Chinese Traditional Festivals(中国传统节日).ppt

OralEnglish Warming upRoomforRent Areyouthelandlord MayItakealookaroundthisapartment Isitfurnished Howmuchistherent deposit I dlikearatherquietroomonthesunnyside ifpossible Isthepropertywelllighted Thehouseisfullyfurnished Youhavetodepositonemonthrentinadvance Usefuldialogue ou ChineseTraditionalFestivals Lookatthepicturesandspeakoutthefestivalsitremindsyou Christmas 圣诞节 ChristmasTree AnoldladywithJiaozi SpringFestival 春节 Aclown 小丑 AprilFool sDay Abat Apumpkinlantern 南瓜灯 Halloween 万圣节 Brainstorm HowmanyChinesetraditionalfestivalsdoyouknow Chinesetraditionalfestivals SpringFestival 春节 LanternFestival 元宵节 DragonBoatFestival 端午节 Mid autumn Themoon Festival 中秋节 QiXiFestival Doubleseventh 七夕节 DoubleNinthFestival 重阳节 Tomb sweepingFestival 清明节 OtherFestivals NewYear sDayWomen sDayArborDay 植树节 InternationalLaborDayYouthDayChildren sDayArmyBirthDayTeachers DayNationalDayTheNewYear sEve Lead in LookatthepictureswhichmayremindyouofthememoryoftheSpringFestival Firecrackers LunarNewYear sPaintings Paper cut SpringFestivalCouplets NewYear sVisit CCTVSpringFestivalGala Step1Brainstorm BrainstormvocabularyontheSpringFestivalingroups Wordbank Wordbank Pairwork Shareknowledgeabouttheorigins customs celebrationsandsymbolsofthoseChinesetraditionalfestivalswithyourpartner havingabigmealsettingofffirecrackersputtingonone sbestclothesreceivingaredenvelope packetmakingasnowmanwatchingCCTVGalamakingandeatingdumplingsvisitingrelativesandfriendspatrioticinexiledumplingsmadeofsweetriceexhibitionoflanternseighttreasuresricepuddingriddleswrittenonlanterns Usefulexpressions Warming upIntheDrugstore Thedoctorgavemethisprescription Iwantsomepainkillers Doyouhavemedicineforacold Thisisforreducingthefever Howtotakethismedicine HowmanytabletsdoItakedaily Doesthisdrughaveanysideeffects Pleasefollowthedirections Usefuldialogue TheSpringfestivalisalsoknownastheChineseNewYear whichisthemostimportanttraditionalfestivalinChina ItfallsonthefirstdayofthefirstChineselunarmonth DoyouknowtheoriginoftheSpringFestival CelebratetheNewYear Inancienttime ademon 怪物 called Nian thatlivedundertheseawouldhurtpeopleonceayearonthenewyeareve Itjumpedoutfromthesea attackedvillages devoured 吞食 people animalsandplants Origin DemonNian Thevillagersgatheredtodiscusshowtodealwith Nian Somepeoplesuggestedthatthedemonwasafraidofloudnoises redcolorandflames Origin Fireworks Dragondance Sotheylightedfirecrackers putonredcouplets 对联 ontheirgates beatgongs 锣 anddrumstodrive Nian away Sincethen thecustomandtraditionofcelebratingtheSpringFestivalwereborn Origin SpringCleaning Customs FromDecember23rdintheChinesecalendar peoplebegintocleantheirhousetobidfarewell saygoodbye totheoldyearandusherin 宣告来临 ahappyandfreshnewyear DoyouknowthecustomsintheSpringFestival Customs ReceiveGiftMoney Childrengetmoneyinredpaperorenvelopfromtheirparentsorrelatives Customs 6 Greeteachother 恭喜发财 红包拿来 Dumplings 饺子 2 NewYear Rice cake 年糕 DoyouknowthefoodintheSpringFestival ItmeansinChinesethebeginningofthenewyear Itmeansabundance 富足 andwealthforhousehold 一家人 Itmeansabundance 富足 andwealthforhousehold 一家人 3 Wholefish 鱼 Food Fish inChineselanguageispronouncedas Yu Itsoundslike 余 年年有余 meanstogethernessandabundance 富足 Groupwork Whichfestivaldoyoulikebest Why Listyourreasons ThemostimportantfestivalinChinaisthespringFestival ItissaidthattheSpringFestivalevolvedfromanactivityknownastheWinterSacrifice ItwasacustompracticedbythepeopleofprimitivesocietytocelebratetherecedingofthewinterandthebeginningofthespringTheLanternFestivaliscloselyrelatedtotheSpringFestival anditmarkstheendofthecelebrationsoftheNewYearcelebrations afterwhicheverythingreturnstonormalTheQingMingFestivalisthedayformourningthedeadcorrespondswiththeonsetofwarmerweather thestartofspringplowingandoffamilyoutings BriefIntroductiontoThoseFestivals BriefIntroductiontoThoseFestivals TheDuanwuFestivalisknownastheDragon boatFestival becausedragonboatracesarethemostpopularactivityduringthefestival especiallyinSouthernChina withdrumsbeating colorfulflagswaving andthousandsofpeoplecheering TheDouble seventhFestivalisnotsowell knowntomanyyoungpeople buttherelatedsadlovestoryaboutthepoorcowherdandtheGirlWeaverhasbeenpasseddownfromgenerationtogenerationAnotherveryimportantfestivalistheMid autumnFestival Itfallsonthe15thdayoftheeighthlunarmonth becauseChineseancestorsbelievedthattheseventh eighth andninthlunarmonthsbelongtoautumn BriefIntroductiontoThoseFestivals TheDoubleNinthFestivalisbasedonthetheoryofYinandYang thetwoopposingprinciplesinthenature Yinisthefeminine negativeprinciple whileYangismasculineandpositive Theancientsbelievedthatallnaturalphenomenacouldbeexplainedbythistheory Numbersarenoexception EvennumbersbelongtoYinandoddnumbersbelongtoYang TheninthdayoftheninthmonthisadaywhentwoYangnumbermeet SinceChongmeansdoubleinChinese itiscalledChongyang Inatimewhenforeignculturesinde