2007年浙江地区高一英语高Unit one Festivals around the world课件 新课标 人教版.ppt

Spring Festival Spring Festival CHING MING FESTIVAL Third Moon(March/April)Ancestor worship is a Chinese tradition dating back thousands of years. Also known as the Grave-sweeping or Spring Remembrance, Ching Ming (“clear and bright”), is when Chinese families show their respect by visiting the graves of their ancestors to clear away weeds, touch up（润色） gravestone inscriptions （碑铭） and make offerings（祭品） of wine and fruit. DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL Fifth Moon, Day 5 (June)--- fifth day of the fifth moon  The Festival honours the death of a popular Chinese national hero and poet --- Qu Yuan, who drowned himself in the Mi Lo River over 2,000 years ago to protest against the corrupt rulers. Legend says that as townspeople attempted to rescue him, they beat drums to scare fish away and threw dumplings into the sea to keep the fish from eating Qu Yuans body. Lived in the State of Chu in the period of the warring states  The Chinese Valentines Day Chinese Valentines Day is on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month in the Chinese calendar. A love story for this day is about the 7th daughter of Goddess of Heaven and an orphaned cowherd. The Goddess separated them. The 7th daughter was forced to move to the star Vega and the cowherd moved to the star Altair. They are allowed to meet only once a year on the day of 7th day of 7th lunar month. MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL Eighth Moon, Day 15(September/October) The Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the most charming and picturesque nights of the calendar.Chinese leaders took up the practice of watching the moon. people travel to high places to have a good view of the moon. Chinese Elder Day (Double Ninth) Ninth Moon, Day 9 (September/October) The Chung Yang Festival is a day to respect and remember ancestors. The Elder day is the Double-Ninth Festival, the 9th day of 9th lunar month. The Chinese ca