Traditional Chinese Festivals.ppt

Traditional Chinese Festivals The Six Traditional The Six Traditional FestivalsFestivals1.Spring Festival1.Spring Festival2.Lantern Festival2.Lantern Festival3.Tomb-sweeping 3.Tomb-sweeping Festival Festival 4.Dragon Boat Festival4.Dragon Boat Festival5.Mid-Autumn Festival5.Mid-Autumn Festival6.Double Seventh Festival6.Double Seventh FestivalSpring Festival 春节春节put up couplets 贴春联 have Jiaozi 吃饺子 watch the New Years Gala on CCTV看春节联欢晚会What else do people do during Spring Festival?pay New Years call 拜年拜年get together 团圆团圆set off firecrackers放鞭炮放鞭炮 Decoration Entertainment Special food TraditionChinese New YearDecorationChn lin 春 联 Spring coupletDecorationMn shn 门 神 Door GodDecorationNin hu年画New Year Picture dnglng 灯 笼 LanternDecorationDecorationJin zh 剪 纸 papercutsEntertainmentBin po鞭炮 fireworksYn hu烟花 firecrackersEntertainmentW lng 舞 龙 dragon danceW sh 舞 狮lion dance nin y fn 年 夜 饭 reunion dinner of the New year eveSpecial FoodSpecial Foodjiozi饺子 Chinese dumplingSpecial FoodNin go 年 糕New years rice caketn yun 汤 圆 Rice dumplingsTraditionHng bo红包Red PacketsGreetings:1. 1. Gng x f ci 恭恭 喜喜 发发 财财 Congratulations for getting rich!2. 2. Xn nin kui l 新新 年年 快快 乐乐 Happy new year!What a an ni imma al l are you ?The 12 Zodiac a an ni imma al l signsThe 12 Zodiac a an ni imma al l signsLets enjoying a New Years songLantern Festival元宵节节watch lantern display 看灯展看灯展eat dumplings吃汤圆tang yuan 汤汤 圆圆 Rice dumplingstuan yuan walk on stilts beat drums Tomb-sweeping Tomb-sweeping FestivalFestivalThe Tomb-sweeping Festival in the April 5th.All China people Worship the ancestors .Presses the yellow paper Clean graveDragon Dragon Boat Boat Festival Festival 端午节端午节eat rice dumplinghave a dragon boat raceThe origin of the Dragon Boat FestivalThe Dragon Boat Festival is believed to have originated in ancient China. A number of theories exist about its origins as a number of folk traditions and explanatory myths are connected to its observance. Today the best known of these relates to the suicide in 278 BCE of Qu Yuan, poet and statesman of the Chu kingdom during the Warring States period.Qu YuanQu was a minister of the State of Chu situated in present-day Hunan and Hubei provinces, during the Warring States Period (475-221BC)（战国时期）（战国时期）. He was upright, loyal and highly esteemed for his wise counsel that brought peace and prosperity to the state. However, when a dishonest and corrupt prince vilified Qu, he was dismissed from office. Realizing that the country was now in the hands of evil and corrupt officials, Qu grabbed a large stone and leapt into the Miluo River on the fifth day of the fifth month. Nearby fishermen rushed over to try and save him but were unable to even recover his body. Thereafter, the state declined and was eventually conquered by the State of Qin. The Dragon Boat FestivalThe custom of the Dragon Boat Festival: Zongzi is now the traditional food for the Dragon Boat Festival. These glutinous rice balls come in different shapes - generally triangular or pyramidal, and with a variety of fillings - such as egg, beans, dates, fruits, sweet potato, walnuts, mushrooms, meat, or a combination of them. The Dragon Boat FestivalThe Dragon Boat Race is perhaps the most important part of “the Dragon Boat Festival . Every year, hundreds of boats are brightly painted and decorated beautifully to make them ready for the annual regatta that is held during the time of Double Fifth celebrations. Mid-Autumn Festival Mid-Autumn Festival is Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated on the 15th celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar. It is the lunar calendar. It is a time for family a time for family members and loved members and loved ones to congregate and ones to congregate and enjoy the full moon-enjoy the full moon-an auspicious symbol an auspicious symbol of abundance, harmony of abundance, harmony and luck. and luck. Mid-Autumn Festival Mid-Autumn Festival probably began as a harvest probably began as a harvest festival. The festival was later festival. The festival was later given a mythological flavour given a mythological flavour with legends of Chang-E, the with legends of Chang-E, the beautiful lady in the moon.beautiful lady in the moon. According to Chinese According to Chinese mythology, the earth once mythology, the earth once had 10 suns circling over it. had 10 suns circling over it. One day, all 10 suns One day, all 10 suns appeared together, appeared together, scorching the earth with scorching the earth with their heat. The earth was their heat. The earth was saved when a strong archer, saved when a strong archer, Hou Yi, succeeded in Hou Yi, succeeded in shooting down 9 of the shooting down 9 of the suns. Yi stole the elixir of suns. Yi stole the elixir of life to save the people from life to save the people from his tyrannical rule, but his his tyrannical rule, but his wife, Chang-E drank it. wife, Chang-E drank it. Thus started the legend of Thus started the legend of the lady in the moon to the lady in the moon to whom young Chinese girls whom young Chinese girls would pray at the Mid-would pray at the Mid-Autumn Festival.Autumn Festival.Eating mooncakes.Eating mooncakes.watching the full watching the full moon with family moon with family membersmembersCarrying brightly lit Carrying brightly lit lanterns, lighting lanterns, lighting lanterns on towers, lanterns on towers, floating sky floating sky lanternslanterns. Burning Burning incense in incense in reverence to reverence to deities deities including including Change Change Fire Dragon Fire Dragon Dances.Dances. what are the two main activities during the Mid-Autumn Festival ? the correct answer: Eating mooncakes. Watching the full moon with family membersDouble Seventh Festival The Double Seventh Festival, on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month, is a traditional festival full of romance. At night, the sky is dotted with stars, and people can see the Milky Way spanning from north to the south. It is originated from the Han Dynasty. fell in lovegot marriedThe Goddess got angryforced to leave each otherCross the Milky Way to meet only once a year The Chinese people believe that the star Vega（织女星）（织女星）, east of the Milky Way, is Zhinu and, at the constellation of Aquila（天鹰座）（天鹰座）, on the western side of the Milky Way, Niulang waits for his wife. Thanks for your time These are the main festivals of the Chinese culture. Many other festivals are celebrated but many of these old traditions have been lost over the years. Thank you for your time!