Happy Easter DayPPT课件.ppt

Happy Easter Day * What and why? The word “Easter” is named after Eastre, the Anglo-Saxon（盎格鲁撒克逊 ）goddess of spring. A festival was held in her honor every year at the vernal equinox （春分）. The origin lies in pre-Christian religions and Christianity. Christians commemorate Good Friday as the day that Jesus Christ died and Easter Sunday as the day that He was resurrected (复活). * When? Easter is a moveable feast, meaning it is not fixed in relation to the civil calendar A Sunday between March 22 and April 25 ，depending on the lunar calendar (The First Council of Nicaea established the date of Easter as the first Sunday after the full moon following the vernal equinox ) * meanings Fertility Spring Re-birth Salvation of all(救恩) Miracles * Traditions and celebrations Dye Easter eggs 复活节彩蛋 Easter costume parade 复活节化装游街 The Easter Bunny 复活节兔子 Easter lily 复活节百合花 Easter egg roll 复活节滚蛋比赛 Easter egg hunt 寻复活节鸡蛋 * Origin --- Easter Bunny Long ago, he was called the Easter Hare”. Hares and rabbits have frequent multiple births so they became a symbol of fertility Eostra was the goddess of spring and fertility in ancient Germany and her symbol was the rabbit because of the animal’s high reproduction rate. * * * The custom of the Easter egg hunt, folklore tells us, was started by a German duchess. It was said the brightly decorated eggs were left by the Easter rabbit for the country children, who made a game of finding the eggs. * Origin--Easter eggs The custom of an Easter egg hunt began because children believed that hares laid eggs in the grass. The Romans believed that All life comes from an egg. Christians consider eggs to be the seed of life and so they are symbolic of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. * Easter Lily * * * Dye eggs * Tasty food * * Conclusion * Goodbye! *