❖ Children Getting money in red envelopes from their parents and relatives
Traditional Customs Relating To The Spring Festival
❖ The lion and dragon dancing
Traditional Customs Relating To The Festival
❖ Holding dragon-boat races.
It Is Now An International Event
Mid-Autumn Festival
❖ The 15th day of the eighth lunar month, in the middle of autumn
Traditional Customs Relating to the Festival
❖ Family reunion dinner on the festival evening
❖ Typical food: moon-cake
Double Seventh Day
❖ The 7th evening of the 7th lunar month ❖ Also called “The Seventh Eve” or “Qixi”
❖ Each of them has: ❖ A long history ❖ A legend ❖ Special customs or activities ❖ An unique food
Traditional Customs Relating To The Festival
❖ Eating zongzi
Qu Yuan
Qu Yuan, the patriotic poet who drowned himself on this day in 277 BC.
Trying To Save Qu Yuan’s Body
Traditional Customs Relating To The Lantern Festival
❖ Lantern displays everywhere
Traditional Customs Relating To The Lantern Festival
Lantern Shows
Traditional Customs Relating To The Lantern Festival
❖ Lantern-riddle guessing
Traditional Customs Relating To The Lantern Festival
❖ Eating Yuanxiao, a sweet rice ball
ChingMing Festivals
❖ March 5th in the Chinese Lunar Calendar
❖ Writing and Pasting couplets on doors
Traditional Customs Relating To The Spring Festival
❖ Creating paper-cuts for window decoration
Paper-Cut: Happy New Year
❖ Also called “Reunion Festival”
The Origin of Mid-Autumn Festival
❖ A beautiful story of Hou Yi and Chang ER
Traditional Customs Relating To The Festival
❖ The round moon and round moon cake are both symbols of family reunion
The Poem of Libai
❖ Beside my bed a pool of moonlight, ❖ Is it hoarfrost on the ground? ❖ I lift my eyes and see the bright moon; ❖ Bowing my head, I think of my old hometown.
Paper-Cutting Is Now A Popular Art
❖ Creating paper-cuts for window decoration So this year is Snake
Traditional Customs Relating To The Spring Festival
It’s Chinese Valentine’s Day
An Ancient Chinese Legend About It
A Love Story Between A Cowherd And A Girl Weaver
An Opera About The Story
Double Ninth Day
using torcheห้องสมุดไป่ตู้ to ward off evil spirits and has a history of more than 2,000 years.
Traditional Customs Relating To The Lantern Festival
❖ Decorating houses and streets with various delicate and beautiful lanterns
The Spring Festival
❖ Also known as the Chinese New Year
❖ The most important and comprehensive festival.
❖ It falls on the first day of the first Chinese lunar month and the celebration lasts from the 23rd of the 12th lunar month up to the fifteenth of the first lunar month next year.
What are Important Traditional Chinese Festivals?
❖ The Spring Festival ❖ The Lantern Festival ❖ The Qingming Festival ❖ The Dragon Boat Festival ❖ The Double Seventh Day ❖ The Mid-Autumn Festival ❖ The Double Ninth Day
❖ Also known as Duanwu Jie
❖ It falls on the fifth day of the fifth month in Chinese lunar calendar.
Traditional Customs Relating To The Festival
❖ Racing dragon boats
Traditional Customs Relating To The Spring Festival
❖ Eating Jiaozi ❖ ( first known in
China since 1,600 years ago. ❖ Its pronunciation in Chinese means midnight or the end and the beginning of time.
The Spring Festival
❖ The year mark with 12 animals, including rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog, pig
Traditional Customs Relating To The Spring Festival
❖ ancestor ❖ sweep the graves of
reverence for his ancestors, family ❖ a combination of sadness and happiness
ChingMing Festivals
The Dragon Boat Festival
Traditional Customs Relating To The Spring Festival
❖ Enjoying Family Reunion Dinner on New Year’s Eve
The Lantern Festival
❖ The 15th day of the first lunar month
❖ Also known as Yuanxiao Festival ❖ Yuan literally means first, while xiao refers to night.
Yuanxiao is the first night when we see the full moon in the new year. ❖ It has developed from an ancient ceremony of
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❖ A day to honor senior citizens ❖ “Nine” sounds similar to the word “long