Kinds of Festivals Names of Festivals Countries Kinds of the Dead
Kinds to Honour People Harvest Festivals
Spring Festivals
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Scan the reading passage and then fill in the following chart.Cherry Blossom来自Festival (Japan)
1.Which three times of the year did people celebrate in Ancient Times? 2.Why do you think music, fire or light are used in festivals?
for their great contributions to the societyor the country Dragon boat racing, eat zongzi
Food is gathered for the winter. A season of agriculural work is over. decorate churches and town halls, get together to have big meals, admire the moon and eat mooncakes celebrate the end of winter and the coming of spring
Kinds of Festivals
Festivals of the Dead
Festivals to Honour People
Harvest Festivals
Spring Festivals
Festivals of
the Dead
Obon (Japan)
Day of the Dead
(Mexico)
3. Qu Yuan was a great poet who peopleT honour a lot in China. F
4. Mid-autumn Festival is held to celebrate the end of autumn. F
Halloween (some western
countries)
Festivals to Honour
People
Dragon Boat Festival
(China)
Colunbus Day (USA)
Festival to Honour Gandhi (India)
Harvest Festivals
how
Spring why Festivals how
the end of the cold winter;planting in spring and harvest in autumn
light fire and make music to honour the dead or satisfy and please the ancestors light lamps, play music, eat food in the shapes of skulls and cakes with bones, go to their neighbors to ask for sweets,dress up
Festivals around the world
birthday:
lunar calendar （阴历）
the 14th day of the second lunar month
February 14th solar calendar （阳历）
乞 巧 节
Feb. 14th Chinese Valentine’s Day the Double Seventh Day
Thanksgiving Day
(European and
other countries)
Mid-Autumn
Festivals
(China and
Japan)
Spring Festivals
Spring
Festival (China)
Easter and
related holidays
(some western countries)
6. Name three things people do at spring festivals
Ancient Festivals
Festivals of the dead
why
how why how
Festivals to honour people
Harvest Festivals
why how why
Read Para.3
the seventh day of the seventh lunar month
How many festivals do you know both in and out of China?
The Chinese festivals
Spring Festival
dumpling
3.What kind of things are done to celebrate the Obon Festival?
4. Why does India have a national festival on October 2?
5. Why are autumn festivals happy events?
eat delicious food; have exciting carnivals
F 1. The ancient people needn’t worry about
their food.
2. Halloween used to be a festival intendTed to honour the dead.
Festival of lanterns
Teachers’ Day
Mid- Autumn Festival
Mooncakes
Festivals in foreign countries
Happy Valentine’s Day
Christmas
Carnival
Halloween Parade