2019-2020学年人教版高中英语必修3 配套教师用书

Unit 1　Festivals around the world Spring Festival The Chinese New Year, also called the Spring Festival, has more than 4,000 years of history. Being one of the traditional Chinese festivals, it is the most important festival for Chinese people. Starting in the Shang Dynasty(about 17th～11th century B．C.), it celebrates family reunion and hopes the advent(到来) of spring. People from different regions celebrate it in their unique ways. It is said that the custom of the Chinese New Year started in the last month of the Chinese lunar calendar when people offered sacrifice(祭品) to their ancestors. At that time, people prepared the sacrifice by doing thorough cleaning, having bathes and so on. Later, people began to worship(敬奉) different deities(神) as well on that day. The sacrificing time changed according to the farming schedule and was not fixed until the Han Dynasty (202 B．C.～220 A．D.). The custom of worshipping deities and ancestors remains even though the ceremonies are not as grand as