中国传统节日英文课件

1、Chinese Traditional Festival 2021-4-221中国传统节日英文 Qingming Festival 2中国传统节日英文 Qingming Festival, also known as Pure Brightness Festival, is a traditional Chinese Festival, and is one of the 24 segments of the Chinese calendar. Brief instruction 3中国传统节日英文 It normally falls in early spring, on the 106th

2、 day after the winter solstice. and is a time to pay respects to ones ancestors and to tidy their gravesite. 4中国传统节日英文 5 Origin Qingming is popularly associated with Jie Zitui, who lived in Shanxi province 600B.C. Legend has it that Jie saved his starving lords life by serving a piece of his own leg

3、. But, finally died in a big fire put by the lord. 中国传统节日英文 6 To commemorate Jie, the lord ordered that fires could not be lit on the day of Jie Zituis death. From this comes Hanshi Day that occurs on the eve of Qingming and is often considers part of the Qingming festival. 中国传统节日英文 The custom Tomb

4、Sweeping The major custom in Qingming Festival is tomb sweeping. People will set out offerings of fresh flowers and paper money to their ancestors. 7中国传统节日英文 Because Jie Zitui died embracing a willow tree, the willow is believed to have powers against evil. Planting Willow Trees 8中国传统节日英文 Spring Out

5、ing During March, everything in nature takes on a new look, as trees turn green, flowers blossom, and the sun shines brightly. 9中国传统节日英文 Dragon Boat Festival Chinese Traditional Festival The fifth of May Zhang Zhou 10中国传统节日英文 Introduction The Dragon Boat Festival is also called Double Fifth Festival

6、 .It is celebrated on the 5th day of the 5th month in the Chinese lunar calendar. Today, Dragon Boat Festival in the Chinese people is still a very popular grand festival and has been officially included in the national holidays. 11中国传统节日英文 CONTENTS Origin Custom 2021-4-22 3 12中国传统节日英文 ORIGIN The or

7、igin of Dragon Boat Festival There are many legends about the evolution of the festival ,such as Qu Yuan and WuZixu. Scholars has provided many explanations about the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival. The story of Qu Yuan The story of WuZixu 13中国传统节日英文 Qu Yuan jumped off river Qu Yuan Qu Yuan , an

8、 honest ,upright ,loyal minister of the Kingdom of Chu who is said to have committed suicide by drowning himself in the Miluo river. In order to avoid his body to be eaten by fish and shrimp, people cast many of bamboo rice into the river, and compete to row (acetate ship) hoping to rescue and recov

9、er the body of Qu Yuan. Starting from that time to this day, people commemorate patriotic poet Qu Yuan through dragon boat races, eating rice dumplings, and several other activities on the anniversary of his death. 14中国传统节日英文 Wu Zixu Wu Zixus death anniversary Its a legend that after He Lu ,the king

10、 of Wu died , the prince Fuchai ascended the throne, send armed forces to suppress Yue and won. Goujian ,the king of Yue please reconciliation , Fuchai didnt listen but agreed treacherous official and judged Wu Zixu commit suicide. And jumped his body into river on May 5, since then people commemora

11、ted him on Dragon Boat Festival. 15中国传统节日英文 CUSTOM The custom of Dragon Boat Festival Eating Rice Dumplings Dragon Boat Racing 16中国传统节日英文 CUSTOM Different kind of rice dumplings The main ingredient of glutinous rice dumplings are red jujube and bean paste or meat 17中国传统节日英文 CUSTOM dragon boat race T

12、he festival is best known for its dragon boat races which are the most exciting part of the festival, especially in the southern provinces where there are many rivers and lakes. As the gun is fired, people will see competing teams drive their colorful dragon boats forward to a drumbeat racing to rea

13、ch the finish end first. 18中国传统节日英文 The Mid-Autumn FestivalThe Mid-Autumn Festival Hu Tianwei 19中国传统节日英文 Introduction Legends Custom Poems 20中国传统节日英文 “Zhong Qiu “,which is also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival ,is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar(日历）. It is a time fo

14、r family members and loved ones to congregate and enjoy the moon . This night, people look up the bright moon, will naturally look forward to family reunion. People who are far away from home, also take this way to express their thoughts of home and family affection. Introduction 21中国传统节日英文 Beautifu

15、l Legends 22中国传统节日英文 Hou Yi shoots down nine suns. 后羿射日后羿射日 According to Chinese mythology, the earth once had 10 suns circling over it. One day, all 10 suns appeared together, scorching the earth with their heat. The earth was saved when a strong archer, Hou Yi, succeeded in shooting down 9 of the

16、suns. Yi stole the elixir(长生药） of life to save the people from his tyrannical rule, but his wife, Chang-E drank it. Thus started the legend of the lady in the moon to whom young Chinese girls would pray at the Mid- Autumn Festival. 23中国传统节日英文 Change flies to the moon. 嫦娥奔月嫦娥奔月 24中国传统节日英文 Customs 25中

17、国传统节日英文 moon walk(走月亮 ) eat moon-cake(吃月饼) fire the tower light(点塔灯 ) fire Douxiang(烧斗香 ) put the sky lights(放天灯 ) plant the Mid-Autumn(树中秋 ) enjoy the moon(赏月) 26中国传统节日英文 eat moon-cakes On the Mid-Autumn Festival , people have to eat moon cakes to show Reunion. 27中国传统节日英文 Assorted Nuts Mooncake 五仁月

18、饼 Do you like me？ 28中国传统节日英文 put the sky lights(放天灯放天灯 ，又称孔明灯，又称孔明灯) 29中国传统节日英文 The Poems 30中国传统节日英文 但愿人长久， 千里共婵娟。 May the people live forever, and share the moon shine across vast distances together. 31中国传统节日英文 As the moon rises above the sea, we share the same time though we are far apart. 32中国传统节

19、日英文 On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of his dear ones far away. 每逢佳节倍思亲每逢佳节倍思亲 33中国传统节日英文 The Spring Festival Yin Chaoyi 34中国传统节日英文 The origin of Spring Festival So how did year come from? There are two kinds of claims: one kind of saying is that in ancient times, there was a fierce mo

20、nster called year, and every thirty months of the month, the monster went to the village, to find the meat of the food, and to destroy the living spirit. One of the twelfth lunar month thirty in the evening, the year to a village, coincides with the two cowboys in game bull whip. Year smell the air

21、sounded firecrackers scared Wangfengertao biansheng. Then gradually evolved into the custom of the new year. Another argument is that Chinas ancient book of the word “years” on the“He”, in good weather, a bumper grain harvest. As a result, the valley is usually a mature year. The year was extended to a year of age. 35中国传统节日英文 The culture of Spring Festival Bite and Sup Custom 36中国传统节日英文 Bite and Sup Rice cake: A kind of cake steamed with sticky glutinous rice or rice flour, in the Spring Festival, many areas in our countr