1、Chinese cultureT: What is your favorite Chinese festival? What I mean by that is what Chinese festival makes the biggest impression on you? Come on, you should not to think that it has nothing to do with you. Please tell me about it.V: I like the mid-autumn festival, but I prefer the spring festival
2、, as you know, which is the most important festival for every Chinese person.T: Can you tell me how your family and the locals celebrate these two festivals?V: Well, the mid-autumn festival is a statutory holiday. My family members always get together to celebrate it. After our delicious supper, the
3、y prepare for the main activity of the mid-autumn festival, which is chatting with each other and eating mooncakes. Especially in our town, many locals set “Lian Hua“ lamps on the river. I think it is a wonderful activity because the river is lit up by thousands of lamps.T: After hearing what you ju
4、st said about the mid-autumn festival, I am now eager to know about your family and your hometown spring festival customs . Can you tell more about them?V: Sure. On the eve of the Spring Festival, we will not sleep for waiting the Chinese New Year. As the New Year approaches, every family opens the
5、door and the first thing they do is to set off firecrackers. After that, some of us will go to sleep because it is too tiring to stay up all night, especially for children. On New Years Day, people are up early, put on the most beautiful clothes, and go out to wish each other Happy New Year, and goo
6、d luck for the coming year. However, some children will sleep very early in order to attend an activity called Post Fortuna. Many children will form groups and to drop in on local houses in the country, and then stick rectangular red papers to the door with words of blessing written on them. Then, t
7、he hosts or hostesses give pocket money to them.T: Wow, how wonderful that is! I hope that I will get to have a chance to wake up early for pocket money around the country.V: Are you still a child? This activity is only for children to participate in. The dragon boat festival is coming. Can you tell
8、 me about it?T: My hometown doesnt have any big rivers, so that there is no dragon boat competition. However, we will still make zhongzi in every family and build up a big stove to cook. Many neighbours help each other to do that while chatting with each other. My hometown has a dragon boat team who participates in the dragon boat competition in the city. So many of us will watch the live competition to support our team. T: Hey, it is time to have class. I have to go now. Bye.V: See you after class.
