春节spring_festival

1、,Happy New Year,Happy new year!,Happy new year!,Happy new year!,The Spring Festival,春节chn ji The Spring Festival,It falls on the first day of the first Chinese lunar month and the celebration lasts from the 23rd of the 12th lunar month up to the 15th of the first lunar month next year.,What is the l

2、ongest and most important festival in China?,What do you do in the Spring Festival?,春节习俗 Customs of the Spring Festival,The Spring Festival is a traditional Chinese festival and also the most important one of the whole year. Through the evolvement of thousands of years, a series of customs are sprea

3、ding far and wide.,we clean our houses and sweep away bad luck, and then we paint doors and windows red. 我们打扫房子的卫生，将霉运扫走，然后我们将门和窗户刷成红色,扫尘 Sweeping the Dust,扫尘 Sweeping the Dust,“Dust” is homophonic with “chen”（尘）in Chinese, which means old and past. In this way, “sweeping the dust” before the Spring

4、 Festival means a thorough cleaning of houses to sweep away bad luck in the past year. This custom shows a good wish of putting away old things to welcome a new life. In a word, just before the Spring Festival comes, every household will give a thorough cleaning to bid farewell to the old year and u

5、sher in the new.,春联 spring festival couplets,对联 dulin / 春联chn lin,TOP knowledge 学 书 book sea 海 山 mountain dont have 无 有 have border 涯 路 way effort 苦 勤 diligence makes 做 为 becomes boat 舟 径 path BOTTOM,贴春联 Pasting Spring Couplets,“The Spring Couplet”, also called “couplet” and “a pair of antithetical

6、phrases”, is a special form of literature in China. The Spring Couplet is composed of two antithetical sentences on both sides of the door and a horizontal scroll bearing an inscription, usually an auspicious phrase, above the gate. The sentence pasting on the right side of the door is called the fi

7、rst line of the couplet and the one on the left the second line. On the eve of the Spring Festival, every household will paste on doors a spring couplet written on red paper to give a happy and prosperous atmosphere of the Festival. In the past t, the Chinese usually wrote their own spring couplet w

8、ith a brush or asked others to do for them, while nowadays, it is common for people to buy the printed spring couplet in the market.,When fu(福) comes to town,We usually decorate the doors and windows with paper cuts. 我们常常用剪纸将门和窗户装饰一下。,剪纸 paper-cuts,贴窗花和“福”字 Pasting Paper-cuts and “Up-sided Fu”,Paper

9、-cuts, usually with auspicious patterns, give a happy and prosperous atmosphere of the Festival and express the good wishes of Chinese people looking forward to a good life. In addition to pasting paper-cuts on windows, it is common for Chinese to paste the character “fu（福）”, big and small, on walls

10、, doors and doorposts around the houses. “Fu（福）” shows peoples yearning toward a good life. Some people even invert the character “fu（福）” to signify that blessing has arrived because “inverted” is a homonym for “arrive” in Chinese. Now many kinds of paper-cuts and “fu（福）” can be seen in the market b

11、efore the Festival.,the dinner on New Years Eve 年夜饭,family reunion dinner 团圆饭,【Food names】春节食品名称:,年糕 Nian-gao; rise cake; New Year cake 团圆饭 family reunion dinner 年夜饭 the dinner on New Years Eve 饺子 Jiao-zi; Chinese meat ravioli 八宝饭 eight treasures rice pudding 汤圆 Tang-yuan; dumplings made of sweet ri

12、ce, rolled into balls and stuffed with either sweet or spicy fillings 糖果盘 candy tray: 什锦糖 assorted candies - sweet and fortune 蜜冬瓜 candied winter melon - growth and good health 西瓜子 red melon seed - joy, happiness, 金桔 cumquat - prosperity 红枣 red dates - prosperity 糖莲子 candied lotus seed - many descen

13、dents to come 糖藕 candied lotus root - fulfilling love relationship 花生糖 peanut candy - sweet,吃饺子 Having Jiaozi,On New Years Eve, the whole family will sit together to make jiaozi and celebrate the Spring Festival. The shape of jiaozi is like gold ingot from ancient China. So people eat them and wish

14、for money and treasure. The tradition of having jiaozi is very important during the Spring Festival. You cannot have a complete Spring Festival without having jiaozi.,看春晚 The CCTV New Years Gala,看春节联欢晚会 The CCTV New Years Gala,The New Years Gala is a variety show held by China Central Television (CC

15、TV) since 1983. For every year since then at the turn of the Lunar New Year, the program begins at 8:00PM and lasts five or six hours. It brings laughter to billions of people, creates many popular words and produces lots of TV phenomena meriting attention. For over twenty years, its value has gone

