1、Chinese traditional festivalsv 春节(农历正月初一农历正月初一)v元宵节(农历正月十五农历正月十五)v 头牙(农历二月初二农历二月初二)v寒食节(清明节前一天清明节前一天)v清明节(节气清明节气清明)v端午节(农历五月初五农历五月初五)v 七夕(农历七月初七农历七月初七)v 中元节(农历七月十五农历七月十五)v中秋节(农历八月十五农历八月十五)v重阳节(农历九月九农历九月九)v冬至(节气冬至节气冬至)v 腊八节(农历腊月初八农历腊月初八)v 尾牙(农历腊月十六农历腊月十六)v祭灶(农历腊月廿四农历腊月廿四)v 除夕(农历十二月卅日农历十二月卅日)vSpring F
2、estivalvThe Spring Festival is known as the most important festival in China.During the holiday,people go back to hometown from everywhere no matter how far the distance is.They prepare various delicious food and presents for the Spring Festival Eve.Chinese will have a happy family union in the Spri
3、ng Festival Eve,they believe thats the end day of last year and they will stay up for good luck until the first day of next year.v v In China,the most traditional and popular Spring Festival food is dumpling,which looks like the moon with vegetables and meat mixed in it.The Chinese name of dumpling
4、is“JIAO ZI”,”JIAO”means”cross”,”ZI”is Chinese traditional time represents“24:00”,so the Chinese word“JIAO ZI”means“cross 24:00”,just the dividing point of last year and next year.So when it comes to 24:00,every family begins eating dumplings.v Now putting up red paper on the door and setting firecra
5、cker becomes Spring Festival customs and people believe doing these will bring their family safety.v Spring Festival is also the happiest time for children,because they can get red envelope containing money as a gift from the elder.During the Spring Festival,any unfortunate word cannot be heard beca
6、use it will make people upset and unhappy.People also make use of this holiday to visit their relatives and bring them some presents and well-wishing.The Lantern Festival（元宵节）v The Lantern Festival is January 15 on the lunar calendar.The lunar January is the first month of a year and 15th is the fir
7、st day of full moon.v During Lantern Festival,people go along the street to watch lanterns and children light their own small lanterns for some fun.The biggest and most beautiful lantern is the dragon lantern,which looks like a flying dragon,held by several young guys.One with a ball in hand leads t
8、he dragon to move.v Some lanterns have puzzles（灯谜）on them,called lantern puzzle,the one who gets the answer could receive small presents and be happy for his intelligence.v The traditional food for Lantern Festival is rice glue ball.Rice glue ball is a flavor ball with filling in it,for example,pean
9、ut filling,sesame filling and jam filling,the rice glue balls shape is just like the full moon appearing in the sky.This kind of dessert is especially welcomed by children.T Tombomb-sweeping Day-sweeping Day（清明节）（清明节）vTombsweep Day is an ancient festival in spring,also called Qing Ming Festival.In a
10、ncient China,the emperor worshipped heaven and earth in order to bless for harvest.People worshipped their ancestors with sacrifice and showed their missing for ancestors.清明时节雨纷纷，路上行人欲断魂，借问酒家何处有，牧童遥指杏花村.Qing Ming Du Mu（Tang Dynasty）Qing Ming usually comes with rainy daysPassengers on the way are ful
11、l of sorenessI ask a Buffalo boy for tavern tvn to release my sadnessHe points to the village covered by apricot eiprikt blossomsChinese Valentines DayThe seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is known as Qi Xi Jie or Qiqiao Jie,a traditional holiday that has been recently called Ch
12、inas Valentines Day.LegendvThe 2,000-plus-year-old holiday marks the star-crossed love between a cow herder Niulang and Zhinu,a weaver of clouds and the daughter of the Jade Emperor who is the Daoist ruler of heaven.vThe story goes that the two fell in love and got married,but their bond was met wit
13、h disapproval by Wangmu,Zhinus mother and the queen of heaven.Niulang is viewed as the star Altair and Zhinu as the star Vega.With a swift move of her hairpin,she separated the two with a river in the sky,known today as the Milky Way.vBut the queen took pity on them and gave them one night of the ye
14、ar to spend together.On Qi Xi Jie,the queen is said to send magpies to bridge the celestial silestjl gap between the two star lovers.Mid-Autumn Day（中秋节）v Mid-autumn Day is August 15th on lunar calendar.According to history records,Chinese emperor has tradition that worship the Sun in spring and wors
15、hip the Moon in autumn.As August 15th is exactly the middle of autumn,so it is called Mid-Autumn Day.vThe traditional food of Mid-Autumn Day is Moon cake,a round baked cake with fillings in it.The round shape of moon cake represents family reunion.In the night of Mid-Autumn Day,every family has moon
16、 cake and watches the moon.vOne most famous story is Change flying to the moon.Thousands of years ago,there were 9 suns in the sky.Many people felt too hot to live.A young man called Yi was brave enough and shot 8 suns to the ground and saved people.One day Yi got a potion of elixir iliks（长生不老药）from
17、 Queen Mother and gave his wife Change to keep.A man named Peng Meng knew about the elixir and wanted to get it from Change.One day when Yi was out for hunting,Peng Meng went to rob the elixir.In order to protect the elixir,Change swallowed all of the elixir,and then flied to the moon.vThe Double Ni
18、nth Festival（重阳节）v Ancient Chinese believes nine represents sun,the brightest thing.September 9th has two nine,the sun being doubled,so they call it Double Ninth Festival.Nine also means Long in Chinese words,so the Double Ninth Festival is also recognized The Old Festival.v In Double Ninth Festival
19、,people go to their ancestors tombs to worship with coat for winner.People usually:vAscend send a height 登高vEat Double-ninth cakevAppreciate the Chrysanthemum赏菊vDrink chrysanthemum wine饮菊花酒vCarry zhuyu佩带茱萸Other festivalsvFirst tooth festival&tags:worship the earth godvCold food festival:eat cold foo
20、d,worship ancestors,plant willow插柳vThe ghost festival:worship the deadvWinter Solstice:worship ancestors,eat dumplings/wontonvThe Laba Rice Porridge Festival:eat laba rice porridge vChinese New Years Eve:eat family reunion dinner,paste New Year paintings,set fireworks and firecrackers When more and
21、more young people are celebrating western festivals,such as Christmas and Thanksgiving,many westerners also show great interest in the traditional Chinese festivals,such as Spring Festival and Qi Xi.It is a good thing that Chinese culture has been widespread around the world and will become a dominant role in the globalized context.So we shouldnt forget our own festivals.Thank you for watching
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