中国传统节日英文介绍选编.ppt

Chinese traditional festivals ;Spring Festival Lunar New Year , the most solemn of traditional Chinese folk festivals. First day of the first lunar month in the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, known as the Moon, commonly known as New Year and New Year. The long history of the Spring Festival, which originated in the Shang period the year draws to a close servicemen and the memorial activities. According to Chinas Lunar, the first day of the first lunar month yen ancient name, Yuan-chen, a copy, is Emperor, the New Year Day, which is commonly known as Day of the Republic. switch to the Gregorian calendar, the calendar on January 1 as New Years Day, January 1st called the Lunar Spring Festival. ;; In China, the most traditional and popular Spring Festival food is dumpling, which looks like the moon with vegetables and meat mixed in it. The Chinese name of dumpling is “JIAO ZI”, ”JIAO” means ”cross”, ”ZI” is Chinese traditional time represents “24:00”, so the Chinese word “JIAO ZI” means “cross 24:00”, just the dividing point of last year and next year. So when it comes to 24:00, every family begins eating dumplings. ;The Lantern Festival（元宵节） The lunar January (农历正月）is the first month of a year and 15th is the first day of full moon. During Lantern Festival, people go along the street to watch lanterns（灯笼） and children light their own small lanterns for some fun. The biggest and most beautiful lantern is the dragon lantern, which looks like a flying dragon, held by several young guys. One with a ball in hand leads the dragon to move.; Some lanterns have puzzles on them, called lantern puzzle（灯谜）, the one who gets the answer could receive small presents and be happy for his intelligence. The traditional food for Lantern Festival is rice glue ball（元宵）. The rice glue ball’s shape is just like the full moon appears in the sky. This kind of dessert is especially welcomed by children.