中国传统节日介绍英文版.pptx

1、Chinese festivalsMid-autumn DayMid-autumn DayThe spring festivalThe spring festivalThe spring festivalThe spring festival Brief introduction The Spring Festival is also called the lunar calendar.It is a ceremonious(隆重的隆重的)and noisiest ancient tradition festival in our country.The Spring Festival has

2、 a long history.Also has a lot of various legends(传说传说).Origin The lunar calendar new year origin,has the basis,also is rich and picks the varied fable to be possible to trace(追追溯溯)to several millenniums before;Most is famous is the year beast fable.The year beast is a cruel terrible wild animal,anc

3、ient times the person believed year beast when lunar New Years Eve night can come out eats the person.Origin The fable the year beast extremely fears red,the flame and the mixed sound,the people paste the red paper in the gate,and selects the torch all night,is setting off the artillery candle,avoid

4、s the year beast.To second day early morning,has congratulated the sound to the ear,in the air does not fill the air is defeating the year beast the victory and the rebirth joy.CustomsPaste Spring Festival Couplets Paste Spring Festival Couplets 贴春联贴春联 Reunion dinner of the New year eve 年夜饭The Sprin

5、g Festival Gala 春节联欢晚会春节联欢晚会 Pay New Years call 拜年拜年Lion Dance and Dragon Dance 舞龙舞龙 舞狮舞狮New Year paintings 年画年画Paper-cuts 剪纸剪纸 Brief introduction OriginCustoms Qing Ming is a time to remember the dead and the dearly departed.More important,it is a period to honour and to pay respect to ones decease

6、d ancestors and family members.Because it reinforces the ethic of filial piety,Qing Ming is a major Chinese festival.OriginBrief introductionCustoms Qing Ming is popularly associated with Jie Zi Tui,who lived in Shanxi province in 600 B.C.Legend has it that Jie saved his starving lords life by servi

7、ng a piece of his own leg.When the lord succeeded in becoming the ruler of a small principality,he invited his faithful follower to join him.However,Jie declined his invitation,preferring to lead a hermits life with his mother in the mountains.OriginBrief introductionCustomsBelieving that he could f

8、orce Jie out by burning the mountain,the lord ordered his men to set the forest on fire.To his consternation,Jie chose to remain where he was and was burnt to death.To commemorate Jie,the lord ordered all fires in every home to be put out on the anniversary of Jies death.Thus began the cold food fea

9、st,a day when no food could be cooked since no fire could be lit.CustomsOriginBrief introduction Qing Ming Festival is a time of many different activities,among which the main ones are tomb sweeping,taking a spring outing,flying kites.Some other lost customs like wearing willow branches on the head

10、and riding on swings have added infinite joy in past days.The festival is a combination of sadness and happiness,perhaps bittersweet.Brief introduction Dragon Boat Festival,the end of the section,the end of the five,weighing five call in May,daughter section,the bath Lan Festival said,is one of the

11、oldest Chinese traditional festival.Prove According to scholars,the Dragon Boat Festival is the latest in the Spring and Autumn Period already exists,so far,20,000 years of history.OriginBrief introduction Historical material about the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival,there are many different vers

12、ions,four influential:the first is that the summer solstice customs;The second is that Dragon Boat Festival from the Xia and Shang Dynasties that derived from the ancient times Wuyue national dragon totem worship;Third,the Dragon Boat Festival and the ancient Bad Moon and evil day linked;final say,m

13、ost accepted view that the Dragon Boat Festival to commemorateQu Yuan.Customs OriginHanging Hanging calamuscalamus(菖蒲菖蒲),wormwood,wormwood(艾草艾草):Every very family in the house hanging calamus and family in the house hanging calamus and thethe wormwoodwormwood in in order to ward off evil.order to wa

14、rd off evil.Drink wine,medicine bath:Drink wine,medicine bath:People eople drinking drinking soaked with realgar or calamus tincture,the soaked with realgar or calamus tincture,the bluegrass torment water juice bath illnesses bluegrass torment water juice bath illnesses in addition to the epidemic.i

15、n addition to the epidemic.The Dragon Boat accessories:People with all The Dragon Boat accessories:People with all kinds of trinkets as symbol of exorcism kinds of trinkets as symbol of exorcism Nourishing.For example,evil for good money.Nourishing.For example,evil for good money.Brief introductionO

16、riginCustomsThe Double Seventh Festival,on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month,is a traditional festival full of romance.It often goes into August in the Gregorian calendar.Brief introductionOriginCustomsLong,long ago,there was an honest and kind-hearted fellow named Niu Lang(Cowhand).His parents die

17、d when he was a child.Later he was driven out of his home by his sister-in-law.So he lived by himself herding cattle and farming.One day,a fairy from heaven Zhi Nu(Weaver Maid)fell in love with him and came down secretly to earth and married him.The cowhand farmed in the field and the Weaver Maid wo

18、ve at home.They lived a happy life and gave birth to a boy and a girl.Unfortunately,the God of Heaven soon found out the fact and ordered the Queen Mother of the Western Heavens to bring the Weaver Maid back.Brief introductionOriginCustomsWith the help of celestial cattle,the Cowhand flew to heaven

19、with his son and daughter.At the time when he was about to catch up with his wife,the Queen Mother took off one of her gold hairpins and made a stroke.One billowy river appeared in front of the Cowhand.The Cowhand and Weaver Maid were separated on the two banks forever and could only feel their tear

20、s.Their loyalty to love touched magpies,so tens of thousands of magpies came to build a bridge for the Cowhand and Weaver Maid to meet each other.The Queen Mother was eventually moved and allowed them to meet each year on the 7th of the 7th lunar month.Hence their meeting date has been called Qi Xi(

21、Double Seventh).Brief introductionOriginCustomsToday some traditional customs are still observed in rural areas of China,but have been weakened or diluted in urban cities.However,the legend of the Cowhand and Weaver Maid has taken root in the hearts of the people.In recent years,in particular,urban

22、youths have celebrated it as Valentines Day in China.As a result,owners of flower shops,bars and stores are full of joy as they sell more commodities for love.Brief introduction The Mid-Autumn Festival,is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar.It is a time for family membe

23、rs and loved ones to congregate and enjoy the full moon-an auspicious symbol of abundance,harmony and luck.Adults will usually indulge in fragrant moon cakes of many varieties with a good cup of piping hot Chinese tea,while the little ones run around with their brightly-lit lanterns Brief introducti

24、on OriginThe Mid-Autumn Festival probably began as a harvest festival.The festival was later given a mythological flavour with legends of Chang-E,the beautiful lady in the moon OriginAccording to Chinese mythology,the earth once had 10 suns circling over it.One day,all 10 suns appeared together,scor

25、ching the earth with their heat.The earth was saved when a strong archer,Hou Yi,succeeded in shooting down 9 of the suns.Yi stole the elixir of life to save the people from his tyrannical rule,but his wife,Chang-E drank it.Thus started the legend of the lady in the moon to whom young Chinese girls w

26、ould pray at the Mid-Autumn Festival.Origin CustomsMid-Autumn Day is a traditional festival in China.Almost everyone likes to eat mooncakes on that day.Most families have a dinner together to celebrate the festival.A saying goes,The moon in your hometown is almost always the brightest and roundest.Many people who live far away from homes want to go back to have a family reunion.How happy it is to enjoy the moon cakes while watching the full moon with your family members.Thats all,Thank you!