[中学联盟]浙江省杭州市塘栖中学高中英语必修三教学课件：U1P1 Warming up.ppt

Spring Festival I’m kind of sad not that it is rainy, but that people remember their dead relatives and visit their graves on my birthday. Mother’s Day Fathers Day Festivals are meant to celebrate important times of year. Work in groups and list below three more Chinese festivals that you know. give and eat mooncakes, watch the full moon with family and friends the beauty of the full moon, harvest, time with family and friends autumn / fall Mid-Autumn Festival What people do What it celebrates Time of year / date Festival give money in red paper to children; see dragon dances; eat fish, prawns and dumplings；visit family members the end of winter, arrival of spring, Lunar New Year, reunion with family and relatives January / February Spring Festival What people do What it celebrates Time of year / date Festival return to the table take time off work; travel to visit family or to see other parts of China; go shopping the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949 October 1 National Day What people do What it celebrates Time of year / date Festival return to the table eat zongzi; watch dragon boat races; throw rice wrapped in reed leaves into water in memory of Qu Yuan; put herbs on doorways for good health the memory of the beloved poet Qu Yuan who died in 278 BC the fifth day of the fifth month in lunar calendar Dragon Boat Festival / Duanwu Festival What people do What it celebrates Time of year / date Festival return to the table turn to the next part Which is the greatest and the most important festival to Chinese people? Spring Festival Which is the greatest and the most important festival to Christian people in Western countries? Christmas Both of them are quite popular around the world. Can you tell the similarities and differences between them by comparison? Spring Festival Christmas Gifts Special food Time Christmas Spring Festival Festival from the 1st day to the 15th day of the first Chinese lunar month dumpling (jiaozi),