16、far beyond a variety show. It is essential entertainment for the Chinese both at home and abroad. Many Chinese would like to watch the gala while having the dinner on New Years Eve.,烟花 firework,Firecrackers 鞭炮,set off fireworks / firecrackers,燃放烟花爆竹,放鞭炮 Setting off Firecrackers,The firecracker is a

17、unique product in China. In ancient China, the sound of burning bamboo tubes was used to scare away wild animals and evil spirits. With the invention of the gunpowder, “firecracker” is also called “鞭炮binpo” (“炮” in Chinese means gun) and used to foster a joyful atmosphere. The first thing every Chin

18、ese household does is to set off firecrackers and fireworks, which are meant to bid farewell to the old year and usher in the new. In the past few years, such an activity was completely or partially forbidden in big cities including Beijing due to fire and personal casualty caused by burning firecra

19、ckers. However, some Chinese thought that a Spring Festival without firecrackers was not lively enough and they burned firecrackers by stealth. So in recent years, the ban was canceled again. This shows that burning firecrackers is a very important activity during the Spring Festival.,New Years visi

20、t,On New Years Day, we put on our new clothes and visit our family and friends. 在新年那天，我们穿上新衣服回家或到朋友家拜年。,gift money,Children Getting money in red envelopes from their parents and relatives,How do you spend your gift money?,拜年和压岁钱 New Years Visit and Gift Money,On the first day of the Chinese lunar ye

21、ar, everybody puts on their best clothes and pays ceremonial calls on their relatives and friends, wishing them all the luck in the coming year. Juniors will greet seniors, wishing them health and longevity, while seniors will give juniors some gift money as a wish for their safety in the coming yea

22、r. When friends meet, they will wish each other happiness and prosperity with a big smile. With the development of the new technology, there is a change on the way of giving New Years greetings. In recent year, it is common to send New Years greetings by such modern means of communication as telepho

23、nes, emails and text messages.,庙会temple fair,The Temple Fair is busy and crowded today. 庙会上人们比肩继踵，真是热闹啊。,舞狮 lion dance 舞龙 dragon dance 灯谜 riddles written on lanterns,逛庙会 Temple Fair,Temple fair, usually held outside temples, is a kind of folk custom in China. During the Spring Festival, temple fair

24、is one of the most important activities, in which there are such performances as acrobatics and Wushu, numerous kinds of local snacks and many kinds of things for everyday life. In recent years, the temple fair has become a place for people to appreciate the traditional art and experience the tradit

25、ional life.,Traditional Festival Greetings:,May All Your Wishes Come True Everything Goes Well,Wishing You Prosperity,Promoting To A Higher Position,guess,Traditional Festival Greetings:,金玉满堂 Treasures Fill The Home 生意兴隆 Business Flourishes 岁岁平安 Peace All Year Round 恭喜发财 Wishing You Prosperity 和气生财

26、Harmony Brings Wealth 心想事成 May All Your Wishes Come True 吉祥如意 Everything Goes Well 国泰平安 The Country Flourishes And People Live In Peace 一帆风顺 Wishing You Every Success 步步高升 Promoting To A Higher Position 出入平安 Safe Trip Wherever You Go,Blessing,With best wishes for a happy New Year! 祝新年快乐，并致以良好的祝福。 Wi

27、shing you peace, joy and happiness through the coming year. 在新年来临之际，祝福你平安、快乐、幸福！ Good luck and great success in the coming New Year. 祝来年好运，并取得更大的成就。 At New Year and always, may peace and love fill your heart, beauty fill your world, and contentment and joy fill your days. 新年的祝福，平日的希冀，愿你心境祥和、充满爱意，愿你的

28、世界全是美满，愿你一切称心如意，快乐无比。 Please accept our wishes for you and yours for a happy New Year. 请接受我们对你及你全家的美好祝福，祝你们新年快乐。 May the joy and happiness around you today and always. 愿快乐幸福永伴你左右。,At first ,the preparing work: Claean the house go to the flower markets. do Spring Festival shopping Paste Spring Couple

29、ts Cook the meals,Secondly, eat family reunion dinner; Light all the lamps Set off fireworks and firecracks Start eating family reunion dinner,Thirdly, stay up late on New Years Eve: Watch TV Play majiang or card Set off firecracks at 24 oclock,Finally, “Bainian”on new year: Junior wish senior a hap

