Chinese Seasonal Festival.ppt

* * Produced by Ruihua Li Shunde No.1 Middle School Before you start reading, guess What festivals they are? Mid-Autumn Festival The Lantern Festival The Dragon Boat Festival Chinese Seasonal Festivals Read passage A and answer the following questions When is the Mid-Autumn Festival celebrated? What do people do and eat on this day? What does the moon look like that day? What has changed about the moon cake? Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated in September or October. People meet in the evening ,watch the moon and eat moon cakes. On that day, the moon is the biggest and brightest. There are many different kinds of moon cakes including fruit, coffee and chocolate etc. ( 43 ) Careful Reading Read passage B carefully and then answer some questions according to it without looking at your text book! Careful Reading Read passage C carefully and try to describe this festival in your own words. The Dragon Boat Festival The Dragon Boat Festival falls on …. It marks…. The Dragon Boat Festival starts…. It is a special occasion for people…. The special food for the festival is…. The Dragon Boat Festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar year.It marks the beginning of the hottest season of the year. The tradition of the Dragon Boat Festival started more than 2000 years ago. It is a special occasion for people to remember Quyuan. The special food for this festival is Zongzi. ( words: 59 ) Read the three articles and fill in the form: Festivals Season Dates Food Mid-autumn Festival The Dragon Boat Festival The Lantern Festival September or Moon cakes October. 15th of 1stmonth of the lunar calendar Sweet dumplings 5th of 5th month of Zongzi the lunar calendar Useful Expressio