1. Winter: 2. Spring: 3. Summer: 4. Autumn:
spring summer autumn winter
February Spring Festival March Women’s Day
April
May
May Day
June
the Children’s Day
6.The Lantern Festival marks the F beginning of the Chinese New Year
celebrations.
Read the text again. Find the date, special food and activities of each festival.
Date:
In September or October, the 15th day of the 8th lunar month
Typical food:
Moon cakes
Activities:
Families get together. Eat moon cakes. Enjoy the beautiful moon night.
4. The Dragon Boat Festival has a F history of over 3,000 years.
5. In the past, lanterns were usually T decorated with pictures of birds,
animals and flowers.
Nowadays, some are made with fruit vegetables eggs
The traditional Zongzi are made
with sticky rice.
Nowadays, Zongzi can be made with beans, Red date and meat.
Typical food:
Rice dumpling (Zongzi) Sticky rice in fresh bamboo leaves
Activities:
Dragon boat races
The traditional moon cakes are made with bean paste.
In the past
lanterns were usually lit by candles.
Nowadays
most lanterns are lit by light bulbs and batteries.
Do you know any festivals associated with spring? Introduce one you like to the class.
Unit 3 Celebration
What’s your favorite season?
spring
summer
autumn
winter
What festivals happen during each season? Please give one typical festival in each season.
Listen and then do some T or F exercise.
1. The Mid-autumn Festival is F
celebrated by Chinese people only in China. 2. Traditional moon cakes are usually F made with fruit. 3. In the past, dragon boat races were T organized only by Chinese people.
Introduce a festival which is most important in China for children, for young people, for old people, for women or men.
The Lantern Festival
Date:The 15th源自day of the 1st lunar month
Typical food:
Sweet dumplings
Activities:
Light different kinds of lanterns.
Date: The 5th day of the 5th lunar month
In the past
lanterns
They were decorated with pictures of birds, animals and flowers, etc.
Nowadays
They come in many shapes and sizes. There are even lanterns made of ice.
July
the Party' s Birthday
August Birthday of the army
September the Mid-Autumn Day
October the National Day
November
December January the New Year’s Day
Which festival is celebrated?