30、py new year Senior give junior gift money.,农历,正 月,除夕,初一,lunar calendar,lunar January,New Years Eve eve of lunar New Year,the beginning of New Year,大年初二,Lunar year January 2nd.,日历 calendar,春节的英语词汇,从初一到十五的日子,年初一：祭拜天地Day1: People began their day by offering prayers and welcome the gods ofheaven and ear

31、th. Most of the people stay away from meat to ensure healthy living。 年初二：狗狗过生日Day 2:Successively, prayers are offer to their ancestors and other gods.Chinese are strict care-taker of dogs and feed them well. This is dayis considered to be the birthday of all dogs。 初三初四：走亲访友，媳妇回娘家Day3 and 4: These ar

32、e very important days for the families to keep uptheir relations. It calls for every son-in-law to pay respect to theirparents-in-law。 年初五：“破五”祭财神Day5: According to the traditions, nobody visits friends and relativeshouses as it would bring bad omen. They stay back home to worship theGod of wealth.

33、The day is called Po Woo。,年初六：百无禁忌，出门活动筋骨Day6: On this day, people freely meet their near and dear ones and evenvisit nearby temples to pray for their well being and high spirits。 年初七：吃面条，祝长寿Day 7: This is Chinese farmers day. They display their backbreakingproduce. They also prepare a drink from se

34、ven different types ofvegetables. On this day, everybody eats noodles which is a symbol oflong life and fish representing success。 年初八：凌晨拜天公Day8: Its an other day to be celebrated with the family and friends. Theyalso offer midnight prayers to Tian Gong, the God of Heaven。,年初九：玉皇大帝登场Day 9: Prayers a

35、re offered to Jade Emperor。 初十、十一、十二、十三：大吃大喝，最后记得回归清淡Days 10 to 13: From 10 to 12, people celebrate the days by having sumptuous dinner with the loved ones and the 13th day is left for a very light dinner to cleanse the system。 年十四：准备闹元宵Day 14: People start preparing for the celebration of Lantern F

36、estival to be held on next day。 年十五：吃元宵看灯火Day 15: Since it is the first night to see full moon, people hang out colorful lanterns, eat glutinous rice balls and enjoy the day with their families。,Review:,春联 剪纸 烟花 爆竹 舞狮 舞龙 灯谜 灯会 守岁,Spring Festival couplets paper-cuts fireworks firecrackers lion dance

37、dragon dance riddles written on lanterns exhibit of lanterns staying-up,Chinese Zodiac生肖,Rat,Ox,Chinese Zodiac 生肖,Rat comes first in the Chinese Zodiac.,Tiger,Rabbit,Dragon,Snake,Horse,Goat,Monkey,Rooster,Dog,Pig,Chinese Zodiac 生肖,Composition： Spring festival,This year I have a happy spring featival

38、 with my family. On New Years Eve,all the family people get together to have a big dinner in the resturant.During the dinner we have a small talk and play some games.We say some good hope to each other.For example,keep good healthe,try your best to do everything,have a good mood in this year,happy e

39、veryday and so on. Thanks to this spring festival,it make our family people get toghther.We enjoy ourselves and in the new year we all fighting.,例文1：,例文2：,Spring Festival is the most important festival in China .In the evening before the Spring Festival ,families get together and have a big meal .In

40、 many places people like to set off firecrackers .Dumplings are the most traditional food .Children like the festival very much ,because they can have delicious food and wear new clothes .They can also get some money from their parents. This money is given to children for good luck . People put New

41、Year scrolls on the wall for good fortune . 1.春节是中国最最重要的节日.2.春节前一天的晚上,一家人都聚在一起吃晚饭.3.许多人都喜欢(在这时候)放炮竹.4.饺子是传统的实物. 5.小孩子非常喜欢这个节日,因为他们能吃到很多美味的食物,穿漂亮的衣服.6.他们还能收到父母给的压岁钱.7这些钱能给孩子带来好运.8人民也会把新年的画挂在墙上,为了来年的好运.,例文3：,Far and away the most important holiday in China is Spring Festival, also known as the Chinese

42、 New Year. To the Chinese people it is as important as Christmas to people in the West. the dates for this annual celebration are determined by the lunar calendar rather than the GREgorian calendar, so the timing of the holiday varies from late January to early February. To the ordinary Chinese, the

43、 festival actually begins on the eve of the lunar New Years Day and ends on the fifth day of the first month of the lunar calendar. But the 15th of the first month, which normally is called the Lantern Festival, means the official end of the Spring Festival in many parts of the country.,例文4：,Spring Festival day that the families get together. Chinese people most like the Spring Festival.The spring festival is usually in the F