专题19 Chinese New Year- 高中英语中国文化和西方文化精品阅读课课件

Guessing Game Say the festivals according to the key information. September; school Teachers' Day life; eggs Easter turkey; pumpkin pie Thanksgiving flowers; May Mother's Day harvest; moon the Mid-autumn Festival lights; riddles the Lantern Festival season; dumplings the Spring Festival stockings; trees Christmas What does Spring Festival mean to you? What words immediately come to your mind for describing its meaning? the beginning of a new year a day for family reunion China's biggest festival … How do you and your family celebrate Spring Festival? Use the phrases to help you. to make dumplings to have a family gathering to get together to put up decorations to prepare snacks to set off fireworks Example: My family celebrates Spring Festival by making dumplings together. Introduction The Spring Festival begins from the last day of the lunar year, ending on the 15th day of lunar New Year, which is also the Lantern Festival. Also called the Spring Festival, the Chinese New Year celebrates the beginning of the Chinese year based on the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar and officially ends 14 days later with the Lantern Festival. Chinese New Year, or the Spring Festival, is the most important celebration observed in China, with cultural and historic significance. The festival signals the beginning of spring, and the start of a new year according to the Chinese lunar calendar. Introduction The word Nian (in Chinese means ‘year’), was first the name of a ferocious monster beast that started to attack human beings at the night before the beginning of a new year. The Nian beast (also called ‘Xi’) appeared once a year and only on New Year’s Eve. From then on, this day is called Guo Nian (Guo means “pass over” and Nian means “year”), and the New Year’s Eve is called Chu Xi (meaning to eliminate the Nian beast). The Nian beast was extremely cruel. It came out and attacked livestock and villagers only in the middle of the night before the New Y