英国节日介绍ppt课件

1、Holidays and Festivals,陈彦 Christmas 刘婷 Easter 段美美 Bonfire Night 周超洁 The Queens Official Birthday 吕安怡 Halloween Well dressing festival,December 25th , the biggest and best-loved British holiday,Christmas,Origin and history The name Christmas is short for Christs Mass. A Mass is a kind of Church servi

2、ce. Christmas is a religious festival. And that, Christmas is the feast of the nativity of Jesus, is on 25th, December every year. But nobody know the actual birthday of Jesus. And the Christmas has become popular when Christmas cards appeared in 1846 and the concept of a jolly Santa Claus was first

3、 made popular in nineteenth Century,Jesus,Celebrations,Celebrating the Birth of Jesus Putting up and decorating a Christmas Tree Decorating homes, churches, schools, workplaces, etc. Exchanging gifts, going to parties, spending money, etc. Staying at home with their families,Three Christmas Traditio

4、ns One is the Chrismas pantomime,a comical,musical play. The pantomine is usually based on a version of a traditional childrens story like Clinderella,Another is the Queens Christmas message. The Queen will talks about the year that is ending and expresses her hopes for the future,Boxing day,Falling

5、 on the day after Christmas . Traditionally, people gave Christmas gifts or money to their staff or servants. Now,it is the day when members of the extended family come together. These gifts are called “Christmas Boxes”,Easter,A special day that move each year,What is Easter,Easter is the time for h

6、olidays, festivals and a time for giving chocolate Easter eggs. But Easter means much more. Easter is the oldest and the most important Christian Festival , the celebration of the death and coming to life again of Jesus Christ,Easter in Britain has its beginnings long before the arrival of Christian

7、ity. Many theologians believe Easter itself is named after the Anglo-Saxon goddess of the dawn and spring - Eostre,Where does the name Easter come from,When is Easter,In Britain Easter occurs at a different time each year. It is observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the fi

8、rst day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. This means that the festival can occur on any Sunday between March 22 and April 25,At Easter time in the UK we have two bank holidays .Good Friday and Easter Monday. This means that many families can enjoy a long weekend together,On the Friday before Eas

9、ter, Christians commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. It is a day of mourning in church and special Good Friday services are held where Christians meditate on Jesus s suffering and death on the cross, and what this means for their faith. Calling it Good Friday may seem a bit bizarre, but some

10、 people think that it was once called Gods Friday or Holy Friday,Good Friday,What happened on Good Friday,Jesus was arrested and was tried, in a mock trial. He was handed over to the Roman soldiers to be beaten and flogged with whips. A crown of long, sharp thorns was thrust upon his head. Jesus was

11、 forced to carry his own cross outside the city to Skull Hill. He was so weak after the beating that a man named Simon, who was from Cyrene, was pulled from the crowd and forced to carry Jesus cross the rest of the way. Jesus was nailed to the cross. Two other criminals were crucified with him, thei

12、r crosses were on either side of him. A sign above Jesus read The King of the Jews,Traditionally Good Friday was the day when everything was cleaned and whitewashed in preparation for Easter Sunday,Easter Monday is the day after Easter Sunday. It is a bank holiday in England, Wales and Northern Irel

13、and but not in Scotland,Background and symbols,The tradition of having a holiday on the Monday after Easter stems from the medieval festival of Hocktide . This was a two day festival on the Monday and Tuesday after Easter, originating in the eleventh century,What do people do on Easter Monday,For ma

14、ny people, Easter Monday is the last day in a four day weekend. If people have been on a short vacation or have visited family or friends, who live some distance away, they often travel back on this day. For other people, it is just a welcome day off to enjoy the spring weather or work on their gard

15、en or home improvements. In some places, there are egg rolling competitions, Easter bonnet parades, displays of traditional Morris dancing fairs or special sports matches,Symbols of Easter,Many of the symbols and traditions of Easter are connected with renewal, birth, good luck and fertility,One of

16、the main symbols is a cross, often on a hill. When Jesus was crucified, the cross became a symbol of suffering. Then with the resurrection, Christians saw it as a symbol of victory over death,Rabbits, due to their fecund nature, have always been a symbol of fertility. In the UK children believe that

17、 if they are good the Easter Bunny will leave (chocolate) eggs for them,Easter eggs are a very old tradition going to a time before . Christianity Eggs after all are a symbol of spring and new life,In the UK before they were replaced by chocolate Easter eggs real eggs were used, in most cases, chick

