[哲学]中国传统节日_Chinese_traditional_festials.ppt

Traditional Chinese festivals,The Spring Festival,The Spring Festival is on the first day of the lunar year,The Spring Festival is the most important festival for the Chinese people and is when all family members get together, just like Christmas in the West.,People in northern China will eat dumplings, for breakfast, people eat it and wish for money and treasure.,Southern Chinese eat Lunar new years cake on this occasion, because as a homophone, Lunar new years cake means “higher and higher, one year after another.“,Dumpling,Lunar new years cake,All the door panels will be pasted with Spring Festival couplets, highlighting Chinese calligraphy with black characters on red paper. The content varies from house owners wishes for a bright future to good luck for the New Year.,At that time, all family members eat dinner together. The meal is more luxurious than usual. Dishes such as chicken, fish and bean curd cannot be excluded, for in Chinese,The Lantern Festival,The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month, usually in February or March in the Gregorian calendar,This days important activity is watching lanterns. “Guessing lantern riddles“ is also an essential part of the Festival.,In the daytime of the Festival, performances such as a dragon lantern dance, a lion dance, a land boat dance, a yang ge dance, walking on stilts and beating drums while dancing will be staged.,Tang Yuan in Chinese has a similar pronunciation with “tuan yuan”, meaning reunion. So people eat them to denote union, harmony and happiness for the family.,Tang Yuan are rice balls made of glutinous rice flour served in soup, they have different stuffing, such as sugar ,sesame or sweetened bean paste.,Tomb-sweeping Day,The Qing Ming (Pure Brightness) Festival is one of the 24 seasonal division points in China, falling on April 4-6 each year.,After the festival, the temperature will rise up and rainfall increases. It is the high time for spring plowing and sowing.,On each Qingming Festival, all cemeteries are crowded with people who came to sweep tombs and offer sacrifices. After slightly sweeping the tombs, people offer food, flowers and favorites of the dead, then burn incense and paper money and bow before the memorial tablet.,Green cake,Green cake is made of glutinous rice flour mixed with juice of a kind of green wild vegetable. People usually eat green cake on that day.,The Dragon Boat Festival, the 5th day of the 5th lunar month, has had a history of more than 2,000 years.,There are many legends about the evolution of the festival, the most popular of which is in commemoration of Qu Yuan (340-278 BC). he advocated enriching the country and strengthening its military forces so as to fight against the Qin.,Zong Zi is an essential food of the Dragon Boat Festival. it was only glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in reed or other plant leaves and tied with colored thread, but now the fillings are more diversified, including jujube and bean paste, fresh meat, and ham and egg yolk.,As the gun is fired, people will see racers in dragon-shaped canoes pulling the oars harmoniously and hurriedly, accompanied by rapid drums, speeding toward their destination. Now dragon boat racing has developed into an aquatic sports item which features both Chinese tradition and modern sporting spirit. In 1980, it was listed into the state sports competition programs and has since been held every year. The award is called “Qu Yuan Cup.“,dragon boat racing,Double Seventh Festival,The Double Seventh Festival, on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month, is a traditional festival full of romance.,urban youths have celebrated it as Valentines Day in China.,At night when the sky is dotted with stars, and people can see the Milky Way spanning from the north to the south. On each bank of it is a bright star, which see each other from afar. They are the Cowherd and Weaver Maid, and about them there is a beautiful love story .,People eat Qiao Guo on that day. Qiao Guo is a kind of fried food made of flour and sugar.,Qiao Guo,The Mid-autumn Festival The Mid-autumn Festival is traditionally celebrated on the fifteenth day of the eighth month on the lunar calendar,There is a story about Hou Yi and Chang E,Moon cakes have different tastes,Today people will enjoy the full moon and eat moon cakes on that day.,On the Mid-Autumn Festival, all family members or friends meet outside, putting food on tables and looking up at the sky while talking about life. How splendid a moment it is!,Its on the ninth day of the ninth lunar,custom of ascending a height to avoid epidemics was passed down from long time ago. Therefore, the Double Ninth Festival is also called “Height Ascending Festival,wine.,“.,The Double Ninth Festival is also a time when chrysanthemum blooms. So enjoying the flourishing chrysanthemum also becomes a key activity on this festival. Also, people will drink chrysanthemum wine.,chrysanthemum wine,Double Ninth Gao (or Cake) In Chinese, gao (cake) has the same pronunciation with gao (height).,Winter Solstice Festival,It is the earliest of the 24 seasonal division points. The time will be each December 22 or 23 acco