1、The difference of festival between east and west,The aspects of differences,3,the foods of festival ( P24-P27),1,the origins of festivals(P3-P4),2,the ways of celebrating( P5-P23),1,the origins of festivals,CHINA: Since Chinas long-term self-sufficiency in the feudal economy in an agricultural socie
2、ty and the natural，agricultural atmosphere characterizes the traditional festivals .,WEST: Due to the long-term influence ofChristianity, profoundly religious colors shape western traditional festivals .,Demonstrations :,2,the ways of celebrating,China: Chinesetraditional festivals, with hierarchy a
3、nd family system,is basically formed during the feudal society.holidays are all within a family activitycenter.West:Western traditional festival shows moreinteractive,collective and Carnival traitsof the people,people in west advocating self-centered and individuality.,For instance :Spring Festival
4、VS Christmas Day Saint Patricks Day VS Las Fallas,Set off firecracker and fireworks,The firecracker dates back to ancient china ,and the sound of it was used to scare away wild animals and evil spirits .nowadays ,it is used to creat a joyful atmosphere and say farewell to the old year as well as wel
5、come the new year.,Paste spring festival couplets,The spring couplet is composed of two antithetical sentences on both sides of the door .on the eve of the spring festival ,every household will paste on doors a spring festival couplet ,expecting it to bring prosperous and happy atomosphere .,Watch t
6、he cctv new years gala,The new years gala is a show held by china central television since 1983 ,a feast of eye and spirit.it lasts six hours at the turn of the lunar new year ,bringing laughter to numerous people and being essential entertainment .,Hang lanterns,To hang lanterns is an effective way
7、 to add a festal sense of new year,Staying up late on new years eve,The tradition of staying up late is originated from an interesting folk tale .in ancient china there lived a monster named year ,who was very terrible .year would eat people .therefore on every new years eve,every household would ha
8、ve supper together .no one dared go to sleep and all the family members would sit together to chat and embolden each other .nowadays ,the habit of staying up late on new years eve is stil prevailing .,Put on new clothes,Get lucky money,Sweeping the dust,Christmas Day,In December 25th, the founder of
9、 the Christian Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, is the biggest in the United States, one of the most popular festivals.,parties,On Christmas Eve, people often hold some parties. Invite your friends to your home, to sing, to dance, to celebrate Christmas,Christmas Cap,It is
10、a red hat, is said to wear at night to sleep in addition to sleep, the very next day you will be found some gifts in the hat . In the carnival night wherever you go to which corner, will see every kind of Christmas hat.,decoration,Christmas decoration, including Christmas trees, outdoor decorative l
11、ighting, sled decorated with lights, and other Christmas Snowman image,Christmas trees,People usually evergreen plants such as pine tree to get into the house or outdoors around Christmas, with Christmas lights and decoration color decoration. And an angel or a star on the tree top.,gifts,Christmas
12、card is popular in the United States and Europe. Many families with cards with annual family photo or family news, news generally includes family members in the past year the advantages of specialty etc. Of course, these gifts are the children of parents to their.But all children are be told that th
13、eir gifts from Santa clause, this is an very important tradition.,Santa claus,Many department stores hire people to wear a Santa Claus costume and listen to childrens requests.,Saint Patricks Day,This festival is irish traditional , in honor of St. Patrick, The patron saint of Ireland. Irishman will
14、 have a parade ,wean orthodox green clothes and adorn shamrock,Las Fallas,Las falls is a traditional festival in spain ,in honor of local patron.During the festival ,we can see doll made of wood,paperboard,plastics,etc around the city .it is also called fire festival due to burning of doll.,When tho
15、se giant dolls are burned into ash,billions of people cheer and dance to the music ,welcoming the spring.,3,the foods of festival,China :tends to emotional,and pay attention to color,smell,taste.Particularly festiveFood,each festival hasto distinguish between different food of otherfestivals.West :T
16、he Western dietismore rational,and pay more attention to the nutrition of reasonable collocation.,dumpling,New Year cake,Chinese get used to eating dumpling and new year cake in spring festival,Christmas foods,Christmas pudding,Red wine pear,roast turkey,Easter foods,Roasted mutton,osternschicken,Conclude,Because of the cultural and historical difference ,many aspects of distinct festival are different ,butthe festivals expressed pursuit. Of wonderful life .,