18、en eggs. The eggs were hard-boiled and dyed in various colors and patterns. The traditionally bright colours represented spring and light,An older more traditional game is one in which real eggs are rolled against one another or down a hill. The owner of the egg that stayed uncracked the Longest won

19、. Even today in the north of England, they still carry out the custom of egg rolling . Nowadays people give each other Easter eggs made of chocolate, usually hollow and filled with sweets,Morris dancing is a traditional English form of folk dance which is also performed in other English-speaking cou

20、ntries such as the USA and Australia. The roots of morris dancing seem to be very old, probably dating back to the Middle Ages,They dance through the streets and one man often carries an inflated pigs bladder on the end of a stick. He will run up to young women in the street and hit them over the he

21、ad with the pigs bladder, this is supposed to be lucky (men),BONFIRE NIGHT,On November 5,1605,the conspirator Guy Fawkes put gunpowder in the House of Parliament to blow up the English Parliament.However,the plot was discovered and Guy Fawkes was arrested,Already on the 5th, agitated Londoners who k

22、new little more than that their King had been saved, joyfully lit bonfires in thanksgiving. Therefore,Bonfire night is a national festival which commemorates this event,Soon, people began placing effigies onto bonfires, and fireworks were added to the celebrations. effigies of Guy Fawkes, and someti

23、mes those of the Pope, graced the pyres,Preparations for Bonfire Night celebrations include making a dummy of Guy Fawkes, which is called the Guy. Some children even keep up an old tradition of walking in the streets, carrying the Guy they have just made, and beg passersby for a penny for the Guy. T

24、he kids use the money to buy fireworks for the evening festivities,On the night itself, Guy is placed on top of the bonfire, which is then set alight; and fireworks displays fill the sky,FIREWORKS,Lewes is famous for its Bonfire Night festivities and consistently attracts thousands of people each ye

25、ar to participate,canada,New Zealand,Bonfire Night Rhymes,Remember, remember the fifth of November Gunpowder, treason and plot. I see no reason, why gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot,Guy Fawkes, guy, twas his intent To blow up king and parliament. Three score barrels were laid below To prove o

26、ld Englands overthrow,By Gods mercy he was catchd With a darkened lantern and burning match. So, holler boys, holler boys, Let the bells ring. Holler boys, holler boys, God save the king,And what shall we do with him? Burn him,The Queens Official Birthday,Queens Official Birthday,The Queens Official

27、 Birthday or the Sovereigns birthday is the day on which the birthday of the monarch of the commonwealth realms officially celebrated in some of the realms and in Fiji, which is now republic,Background,Be first officially marked in the United Kingdom in 1748,Varies from country to country,An officia

28、l public holiday,The custom of Trooping the Colour dates back to the time of Charles II in the 17th. Century . In London, the Foot Guards used to do this as part of their daily Guard Mounting on Horse Guards and the ceremonial of the modern Trooping the Colour parade is along similar lines. After Ge

29、orge III became King in 1760, it was ordered that parades should mark the Kings Birthday. From the accesssion of George IV they became an annual event,Trooping the Colour,Background,Queens Official Birthday,a military parade and march-past,The Queens Birthday parade,Parade Route,The Queens Birthday

30、parade,The parade route goes from Buckingham Palace along The Mall to Horseguards Parade, Whitehall and back again,Queen leaves Buckingham Palace 10.40am Parade starts 11am Precisely as the clock on the Horse Guards Building strikes eleven, the Royal Procession arrives at Horseguards Parade and The

31、Queen takes the Royal Salute. The parade begins with the Inspection, The Queen driving slowly down the ranks of all eight Guards and then past the Household Cavalry. After the event, the Royal Family gathers on the balcony of Buckingham Palace to watch an RAF fly past at 1 pm,Timetable,First.hallowe

32、en Second. Well dressing festival Third. shrove tuesday,entertaining festivals,On October 31st, people celebrate Halloween,thought to be the one night of the year when ghosts, witches, and fairies are especially active. its on of the eve of Samhain,which marked the end of the season of the sun and the beginning of the season of darkness and cold,jack-o-lanterns:hollowed pumpkin with a face Apple bobbing The most famous trick or treat,traditions of halloween,Well dressing is the art of decorating (dressing) wells, springs or other wa