中西节日文化介绍英文版.ppt

The Different Cultures Of Festival Between East And West 。  旅游管理 092 Eastern and western festivals Spring Festival The Lantern Festival Tomb-sweeping day Dragon Boat Festival The Mid-Autumn festival Lunar chung yeung festival Chinese torch festival …………………. …………………. ………………… Christmas Thanksgiving Easter April Fool‘s Day All Saints‘ Day Fathers day mothers day …………………….. …………………….. …………………….. The spring festival in Chinaese. The Christmas in west conutrys. Contents 一. The Spring Festival and Christmas began and background. 二. The Spring Festival and Christmas foods. 三. The Spring Festival and Christmas customs. 四. The Spring Festival and Christmas entertainment The Spring Festival began and background. The Chinese New Year is now popularly known as the Spring Festival because it starts from the Begining of Spring (the first of the twenty-four terms in coodination with the changes of Nature). Its origin is too old to be traced. Several explanations are hanging around. All agree, however, that the word Nian, which in modern Chinese solely means year, was originally the name of a monster beast that started to prey on people the night before the beginning of a new year. The Christmas began and background. The name christmas is short for christ\s mass. a mass is a kind of church service. christmas is a religious festival. it is the day we celebrate as the birthday of jesus. there are special christmas services in christian churches all over the world. but many of the festivities of christmas do not have anything to do with religion. exchanging gifts and sending christmas cards are the modern ways of celebrating the christmas in the world. The Spring Festival and Christmas foods. Spring Festival food The Christmas food. The Spring Festival customs. The Spring Festival is the most important festival in China.People usually decorate the doors and windows with red papercuts.becouse red means good luck.People usually clean house too.becouse