中国春节英文介绍.ppt

standing-room ticket 站票 　　berth ticket 卧铺 Offer a sacrifice to the Kitchen God Time: On the 23th or 24th day of the twelfth lunar month 上联是： Eat well sleep well have fun day by day.下联是： Study hard work hard make money more and more.横批：Gelivable. 庙会temple fair 舞狮 lion dance 舞龙 dragon dance 灯谜 riddles written on lanterns After the spring festival, we have… 元宵节 the Lantern Festival People usually …? A great show of strength Let’s guess lantern riddles 怎样使麻雀安静下来？ 回答：压它一下 原因：鸦雀无声(压雀无声) 铅笔姓什么？ 回答：萧 原因：削(萧)铅笔 爱好旅游（打一成语） 喜出望外 盲人摸象（打一成语） 不识大体 举重比赛（打一成语） 斤斤计较 Smart Riddles 1. When can you go as fast as a racing  car? 2. Where does afternoon come before  morning? 3. Who is closer to you, your mom or  your dad? 4. Why does time fly? New Year’s Greetings and Visits HAPPY 2012 Setting off firecrackers and fireworks The Temple Fair is busy and crowded today. 庙会上人们比肩继踵，真是热闹啊。 Activities Indoors Chinese calligraphy posters show Chinese idioms New year picture, Chinese knots, and paper cutting and couplets. Chinese Traditional Decorations Bright red posters with black or golden Chinese calligraphy are stuck on the doors of peoples houses.?They carry the New Years messages of prosperity, health and good luck. Chinese Knot Outdoors Fireworks Lantern Festival and Riddles Dragon dance and Lion dance Lantern Festival and Riddles New year Celebration Activities People are busy with shopping before Spring Festival. Supermarkets are crowded with customers of all ages. Spring Transportation—the large-scale migration of people Firecrackers on New Years Eve--- Ring in the New and out the Old Family Reunion Dinner Fireworks at night Dragon dance and Lion dance Dragon and lion dances are common during Chinese New Year. It is believed that the loud beats of the drum and the deafening sounds of the cymbals together with the face of the dragon or lion d