实用阶梯英语跨文化交际 unit 1 unit 1.pptVIP

尚辅网 尚辅网 尚辅网 After-class Reviewing Panorama of Chinese Culture On the 8th day of the 12th lunar month, many families make Laba porridge, a delicious kind of porridge made with glutinous rice, millet, coix seed, jujube berries, lotus seeds, beans, longan and gingko. 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. After the Preliminary Eve, people begin preparing for the coming New Year. This is called “Seeing the New Year in”. Store owners are busy when everybody goes out to purchase necessities for the New Year. Materials not only include edible oil , rice, flour, chicken, duck, fish and meat, but also fruit, candies and kinds of nuts. What’s 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. Before the New Year comes, the people completely clean their homes indoor and outdoor as well as their clothes, linen and all their utensils. 尚辅网 After-class Reviewing Panorama of Chinese Culture Then people begin decorating their clean rooms, featuring an atmosphere of rejoicing and festivity . All the door panels will be posted with Spring Festival couplets , highlighting 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 and wealth will be posted on front doors to ward off evil spirits and welcome peace and abundance . The Chinese character “fu” (meaning blessing or happiness) is a must. The character put on paper can be posted normally or upside down, for in Chinese the “reversed fu” is homophonic with “fu comes”. What’s more, two big red lanterns can be raised on both sides of the front door. Red paper- cuttings can be seen on window glass and brightly colored New Year paintings with auspicious meanings ma