春节的英文介绍.pptx

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1、One legend goes that the beast Nian had a very big mouth that would swallow a great many people with one bite.People were very scared.One day,an old man came to their rescue,offering to subdue Nian.To Nian he said,I hear say that you are very capable,but can you swallow the other beasts of prey on e

2、arth instead of people who are by no means of your worthy opponents?So,it did swallow many of the beasts of prey on earth that also harrassed people and their domestic animals from time to time.The Chinese New Year is now popularly known as the Spring Festival because it starts from the Begining of

3、Spring(the first of the twenty-four terms in coodination with the changes of Nature).Its origin is too old to be traced.Several explanations are hanging around.All agree,however,that the word Nian,which in modern Chinese solely means year,was originally the name of a monster beast that started to pr

4、ey on people the night before the beginning of a new year.第1页/共14页One legend goes that the beast Nian had a very big mouth that would swallow a great many people with one bite.People were very scared.One day,an old man came to their rescue,offering to subdue Nian.To Nian he said,I hear say that you

5、are very capable,but can you swallow the other beasts of prey on earth instead of people who are by no means of your worthy opponents?So,it did swallow many of the beasts of prey on earth that also harrassed people and their domestic animals from time to time.第2页/共14页 The Spring Festival is the most

6、 important festival for the Chinese people and is when all family members get together,just like Christmas in the West.All people living away from home go back,becoming the busiest time for transportation systems of about half a month from the Spring Festival.Airports,railway stations and long-dista

7、nce bus stations are crowded with home returnees.第3页/共14页Strictly speaking,the Spring Festival starts every year in the early days of the 12th lunar month and will last till the mid 1st lunar month of the next year.Of them,the most important days are Spring Festival Eve and the first three days.The

8、Chinese government now stipulates people have seven days off for the Chinese Lunar New Year.第4页/共14页Laba Porridge On the 8th day of the 12th lunar month,many families make laba porridge,a delicious kind of porridge made with glutinous rice,millet,seeds of Jobs tears,jujube berries,lotus seeds,beans,

9、longan and gingko.第5页/共14页The 23rd day of the 12th lunar month is called Preliminary Eve.At this time,people offer sacrifice to the kitchen god.Now however,most families make delicious food to enjoy themselves.第6页/共14页People attach great importance to Spring Festival Eve.At that time,all family memb

10、ers eat dinner together.The meal is more luxurious than usual.Dishes such as chicken,fish and bean curd cannot be excluded,for in Chinese,their pronunciations,respectively ji,yu and doufu,mean auspiciousness,abundance and richness.After the dinner,the whole family will sit together,chatting and watc

11、hing TV.In recent years,the Spring Festival party broadcast on China Central Television Station(CCTV)is essential entertainment for the Chinese both at home and abroad.According to custom,each family will stay up to see the New Year in.第7页/共14页After the Preliminary Eve,people begin preparing for the

12、 coming New Year.This is called Seeing the New Year in.Waking up on New Year,everybody dresses up.First they extend greetings to their parents.Then each child will get money as a New Year gift,wrapped up in red paper.People in northern China will eat jiaozi,or dumplings,for breakfast,as they think j

13、iaozi in sound means bidding farewell to the old and ushering in the new.Also,the shape of the dumpling is like gold ingot from ancient China.So people eat them and wish for money and treasure.第8页/共14页Store owners are busy then as everybody goes out to purchase necessities for the New Year.Materials

14、 not only include edible oil,rice,flour,chicken,duck,fish and meat,but also fruit,candies and kinds of nuts.Whats more,various decorations,new clothes and shoes for the children as well as gifts for the elderly,friends and relatives,are all on the list of purchasing.第9页/共14页Before the New Year comes

15、,the people completely clean the indoors and outdoors of their homes as well as their clothes,bedclothes and all their utensils.Then people begin decorating their clean rooms featuring an atmosphere of rejoicing and festivity.All the door panels will be pastedwith Spring Festival couplets,highlighti

16、ng Chinese calligraphy with black characters on red paper.The content varies from house owners wishes for a bright future to good luck for the New Year.Also,pictures of the god of doors and wealth will be posted on front doors to ward off evil spirits and welcome peace and abundance.第10页/共14页The Chi

17、nese character fu(meaning blessing or happiness)is a must.The character put on paper can be pasted normally or upside down,for in Chinese the reversed fu is homophonic with fu comes,both being pronounced as fudaole.Whats more,two big red lanterns can be raised on both sides of the front door.Red pap

18、er-cuttings can be seen on window glass and brightly colored New Year paintings with auspicious meanings may be put on the wall.第11页/共14页Southern Chinese eat niangao(New Year cake made of glutinous rice flour)on this occasion,because as a homophone,niangao means higher and higher,one year after anot

19、her.The first five days after the Spring Festival are a good time for relatives,friends,and classmates as well as colleagues to exchange greetings,gifts and chat leisurely.第12页/共14页Burning fireworks was once the most typical custom on the Spring Festival.People thought the spluttering sound could he

20、lp drive away evil spirits.However,such an activity was completely or partially forbidden in big cities once the government took security,noise and pollution factors into consideration.As a replacement,some buy tapes with firecracker sounds to listen to,some break little balloons to get the sound too,while others buy firecracker handicrafts to hang in the living room.第13页/共14页感谢您的观看。第14页/共14页