chinese festivals中国节日(英文介绍).ppt

;Spring Festival ;Spring Festival;The Chinese character fu (meaning blessing or happiness) is a must. The character put on paper can be pasted normally or upside down, for in Chinese the reversed fu is homophonic with fu comes, both being pronounced as fudaole. Whats more, two big red lanterns can be raised on both sides of the front door. Red paper-cuttings can be seen on window glass and brightly colored New Year paintings with auspicious meanings may be put on the wall. ;Lantern Festival ;Lantern Festival;People will eat yuanxiao, or rice dumplings, on this day, so it is also called the Yua