unit4 Chinese festivals.pptVIP

Chinese Festivals Chinese Main festivals (lunar calendar) 1. The Spring Festival 2. The Lantern Festival 3. The Qing Ming Festival (Solar Term) 4. The Dragon Boat Festival 5. The Chinese Valentine’s Day 6. The Mid-Autumn Festival 7. The Chong Yang Festival The Spring Festival 农历 lunar calendar 春联 Spring Festival couplets 年画 New Year painting 买年货 do Spring Festival shopping 除夕New Year’s Eve 饺子 jiaozi (dumpling with vegetable and meat stuffing) 烟花 fireworks 爆竹 firecrackers 舞狮 lion dance 舞龙 dragon dance 拜年 give New Year’s greetings 压岁钱 gift money to children for New Year Blessing Idioms Blessing Idioms 时间通常在一月底、二月初，象征着一年辛劳后，冬春之交的休息和放松，也象征了喜庆。 It is usually a time in late January or early February, which means rest and relaxation between winter and spring after a years hard work, and means happiness and celebration as well. 春节前，人们打扫屋子、在大门上贴大红对联、放鞭炮。据传说，这样做是为了驱赶一个叫“年”的魔鬼。 除夕之夜，一大家子定会在一起会餐，最受欢迎的主食是饺子，人们认为它能带来好运吉祥。 在新年的第一天，每人都穿上新衣服， 走亲访友并且鞠躬祝福，为的是新年能有好运气。 农历正月十五，一年中第一个月圆之夜，为元宵节。 The 15th day of the first lunar month, the first full moon after the Spring Festival, is the occasion for the Lantern Festival. 过元宵节，有吃元宵和观灯的习俗。元宵以糯米粉为皮，内裹糖馅，圆形，是“团圆”的象征。元宵节观灯始于公元一世纪，沿至当代仍在各地盛行。 It is customary to eat special sweet dumplings called Yuanxiao and enjoy displayed lanterns during this festival. Yuanxiao, round balls made of glutinous rice flour stuffed with sugar fillings, symbolize reunion. The custom of enjoying lanterns at this time of the year dates back to the first century, and has continued to be popular throughout China up to present. 每到元宵节之夜，许多城市举办灯会，展出各种彩灯，造型新奇，千姿百态。 On this festive night many cities hold lantern fairs to display many exotic and sometimes weirdly shaped multi-colored lanterns. Qingming Festival the Festival of Pure Brightness clean ancestors graves hold memorial ceremonies pay respects to the dead: honor / commemorate / memorialize ancestors fl