中国传统节日_英文版.pptx

Traditional Chinese Festivals;The Spring Festival;Custom Pasting the spring festival couplets 贴春联 It has a legend about a monster called “Nian”, which usually makes large images and frightens people. However, they know it’s afraid of something red and explosive later. So they started to paste the spring festival couplets, paintings and set off firecrackers to scare away the monster called “Nian”. Then it turns to be a necessary custom. Pasting the new year paintings 贴年画 Making paper-cuts to decorate the windows 贴窗花 Having family reunion dinner 吃团圆饭 Offering sacrifices to ancestors 祭祖 Pay new year‘s visit 拜年 Asking the elder for red packets 要红包 Playing lantern 玩灯笼 Proposing a toast in all meals 祝酒 Doing shopping for the spring festival 买年货 Making dumplings together with families 包饺子 ;Significance It’s a legal holiday of China, and also a very important time for getting together with our families to build stronger relationship and relax ourselves. During the holiday, we review the past year and look to the new year. It’s the combination of the end and beginning of a year, so is the connection of our life. Logo Pictures; Time It’s on January 15th in the lunar calendar of the new year, Which is the last day of the Spring Festival. Status It’s also an very important traditional festival, for it’s the first night when the moon turns to be full and bright of the new year. Origin and History As early as the Han Dynasty , it has been used as a day for sacrificing to the Emperor of Heaven and praying for blessing . Although time flies and all changes, it’s still popular with the people. ;Custom Lion dance 舞狮 Dragon dance 舞龙 Guessing riddles written on lanterns 猜灯谜 Holding exhibit of lanterns 灯会 Walking on stilts 踩高跷 Appreciating flower lanterns 赏花灯 Eating Lantern 吃元宵 Lantern lights and see the lights 赏灯、看灯 Significance It’s the a continuation of the Spring Festival. Of course, the spring begins from th