中国春节习俗英文版.ppt

Page ? * Origin of the Spring Festival  To the ancient times period, there is a kind of fierce monster, reside in deep mountain woods, the people call them year. Its look is ferocious, the natural disposition is bloodthirsty, it is designed to eat anything alive, one day a change of pace , let the person talk about year color changing. It preyed on people every 365 days. Once, year broke into a village,met a man in red by chance who was burning bamboo heating and made the noise of explosin and glowing, year was scared and ran away. Since then,when year came, every family were door-closing ,pasted red couplets and burnt fireworks to drive year away.Then year never came again. People rejoiced after that ,they beat drums and mutal said congratulations , hence had Chinese New Year. 1. Spring Cleaning Customs Do you know the customs in the Spring Festival ? Customs 2. Receive Gift Money 3.Set off fireworks Customs It is said that the evil spirits can be frightened to run away. 4. Write and paste couplets(对联） on doors festivals festivals in China The Dragon Boat Festival The Double Ninth Festival The Spring Festival Qingming The Lantern Festival The Middle Autumn Festival The Double Seventh Festival Ghost Festival festivals festivals in other countries Christmas Fool’s?Day Valentine’s?Day Carnival Easter Thanksgiving Day Mother’s?Day Father’s?Day Halloween Page ? *