英 语 春 节 p p t - 英语春节ppt
The origin of the Lunar New Year Festival can betraced back thousands of years, involving a seriesof colorful legends and traditions. One of the mostfamous legends is Nian, an extremely cruel beastthat the ancients believed would devour peopleon New Year's Eve. To keep Nian away, red-papercouplets are pasted on doors, torches are lit, andfirecrackers are set off throughout the night,because Nian is said to fear the color red, the lightoffire, and loud noises. *。 关于“春节”的起源，有一种传说是: 中国古时候有一叫“儿”的兽(又名"年9，头长触角，凶猛异常。“夕”长年深居海底，每到特定的一天现在说的除夕) 才疏上岸，吞食牲畜伤害人命。因此，每到除夕这天，村村寨守的人们扶老携幼逃往深山，以躲避“夕”兽的伤害。有一年除乡，从村外来了个乞讨的老人。乡亲们一片匆忙丽慌景象，只有村东头一位老婆婆给了老人些食物，并劝他快上山躲避“夕”兽，那老人把胡子撩起来笑道: “婆婆若让我在家呆一夜，我一定把“夕' 兽赶走。”老婆婆继续劝说，乞讨老人笑而不语。 半夜时分，“夕”兽疤进村。它发现村里气氛与往年不同; 村东头老婆婆家，门贴大红纸，屋内烛火通明。“夕”兽浑身一拌，怪叫了一声。将近门口时，院内突然传来“秤三哺嘲”的炸响声，“儿”浑身战栗，再不敢往前凑了。 原来， “夕”最怕红色、火光和炸响。这时，效婆的家门打开，只见院内一位身披红袍的老人在哈哈大笑。“夕”大惊失色，狼狐逃中了。 第二天也是正月初一,避难回来的大们见村里安然无羡，十分惊奇。这时，老沟婆才忱然大悟，赶忙向乡亲们述说了乞讨老人的许诺。这件事很快在周围村里传开了，人们都知道了驱赶“夕”兽的办法。从此每年除儿，家家贴红对联、燃放爆竹; 户户烛火通明、守更待岁。初一一大早，还要走灯审友道喜问好。 人 成了中国民间最隆重的传统节日 To the ancient times period, there isa kind of fierce monstercalled” year'Its facial look isferocious， the born nature isbloodthirsty，eating the birds andbeasts, the fish and shellfish insectwithout feet particularly Sweeping the Dust(扫侍)“Dust”is homophonic with “chen” (人尘)in Chinese, which means old and past. In thisway “sweeping the dust” before the SpringFestival means a thorough cleaning of houses tosweep away bad luck in the past year Thiscustom shows a good wish of putting away oldthings to welcome a new life.In a word, justbefore the Spring Festival comes, everyhousehold will give a thorough cleaning to bidfarewellto the old year and usher in the new. The Spring Couplet”， also called“couplet” and 上“a pair of antithetical phrases”" On the eve ofthe Spring Festival, every household will pasteon doors a spring couplet written on red paperto give a happy and prosperous atmosphere ofthe Festival. In the past, the Chinese usuallywrote their own spring couplet with a brushor asked others to do for them，while 蜂nowadays, it is common for people to buy theprinted spring _ couplet in the market. The custom of pasting New Year Printsoriginated from the tradition of placingDoor Gods on the external doors of houses.With the creation of board carvings NewYear paintings cover a wide range of subjects. The mostfamous ones are Door Gods, Surplus Year after Year Three Gods ofBlessing, Salary and Longevity An Abundant Harvest of Crops,Thriving Domestic Animals and Celebrating Spring. Four producingareas of New Year Print are Taohuawu of Suzhou, Yangliuqing ofTianjin, Wuqiang of Hebei and Weifang of Shangdong. Now thetradition of pasting New Year paintings is still kept in rural China,while it is seldom followed in cities. On New Year's Eve, the whole family willsit together to make jiaozi and celebratethe Spring Festival. The shape of jiaozi islike gold ingot金元宝) from ancientChina. So people eat them and wish formoney and treasure, You cannot have acomplete Spring Festival without havingjiaozi. Setting off Firecrackers(放鞭炮)The firecracker is a_ unique product in China. Inancient China, the sound of burning bamboo tubeswas used to scare away wild animals and evil spirits.With the invention of the gunpowden “firecracker”is also called “四炮biinpao”(“炮”in Chinese meansgun) and Used to foster a joyful atmosphere. The off firecrackers and fireworks,， which are meant tobid farewell to the old year and usher in the new.
