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1、ani mal called“NIAN , this animal always came out to eat people in the Eve. Oneday, villagers found three thi ngs can make“NIAN scared: Red color, Fire andnoise. So when “NIAN came again, villagersput up red paper on the door and setfirecracker everywhe re. After that,“NIAN disappeared from that vil

2、lage. Nowputting up red paper on the door and setting firecracker becomes Spring Festivalcustoms and people believe doing these will bring their family safety.Spring Festival is also the happiest time for children, because they can get red env elope containing mon eyas a gift from the elder. During

3、the Spring Festival,is also necessary for Spring Festival,the story of Firecracker is: Long ago, in asmall village, there appeared a savageSpring FestivalThe Spring Festival is known as the most important Festival in China. Duringthe holiday, people go back to hometow n from everywhere no matter how

4、 far thedista nee is. They prepare various delicious food and prese nts for the SpringFestival Eve. Chinese will have a happy family union in the Spring Festival Eve,they believe that s the end day of last year and they will stay upfor good luckun til the first day of n ext year.In China, the most t

5、raditional and popular Spring Festival food is dumpling, which looks like the moon with vegetables and meat mixed in it. The Chinese name of dumpli ng is “ JIAO Zl ”，” JIAO” means” cross ” , ” Zl ” is Chin ese traditi onal time represents “24:00 ” , so the Chinese word “JIAO Zl ” means “cross 24:00

6、”just the dividing point of last year and next year. So when it comesto 24:00, everyfamily beg ins eat ing dumpli ngs. Firecracker any unfortunate word cannot be heard because it will makepeople upset and unhappy. People also make use of this holiday to visit their relatives and bring them some pres

7、e nts and well-wish ing.1.The Lantern FestivalThe Lantern Festival is January 15 on the lunar cale ndar. The lunar Januaryis the first mon th of a year and 15th is the first day of full moon. Therefore, Lantern Festival is an important Festival right after Spring Festival.During Lantern Festival, pe

8、ople go along the street to watch lanterns andchildren light their own small lanterns for somefun. The biggest and most beautiful lantern is the drago n lantern, which looks like a flying drag on, held by several young guys. One with a ball in hand leads the drago n to move.Some lanterns have puzzle

9、s on them, called lantern puzzle, the one who getsthe an swer could receive small prese nts and be happy for his in tellige nee.The traditional food for Lantern Festival is rice glue ball. Rice glue ballis a flavor ball with filli ng in it, for example, pea nut filli ng, sesame filli ngand jam filli

10、ng ,the rice glue ball s shape is just like the full moon appearsin the sky. This kind of dessert is especially welcomed by childre n.2.Tomb- sweeping DayTomb- sweep Day is an ancient festival in spri ng, also called Qing Ming Festival.In an cie nt China, the emperor worshipped heave n and earth in

11、order to bless forharvest. People worshipped their ancestors with sacrificeand showed their missingfor an cestors.Tomb-sweepi ng Day, are always rai ny days, just like the sky cryi ng for deadpeople. A Chin ese poem described as followi ng:Qing Ming usually comes with rainy daysPasse ngers on the wa

12、y are full of sore nessI ask a Buffalo boy for taver n to release my sad nessHe points to the village covered by apricot blossomsThis poem “The Day of Qing Ming ” is written by a poet called Du Mu in TangDyn asty. Qi ng Mi ng Festival is the day to worship his mother with family, but the writer goes

13、 alone in the rainy days as a passenger far from his hometown, he felt deeply upset and sorrowed. He has to find a tavern to have a drink, perhaps in this way he will release himself from sad ness.3.The Drag on Boat FestivalThe Drago n Boat Festival is in May 5 th on the lunar cale ndar. The begi nn

14、ing ofthis festival is in memory of Qu Yuan, a wise minister and poet in Chu dynasty,who jumped in to Mi Luo River in lunar May 5 th for despair of coun try, unfair treatand defamation. People threw rice dumplings to River to protect his body from eating by fish and showed their respect for Qu Yuan

15、s noble spirit.In recent China, people also eat rice dumplings in Dragon Boat Festival. From the name, we can directly know the campaign of this festival is Dragon Boating.stA team of stro ng menon the Drag on Boat will try their best to win 1 and show Chin ese stron gest spirits.People use moxa to

16、clea n themselves and use five-color thread cross ing small childre n s arms and fin gers to keep ill ness far away.5. Mid-Autumn DayMid-autu mn Day is August 15 th on lunar cale ndar. Accord ing to history records, Chinese emperor has tradition that worship the Sun in spring and worship the Moon in

17、 autumn. As august 15th is exactly the middle of autumn, so it is called Mid-Autumn DayThere are a lot of stories about the moon since an cie nt China.One most famous story is Chang e flying to the moon. Thousands of years ago, there were 9 suns in the sky, many people felt too hot to live. A young

18、man called Yi was brave eno ugh and shot 8 suns to the ground and saved people. One day Yi got a potion of elixir from QueenMother and gave his wife Chang e to keep. A mannamed Peng Meng knew about the elixir and wan ted to get it from Chang e. One day whe nYi was out for hunting, Peng Meng went to

19、rob the elixir. In order to protect the elixir, Chang e swallowed all of the elixir then flied to the moon.In memory of Chang e, she is recognized as the goddess of the moon.The traditional food of Mid-Autumn Day is Moon cake, a round baked cake withfilli ngs in it. The round shape of moon cake repr

20、ese nts family reunion. In the ni ght of Mid-Autu mn Day, every family has moon cake and watches the moon.6. The Double Ninth FestivalThe Double Ninth Festival is an important traditional Chinese festival inSeptember 9th on lunar cale ndar. It is the ninth day of the ninth lunar mon th, ancient Chinese believes nine represents sun, the brightest thing, September 9th has twonine, the sun is doubled, so call it Double Ninth Festival. Nine also means Long in Chinese words, so the Double Ninth Festival is also recognized The Old Festival.In Double Nin