中国传统节日英文.ppt

Chinese festivals cultureChinese Valentine’s Day 七夕节七夕节 Valentine's Festival is the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. It is originated in the ancient legends ─Cowboy and the Weaver's story .Their love touched magpies, they can see one time one year. Chinese Valentine’s DayThese pictures are about the Cowboy and the Weaver. After the folk worship, generally half of the offerings for the Weaver and the rest that we can eat, most of food are seasonal food, such as dumplings, noodles and fruit oils. We called them "clever food" .many people also eat peanuts, fruits, tea and play the Qi Qiao game.     the custom in the festival    Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节中秋节•Mid-Autumn Festival is the second largest after the Chinese New Year traditional festivals. On Mid-Autumn Festival night, the ancients regarded the moon as a symbol of reunion, it said on August 15 as "Reunion." Since ancient times, people often use "full moon“ to describe the "joys and sorrows," guest in foreign land pioneers often expressed their passions with moon . Moon cakes•In the day, we often eat moon cake, •fruit, etc. Mid-Autumn Festival is equal • of Thanksgiving, which is August 15 , after the harvest in the autumn .Moon cakes Moon cake as a symbol of Mid-Autumn Festival Moon cake  Lantern festival 元宵节元宵节•Lantern Festival is the year the first full moon night . Lantern Festival is on January 15. •On the Lantern Festival day, we not only eat glutinous rice balls,• but also watch a wide• variety of beautiful •lantern.  Lantern Festival During the Lantern Festival, people eat Lantern (glutinous rice balls) to be festival, a symbol of family reunion. There are also hanging lamps, guess riddles, stilt, lion dance, dragon dance and other folk entertainment. Spread so far, this series of activities are full of lively celebration of joy known as the "Lantern Festival." glutinous rice balls Lantern Festival that night, we will eat glutinous rice balls Tang Yuan is a kind of rice balls with a stuffing round of food. They are sweet or salty. glutinous rice balls They are all about the rice balls pictures 婦婦女女外外遊遊和和"走走百百病病"中國古代雖然以種種禮教對婦女進行身心束縛，但在元宵節和中秋節，均要暫時解脫對婦女的種種限制和束縛，允許其離開閨房外出參與娛樂。

元宵節觀燈，往往是少女結識意中人、與佳偶相會的大好時機元宵節期間總會出現一些愛情佳話又據說元宵節婦女群遊，遊城牆，摸城門釘、走橋等，可治病強身，抖去晦氣，祈免災咎等，所以又叫"走百病"或"走三橋" Lantern The evening at the Lantern Festival, in the street, there will be a variety of lights. Tomb-sweeping Festival 清明清明•Tomb-sweeping Festival, the custom is to enrich interesting, in addition to pay attention to ban fire, grave, as well as hikers, Cu Ju, a series of custom sports. According to legend, this is because the Ching Ming Festival to Cold Food Observance ban fire, in order to prevent the Cold Food Observance buffet beverages, so we come to participate in some sports, in order to exercise. Therefore, this festival is a distinctive holiday. Flying kites• Tomb-sweeping Festival this day, some people will bring their children to fly kites, a variety of kites floating in the sky.kiteskitesthe Dragon-Boat Festival 端午端午•The Dragon Boat Festival, the 5th day of the 5th lunar month, has had a history of more than 2,000 years. It is usually in June in the Gregorian calendar.• The day happened on May fifth in the Chinese lunar calendar. legends•There are many legends about the evolution of the festival, the most popular of which is in memory of Qu Yuan. Qu Yuan was minister of the State of Chu and one of China's earliest poets. In face of great pressure from the powerful Qin State, he advocated enriching the country and strengthening its military forces so as to fight against the Qin.the Dragon-Boat Festival 端午节端午节•They are sweet and delicious.The food is made of sugar and rice. We use the lotus leaves to wrap the rice .Dragon Boat Race Spring Festival 春节春节•In the New Year's Eve we eat dinner, there are a lot of delicious food.•On New Year’s day, we eat dumplings, on this day, we greet to friends and relatives and get-together. dumplings New Year's Eve food every family would eat dinner together on this day. We call it “ Nian ye fan ”Spring Festival couplets The day before the Spring Festival, we will stick couplets .Spring Festival couplets ——Annythe custom in the festival According to legend, Weaver is very talent, hand is very agile, able to weave beautiful clouds Jin, she married after the Cowboy put the brocade embroidery skills imparted to the villagers. Tanabata Festival after the custom of many around the begging women to Weaver wiseness and pray. The legends on the Mid-Autumn Festival The origin of the mid-autumn festival ,Chinese people have different argument ,but the fairy tale is popular , The ancient emperors have spring memorial day ,folk also have the Mid-Autumn Festival . 。