Chinese_Spring_Festival介绍.pptVIP

Southern Chinese eat niangao. niangao means higher and higher, one year after another. Firecrackers on New Years Eve--- Ring in the New and out the Old * * 欢 度 春 节 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. Quiz time: 1. How many animals do Chinese people use to name the year? 2. What is the animal for the coming year? 3. How long have Chinese celebrating Spring Festival? 4. How long does the festival last? A. 1000years B. 1500years C. 2000 years A. 7 days B. 10 days C. 15 days Quiz time: 5. What is the traditional food for Spring Festival except dumplings? 6. Why are Chinese children so excited about the festival? Name three reasons. 7. On Jan.15 in Chinese lunar calendar, people will celebrate another festival. What is its name? Spring Festival Legend Decorations for the festival People’s activities and traditional food The year of Horse 1.Spring Festival Legend 2.Decorations for the festival 3.People’s activities and traditional food In ancient China there lived a monster named Nian, who, with a horn on the head, was extremely ferocious. Year lived deep at the bottom of the sea all the year round and climbed up to the shore only on New Year‘s Eve to devour(吞食) the cattle and kill people. Spring Festival Legend Over years, the people tried to protect themselves from Nian.?One spring, Villagers came up with some ideas. They hung bright red paper on every door in the village and as soon as Nian entered the village, they threw bamboos into the fire, which gave out thousands of explosions.??Nian suddenly ran away as fast as he could.? Since then, every year around this time, people hung red paper and burned bamboo to protect themselves from Nian.?This practice has evolved to the current celebration of Spring Festival, when people stick red posters (paper) and set off firecrackers (originally made from bamboo). Chinese Traditional