高中英语unit1 festivals around the world reading课件人教版必修三.ppt

Specially-made lanterns/lamps are hung outside each house to lead the ancestors back to home. Skeleton Costume They offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead. On Halloween many children dress in costumes and go from house to house to ask for candy by saying ”Trick or Treat!” The saying implies that the children will play a trick on their neighbors if they are not given a treat. The jack-o’-lantern is the most common symbol of Halloween. According to legend, jack-o’-lanterns set on porches and windowsills cast a spell of protection over the household while spirits of the dead roam the Earth. * * Festivals and Celebrations celebrate dress up feast in memory of arrival take place honor ancient poet ancestor harvest Festivals are meant to celebrate important events. get together, watch TV and eat dumplings, give lucky money in red paper bag to children, visit family members The arrival of spring and the new year spring Spring festival What do people do? What does it celebrate? Time Festivals Work in groups and list 5 Chinese fetivals that you know.Discuss when they take place… Eat zongzi; watch dragon boat races, put herb on doorways for good health in memory of the loved ancient poet Qu Yuan who died in 278 BC The fifth day of the fifth month in lunar calendar Dragon Boat Festival Take time off work, travel to visit the family or to see other part of China, go shopping The founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949 October 1 National day Give money in red paper to children, see dragon dances, eat fish, prawns and dumplings, visit family members The end of the winter, arrival of the spring, lunar New Year, time with family and relatives January/ February Spring festival What do people do What does it celebrate Time of year/ date Festival Why They are held to_______________, or ______and ________the ancestors, who could return either to ______or to__________. Examples Obon The Day of the Dead Halloween honour the dead satisfy please help do h