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1、 Brief introduction The Spring Festival is also called the lunar calendar.It is a ceremonious(隆重的)and noisiest ancient tradition festival in our country.The Spring Festival has a long history.Also has a lot of various legends(传说).第1页/共23页 Origin The lunar calendar new year origin,has the basis,also

2、is rich and picks the varied fable to be possible to trace(追溯)to several millenniums before;Most is famous is the year beast fable.The year beast is a cruel terrible wild animal,ancient times the person believed year beast when lunar New Years Eve night can come out eats the person.第2页/共23页 Origin T

3、he 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,avoids the year beast.To second day early morning,has congratulated the sound to the ear,in the air does not fill t

4、he air is defeating the year beast the victory and the rebirth joy.第3页/共23页 CustomsPaste Spring Festival Couplets 贴春联 Reunion dinner of the New year eve 年夜饭The Spring Festival Gala 春节联欢晚会 Pay New Years call 拜年Lion Dance and Dragon Dance 舞龙 舞狮New Year paintings 年画Paper-cuts 剪纸第4页/共23页第5页/共23页 Brief i

5、ntroduction 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 deceased ancestors and family members.Because it reinforces the ethic of filial piety,Qing Ming is a major Chinese festival.第6页/共23页 OriginBri

6、ef 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 serving a piece of his own leg.When the lord succeeded in becoming the ruler of a small principality,he invited his faithful follow

7、er to join him.However,Jie declined his invitation,preferring to lead a hermits life with his mother in the mountains.第7页/共23页 OriginBrief introductionCustomsBelieving that he could force Jie out by burning the mountain,the lord ordered his men to set the forest on fire.To his consternation,Jie chos

8、e 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 feast,a day when no food could be cooked since no fire could be lit.第8页/共23页 CustomsOriginBrief introduction Qing Ming F

9、estival 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 and riding on swings have added infinite joy in past days.The festival is a combination of sadness and happi

10、ness,perhaps bittersweet.第9页/共23页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 oldest Chinese traditional festival.Prove According to scholars,the Dragon Boat Festival is the late

11、st in the Spring and Autumn Period already exists,so far,20,000 years of history.第10页/共23页 OriginBrief introduction Historical material about the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival,there are many different versions,four influential:the first is that the summer solstice customs;The second is that Dra

12、gon 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,most accepted view that the Dragon Boat Festival to commemorateQu Yuan.第11页/共23页 Customs Or

13、iginHanging calamus(菖蒲菖蒲),wormwood(艾草艾草):Every family in the house hanging calamus and the wormwood in order to ward off evil.Drink wine,medicine bath:People drinking soaked with realgar or calamus tincture,the bluegrass torment water juice bath illnesses in addition to the epidemic.The Dragon Boat

14、accessories:People with all kinds of trinkets as symbol of exorcism Nourishing.For example,evil for good money.第12页/共23页第13页/共23页Brief introductionOriginCustomsThe 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

15、 Gregorian calendar.第14页/共23页Brief introductionOriginCustomsLong,long ago,there was an honest and kind-hearted fellow named Niu Lang(Cowhand).His parents died 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 fair

16、y 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 wove 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 Q

17、ueen Mother of the Western Heavens to bring the Weaver Maid back.第15页/共23页Brief introductionOriginCustomsWith the help of celestial cattle,the Cowhand flew to heaven 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 a

18、nd 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 tears.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

19、 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(Double Seventh).第16页/共23页Brief introductionOriginCustomsToday some traditional customs are still observed in rural areas of China,but

20、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 youths have celebrated it as Valentines Day in China.As a result,owners of flower shops,bars and stores are full of joy as th

21、ey sell more commodities for love.第17页/共23页 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 members and loved ones to congregate and enjoy the full moon-an auspicious symbol of abundance,harmony and luck.Adults w

22、ill 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第18页/共23页 Brief introduction OriginThe Mid-Autumn Festival probably began as a harvest festival.The festival was later given a mytho

23、logical flavour with legends of Chang-E,the beautiful lady in the moon第19页/共23页 OriginAccording to Chinese mythology,the earth once had 10 suns circling over it.One day,all 10 suns appeared together,scorching the earth with their heat.The earth was saved when a strong archer,Hou Yi,succeeded in shoo

24、ting 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 would pray at the Mid-Autumn Festival.第20页/共23页 Origin CustomsMid-Autumn Day is a traditional fest

25、ival 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.第21页/共23页Thats all,Thank you!第22页/共23页感谢您的观看！第23页/共23页