Festivals of the Spring Festival and Christmas Day.ppt

1、Festivals，main festivals in China and The western countries，The Spring festival The lantern day The dragon boats day international labor The spring festive The date of spring festival The Chinese new year starts with The new moon(新月)on The first day of The new year and ends on The foon the origin of

2、 Chinese new year the Chinese new year is now popularly known as the spring festival because it starts from the beginning of springits origin is too old to be traced . several explanations are hanging around . all agree，however，that the word nian，Which in modern ChineseThe customs new years eve and

3、new years day are celebrate d as A family affair，A time of reunion and thanks giving . The celebration was traditionallationUnited the living members with those who had passed away . departed relatives are remembered with great respect because they were responsible for G the，have the spring festival

4、(新年)red packets(cash wrapped up in red paper，Symbolize fortune and wealth in the coming year)，总是把新桃子换成旧护身符。、lantern :a portable light、fireworks、Traditional new year foods probably more Food is consumed during the new year celebrations the new year celebrations Sweet steamedglutinous rice(糯米糕)other f

5、oods include a whole fish，to represent toget herness And abundance，And a chicken for prosent togetherness And abundance Food names New year cake (nian-gao)年糕Family reunion dinner同学会The dinner on New Year s Eve春节晚会jiao-zi or dumplings饺子Tang-yuando you think it is important to stay with family members

6、？what are your opinions about reunion dinner？what other funny things that you think？Christmas day，the origins the origins the origin of Christmas differs as the precise date of the birth and historicity of Jesus are much debated . chrrise including countries with small Christian populations like Ind

7、ia . various theories of the origin of Christmas exist that give a clear insight insight insight some of the popular of Christmas Candy Are 3360 Christmas Candy cane圣诞节棒棒糖Turkish Delight土耳其果冻Christmas Jelly(果冻)Candy圣诞节果冻布丁糖Irish Potato Candy elly loving memories And delicious buttery taste . Christm

8、as cookies are more than just baked goods as these help to stay connected to all loved ones And ffand they just taste really and are a good thing to eat on Christmas。different kinds of Cookies soft raisin Cookies软苹果酱葡萄干甜饼干Rolled Sugar Cookies圆形糖果甜饼干Walnut Crescents胡桃核桃新月形甜饼干Gingerbread Cookies滚动姜甜饼干Apricot Almond向日葵杏仁there are an array of differen