festivals各种节日英语教学课件.ppt

 The Spring Festival It takes place in late January or early February. Activities in the spring festival: put red couplet Set off fireworks/firecrackers Beat gongs and drums Have a get-together banquet Staying-up 6. Do spring cleaning 7. Do spring /Christmas shopping 8. Bid farewell to the old year 9. Offer sacrifices to the ancestors Other activities: Lucky/gift money Temple fair Folk performing (stilt walking, the boat dance) China knot The Dragon Boat Festival  (The Duanwu Festival) Notes: falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month Lunar/ solar calendar Zongzi glutinous wrapped Commemorate memorize Stuffed The Lantern/Yuanxiao Festival It falls on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month Activities: Exhibit of lantern Guessing lantern riddles Pageant Eat tangyuan /yuanxiao Play fireworks Variety show/ acrobatics The Mid-autumn festival It falls on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month A full moon is symbolic of family reunion Look back on the past and look forward to the future “Looking up the bright moon, one is all the more nostalgic “ Activities: Eat the moon cake Have family reunion dinner The Clear and Bright Festival It falls on the fourth or fifth day of the fourth solar month Activities: Sweeping the grave Going out in the country Play tug-of-war Play cockfighting  Other festivals in China: Water Sprinkling Festival The Torch Light Festival San Yue San Tibetan New Year Exercise Introduce a festival to your group members which is the most interesting and impressive to you. And describe what do you eat, what do you do in that day? What’s the specialty compared to other places? Slang Men are known by the company they keep. Nothing comes of nothings. Nothing venture, nothing have. Other times, other manners. One rotten apple spoils the whole lot. Once bitten, twice shy. Spare the rod and spoil the child.  Slang Still waters run deep. Strike while the iron is hot. Time and tide wait for no man. Two heads are better than