南京航空航天大学《大学英语》课件-第6章FestivalsandCu.pdfVIP

Festivals and Customs 中国的节日与习俗 Unit 6 Festivals and Customs Contents 1. Spring Festival 2. Pure Brightness Festival 3. Dragon Boat Festival 4. Double Seventh Festival 5. Mid-autumn Festival 6. Double Ninth Festival 7. The Festivals of Chinese Minorities 8. Cultural Mosaic 1. Spring Festival Spring Festival • SPRING FESTIVAL is as important to Chinese as Christmas to westerns. It is the Chinese New Year, known also as "passing the year" in Chinese, marking the most important and popular of all Chinese festivals. 春节-片头 •The date of the Chinese New Year is determi ned by the Chinese lunar calendar. • The celebration of Chinese New Year is known as “Guo Nian”. • The story of Nian, a man-eating predatory. • Chinese New Year Eve is called “ChuXi”. “Chu” m eans “get rid of” and “Xi” is the day of the legendar y Nian, which preys once a year on New Year Eve. • New Year season lasts for fifteen days. The first week is the most important and most often celebrated with visits to friends and family as well as greetings of good luck. • The celebrations end on the important and colorful Lantern Festival on the evening of the 15th day of the month. A CNN Report • Spring Festival Shopping in Hong Kong Offe