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1、Traditional Chinese Festivals,The Six Traditional Festivals,1.Spring Festival2.Lantern Festival3.Tomb-sweeping Festival 4.Dragon Boat Festival5.Mid-Autumn Festival6.Double Seventh Festival,What do you know about the Spring Festival?,Spring Festival 春节,put up couplets 贴春联,have Jiaozi 吃饺子,watch the Ne
2、w Years Gala on CCTV看春节联欢晚会,What else do people do during Spring Festival?,pay New Years call 拜年,get together 团圆,set off firecrackers放鞭炮,DecorationEntertainmentSpecial foodTradition,Chinese New Year,Decoration,Chn lin 春 联 Spring couplet,Decoration,Mn shn 门 神 Door God,Decoration,Nin hu年画New Year Pict
3、ure,dnglng 灯 笼 Lantern,Decoration,Decoration,Jin zh 剪 纸 papercuts,Entertainment,Bin po鞭炮 fireworksYn hu烟花 firecrackers,Entertainment,W lng 舞 龙 dragon dance,W sh 舞 狮lion dance,nin y fn 年 夜 饭 reunion dinner of the New year eve,Special Food,Special Food,jiozi饺子 Chinese dumpling,Special Food,Nin go 年 糕N
4、ew years rice cake,tn yun 汤 圆 Rice dumplings,Tradition,Hng bo红包Red Packets,Greetings:,1.Gng x f ci 恭 喜 发 财 Congratulations for getting rich!2.Xn nin kui l 新 年 快 乐 Happy new year!,What animal are you?,The 12 Zodiac animal signs,马年Year of the Horse,羊年Year of the Sheep,The 12 Zodiac animal signs,猴年Year
5、 of the Monkey,鸡年Year of the Rooster,Lets enjoying a New Years song,Lantern Festival元宵节,watch lantern display 看灯展,eat dumplings吃汤圆,Lantern Festival,Takes place during the 15th day of the 1st lunar month.(February-March)Started by the Western Han Dynasty.People will walk the streets admiring all the
6、Lanterns that are hanging around the City.Children will walk with Lanterns in their hands that they have either made or bought.,tang yuan 汤 圆 Rice dumplings,tuan yuan,walk on stilts,beat drums,Tomb-sweeping Festival,Customs of the Tomb-sweeping Festival,Sweep the tombs of the deceased.No cooking.Thi
7、s festival is both happy and sad.,Tomb-sweeping Festival,The Tomb-sweeping Festival in the April 5th.All China people Worship the ancestors.,Presses the yellow paper,Clean grave,Dragon Boat Festival 端午节,eat rice dumpling,have a dragon boat race,The origin of the Dragon Boat Festival,The Dragon Boat
8、Festival is believed to have originated in ancient China.A number of theories exist about its origins as a number of folk traditions and explanatory myths are connected to its observance.Today the best known of these relates to the suicide in 278 BCE of Qu Yuan,poet and statesman of the Chu kingdom
9、during the Warring States period.,Qu Yuan,Qu was a minister of the State of Chu situated in present-day Hunan and Hubei provinces,during the Warring States Period(475-221BC)（战国时期）.He was upright,loyal and highly esteemed for his wise counsel that brought peace and prosperity to the state.However,whe
10、n a dishonest and corrupt prince vilified Qu,he was dismissed from office.Realizing that the country was now in the hands of evil and corrupt officials,Qu grabbed a large stone and leapt into the Miluo River on the fifth day of the fifth month.Nearby fishermen rushed over to try and save him but wer
11、e unable to even recover his body.Thereafter,the state declined and was eventually conquered by the State of Qin.,The Dragon Boat Festival,The custom of the Dragon Boat Festival:Zongzi is now the traditional food for the Dragon Boat Festival.These glutinous rice balls come in different shapes-genera
12、lly triangular or pyramidal,and with a variety of fillings-such as egg,beans,dates,fruits,sweet potato,walnuts,mushrooms,meat,or a combination of them.,The Dragon Boat Festival,The Dragon Boat Race is perhaps the most important part of“the Dragon Boat Festival.Every year,hundreds of boats are bright
13、ly painted and decorated beautifully to make them ready for the annual regatta that is held during the time of Double Fifth celebrations.,Mid-Autumn Festival,Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar.It is a time for family members and loved ones to con
14、gregate and enjoy the full moon-an auspicious symbol of abundance,harmony and luck.,Introduction,Mid-Autumn Festival probably began as a harvest festival.The festival was later given a mythological flavour with legends of Chang-E,the beautiful lady in the moon.,Oringin,According to Chinese mythology
15、,the earth once had 10 suns circling over it.One day,all 10 suns appeared together,scorching the earth with their heat.The earth was saved when a strong archer,Hou Yi,succeeded in shooting down 9 of the suns.Yi stole the elixir of life to save the people from his tyrannical rule,but his wife,Chang-E
16、 drank it.Thus started the legend of the lady in the moon to whom young Chinese girls would pray at the Mid-Autumn Festival.,Oringin,Customs,Eating mooncakes.watching the full moon with family membersCarrying brightly lit lanterns,lighting lanterns on towers,floating sky lanterns.,Customs,Burning in
17、cense in reverence to deities including Change Fire Dragon Dances.,what are the two main activities during the Mid-Autumn Festival?,the correct answer:Eating mooncakes.Watching the full moon with family members,Double Seventh Festival,The Double Seventh Festival,on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month
18、,is a traditional festival full of romance.At night,the sky is dotted with stars,and people can see the Milky Way spanning from north to the south.It is originated from the Han Dynasty.,fell in love,got married,The Goddess got angry,forced to leave each other,Cross the Milky Way to meet only once a
19、year,The Chinese people believe that the star Vega（织女星）,east of the Milky Way,is Zhinu and,at the constellation of Aquila（天鹰座）,on the western side of the Milky Way,Niulang waits for his wife.,Thanks for your time,Conclusion,These are the main festivals of the Chinese culture.Many other festivals are celebrated but many of these old traditions have been lost over the years.,Thank you for your time!,
