Chinese_New_Year_农历新年——春节英文介绍选编.pptx

This PPT is a simple introduction for Chinese Lunar new year. Spring Festival The Chinese New Year Ram Year Transport during the Spring Festival Time for Celebration Laba Festival Preliminary Eve Special Purchases for the Spring Festival Sweeping the Dust Pasting Spring Couplets Pasting Paper-cuts and “Up-sided Fu” Pasting New Year Prints Dinner on the Eve Staying Up Late on New Years Eve The CCTV New Years Gala Setting off Firecrackers Breakfast in the New Year New Years Visit and Gift Money Temple Fair Lantern Festival Activity of Lantern Festival Contents Ram/Sheep/Goat Year Chinese ancestors invented the 10 Tian Gan (or heavenly stems) and 12 Di Zhi (or 12 earthly branches) for chronological purpose. Later, people used 12 animals to symbolize the 12 earthly branches in order to make things easier to memorize and the animals (Chinese Zodiac Sign) in order are the mouse, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. You might found out that many Chinese people strongly believe that the time of a persons birth is primary factor in determining that persons characteristics. 2015 is Chinese Ram Year. So we call this lunar new year the “Spring Festival of Ram Year”. The Spring Festival is the most important festival for the Chinese people and is when all family members get together, just like Christmas in the West. All people living away from home go back, becoming the busiest time for transportation systems of about half a month from the Spring Festival. Airports, railway stations and long-distance bus stations are crowded with home returnees, so transport in this special time is an unavoidable social problem. Transport during the Spring Festival Period The Spring Festival falls on the 1st day of the 1st lunar month, often one month later than the Gregorian calendar. It originated in the Shang Dynasty (c. 1600 BC-c. 1100 BC) from the peoples sacrifice to gods and ancestors at the end of an old year and the beginning of a new one. The