activities during the festival,17,Dragon Boat Festival,also called Duanwu Festival originates from Qu Yuan zongzi was eaten dragon boat racing being an indispensa
9、ble part,18,Double Seventh Festival,Chinese Valentines Day originates from the story of Niu Lang and Zhi Nv,19,Mid-Autumn Festival,Some famous lines about the festival: I raised my head, the splendid moon I see; Then droop my head and sink to dreams of my hometown. (举头望明月， 低头思故乡) My one wish for you
10、, then , is long life; And a share in this loveliness(the moon) far, far away. (但愿人长久， 千里共婵娟),20,Mid-Autumn Festival,Please tell the legend about the festival,21,Double Ninth Festival,celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month began as early as the Warring States period activities include:
11、 outing and enjoying the scenes, climbing mountains, appreciating chrysanthemum, wearing dogwood, eating Chongyang pastry and drinking chrysanthemum wine the Chinese government designated the festival as “Senior Citizens Day” in 1989,22,Chinese Festivals,23,Ethnic Minority Festivals,Water-splashing
12、Festival Nadam Fair Torch Festival Danu Festival Third Month Fair Antiphonal Singing Day Tibetan New Year Jumping Flower Festival,24,Water-Splashing Festival,Dai peoples New Year usually lasts three or four days 1st day: rocket launching, dragon boat rowing, etc 2nd day: Neuter Day, when people stay
13、 at home or go hunting 3rd day: pray in the temples and water splashing begins,25,Nadam Fair,observed by the Mongolian people celebrated in August main events include: horse racing, wrestling, archery and theatrical performances,26,Torch Festival,traditional festival of the Yi people and some other
14、ethnic minority groups in southwest Chinabig, pagoda-shaped pine torches were built people holding the torches gather together to sing, dance and drink, in hope of having a good harvest next year,27,Danu Festival,Yaos New year lasts four days from the 26th of the fifth lunar month activities include
15、: dancing the bronze drum dance, doing antiphonal singing, and joking in drinking,28,Third Month Fair,festival of the Bai people lasts from 15th to the 21st of the third lunar month activities include horse racing, archery, singing, dancing and a commodity fair also an occasion for love,29,Antiphona
16、l Singing Day,a traditional festival for the Zhuang people and some other ethnic minorities young people, dressed in their best, gather in the fields and do antiphonal singing in groups with those of the opposite sex,30,Tibetan New Year,most important festival in Tibet lasts 15 days from 1 January t
17、o 15 January mass singing and dancing, as well as traditional Tibetan operas are performed in towns and villages,31,Jumping Flower Festival,celebrated by the Miao people in Yunnan and elsewhere activities include: singing, lusheng dancing, bull fighting, lion dancing and a flower-pole-climbing conte
18、st,32,Chinese Festivals,33,Public Holidays and Traditional Festivals,In China, people enjoy about 115 days off every year, including 104 days of weekends and 11 days of festivals China has seven legal holidays if the holiday lands on a weekend, the days will be reimbursed after the weekend holidays
19、have become peak seasons for travel and tourism,34,Public Holidays and Traditional Festivals,What do you usually do on public holidays? Do you prefer to travel or to enjoy yourself at home on public holidays?,35,Overview,36,Discussion,In December 2006, 10 doctoral candidates of Chinas top universiti
20、es presented a petition (请愿书) on the Internet which calls for people to be less excited about Western holidays and to attach more importance to traditional Chinese festivals. The petition caused fierce discussion on whether Chinese people should celebrate Western festivals. Please discuss with your
21、partner and then share your opinions with the class.,37,Students Presentation,The Valentines Day in Western countries is a festival of romance and many people give cards, letters, flowers or presents to their spouse or partner. In China, on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, people celebrat
22、e the Double Seventh Festival which is a traditional festival known by young people as Chinas Valentines Day. You have a foreign friend who shows great interest in the origin of Chinas Valentines Day and how people celebrate it. Try to gather as much information as possible about this traditional ev
23、ent and explain the details to him.,38,Students Presentation,Chinese Valentines Day is on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month in the Chinese calendar. also called qixiOrgin: A love story for this day is about the 7th daughter of Emperor of Heaven and an orphaned cowherd. The Emperor separated them. The 7th daughter was forced to move to the star Vega and the cowherd moved to the star Altair. They are allowed to meet only once a year on the day of 7th day of 7th lunar month.gifts like flowers and chocolate are given on this holiday,Information about Chinese Valentines Day,39,The End,
