unit4 Chinese festivals课件.ppt

Chinese Festivals;Chinese Main festivals ;The Spring Festival;Blessing Idioms;Blessing Idioms;; 时间通常在一月底、二月初，象征着一年辛劳后，冬春之交的休息和放松，也象征了喜庆。 It is usually a time in late January or early February, which means rest and relaxation between winter and spring after a years hard work, and means happiness and celebration as well. ; 春节前，人们打扫屋子、在大门上贴大红对联、放鞭炮。据传说，这样做是为了驱赶一个叫“年”的魔鬼。 ; 除夕之夜，一大家子定会在一起会餐，最受欢迎的主食是饺子，人们认为它能带来好运吉祥。; 在新年的第一天，每人都穿上新衣服， 走亲访友并且鞠躬祝福，为的是新年能有好运气。 ; 农历正月十五，一年中第一个月圆之夜，为元宵节。 The 15th day of the first lunar month, the first full moon after the Spring Festival, is the occasion for the Lantern Festival. ; 过元宵节，有吃元宵和观灯的习俗。元宵以糯米粉为皮，内裹糖馅，圆形，是“团圆”的象征。元宵节观灯始于公元一世纪，沿至当代仍在各地盛行。 It is customary to eat special sweet dumplings called Yuanxiao and enjoy displayed lanterns during this festival. Yuanxiao, round balls made of glutinous rice flour stuffed with sugar fillings, symbolize reunion. The custom of enjoying lanterns at this time of the year dates back to the first century, and has continued to be popular throughout China up to present. ; 每到元宵节之夜，许多城市举办灯会，展出各种彩灯，造型新奇，千姿百态。 On this festive night many cities hold lantern fairs to display many exotic and sometimes weirdly shaped multi-colored lanterns. ;Qingming Festival;Qingming Festival; Qingming Festival, is also known as the Festival of Pure Brightness. On 12th of the 3rd lunar month, usually around April 4th or 5th, People would clean ancestors graves, hold memorial ceremonies, offer to pay respects to the dead, and fly kites. Offerings to the dead, which include the burning of ceremonial paper money, are both to honor ancestors and to pray for a year of good luck. ; It is said that this festival was set up to memorialize Jie Zitui, a man of noted loyalty during the Spring and Autumn Period (770 - 476 B.C.). ; He helped his lord when his lords crown and power were in jeopardy. When his lords power was restored, Mr. Jie refused to accept a position his lord offered to