introduction to Chinese New Year.ppt

Chinese New Year Spring Festival CONTENT General introduction Origin Customs Significance General Introduction The most elaborate, colorful, and important Chinese traditional festival. Celebrated on the first day in lunar calendar. Family members get together on New Years Eve to have family reunion dinner. People bid farewell to the old and usher in the new filled with happiness. Customs Preparations Before the New Year’s Eve return home clean the house paste the spring festival scrolls buy cargo for the new year 年画 New Year paintings 剪纸 Paper-cuts 舞狮 Lion dance The lion is believed to be able to dispel evil and bring good luck. 舞龙 Dragon dance (to expect good weather and good harvests) 戏剧 Traditional opera Traditional Foods Rice cake/ New Year cake年糕 Chinese meat ravioli馄饨，饺子 Dumplings made of sweet rice, rolled into balls and stuffed with either sweet or spicy fillings汤圆 可放大使用 过年之前的准备一段讲到return home 的时候 旁白 No matter how rich or how poor life was ,no matter how crowded the train is,no matter how long the journey will be, people work in the citis will bring some gifts and return home unconditinally to enjoy the the happiness of reunion of familiy and the new year. Clean the house 的时候 As a tradition,cleaning the house before the New Year means to lustrate all the bad luck and unfortune of last year and greet the good luck and fortune of the coming year 贴对联的 时候说 According to the legend mentioned just now ,spring festival scrolls are pasted to scare away the monster and keep families safe. 买年货的时候说 Usually people will not stint their money to buy foods especially meat ,candies and desserts,clothes,and gifts needed during the spring festival. 讲点灯笼的时候说 Lanterns,which were actually lights in ancient China , have become a Kind of charateristic Chinese decoration .Red lanterns symbolizes reunion ,happiness,flourish in China.Nowadys lanterns have become one of the most internationally well-received symbols of Chinese