springfestival(春节英文介绍).ppt

* This tradition in many ways resembles the Western belief of using garlic and crosses to fight vampires. * They derive from the legend mentioned above to scare away Nian * They derive from the legend mentioned above to scare away Nian Spring Festival The Spring Festival is a traditional Chinese festival and also the most important one of the whole year, which is also called as the Chinese new year or the Lunar New Year. In china , it is called Chun Jie or Guo Nian. The origin of spring festival The origin of spring festival is too old to be traced. One legend goes that there was a beast named Nian, which had a very big mouth that would swallow a great many people with one bit. People were very scared. The origin of spring festival One day, an old man told them to put up red paper decorations on their windows and doors at each years end to scare away Nian, because red is the color the beast feared the most. To combat the beast, the Chinese hang good luck wishes on red paper on the door and use fireworks at every year’s end. This tradition in many ways resembles the Western belief of using garlic and crosses to fight vampires. From then on, the tradition of observing the conquest of Nian is carried on from generation to generation. The term Guo Nian, which may mean Survive the Nian“, becomes today Celebrate the (New) Year The customs of the spring festival 1、Putting up Spring Couplet (贴春联) and Burning Firecrackers(放鞭炮). On the Spring Festival, every household will put on doors a spring couplet written on red paper to give a happy and prosperous feeling of the Festival. The first thing every Chinese household does is to burn firecrackers and fireworks, which means saying goodby to the old year and usher in the new. The customs of the spring festival 1、Putting up Spring Couplet (贴春联) and Burning Firecrackers(放鞭炮). On the Spring Festival, every household will put on doors a spring couplet written on red paper to give a happy and prosperous feelin