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Gift-giving etiquette in America Most gifts in western country are: for daily use; very well wrapped； inexpensive to buy. For daily use: A case for cell phone A tea set A vase For well wrapped: A bouquet of flowers A box of chocolate For inexpensive to buy: A snow ball A crystal craft An appropriate gift for a westerner Flowers Wine chocolate When a westerner will take the gift with appreciation and open it immediately. The oral expression of thanks is followed by a written note of appreciation Thank you for coming Welcome next time QingMing Festival is kept to express peoples grief for the people who already passed away QingMing has a tradition streching back more than 2500 years. Its origin is credited to the Tang Emperor Xuan Zong in 732 people usually sweep the tombs and offer food, tea, wine, chopsticks, paper accessories, and libation to the ancestors. Halloween Symbol colors: Black: Witches / dangers cats Orange: harvest / pumpkin / jack-o-lantern Wearing masks or costumes: What do children do? Trick or treat Wear costumes Carve pumpkin lanterns Watch scary movies Visit haunted houses The Double-seventh Festival The queen draw a line between Zhi Nv and Niu Lang in order to separate them. The line became th Silver River in Heaven. Origin of Valentine’s Day Many different versions of the origin The most famous one: St. Valentine: a priest at the temple Emperor Claudius: Single men married men Outlaw the marriage continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret The Valentine’s tragic ending: put to death. Activity: Exchange candy, flowers and gifts are between loved ones Meaning of rose quantities Feng Shui Fengshui is an ancient chinese natural science and goes back to over 3500 years. It studies the energy circulation and the effect of living environment. The essence is to maintain the