中国历史文化概况(英文版)Unit-8-Traditional-Holidays-and-Celeb.ppt

单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,*,*,Unit 8 Traditional Holidays and Celebrations,Spring Festival:,1)The time of the Spring Festival,2)Legends about it,3)Celebrations,Mid-Autumn Festival,1)The time of the Mid-Autumn,2)Legends about it,3)Celebrations,The time of the Spring Festival,The first day of the first lunar month is regarded as the new year of the Chinese.It is the most important and ceremonious traditional festival in China,just as Christmas Day to the Westerners.,Legends about Spring Festival,T,here was a monster called Nian(year)that would come out to eat people and animals on the eve of every New Year.To avoid the monsters attack,people would flee to the depth of the mountains and call this day Nian Guan(meaning the Pass of Nian).On one New Years Eve,there came an old beggar in Peach Blossom Village,where an old lady gave him some food and asked him to hide himself in the mountain to avoid the monster Nian.The old man promised that he could drive the monster away as long as he was put up for the night at the old ladys home.Being unable to persuade the old man into hiding in the mountain,the old lady went alone.In the middle of the night,the monster Nian dashed into the village.He trembled and cried when he saw the red paper on the door of the old ladys house,which was brightly lit.Just as the monster reached the entrance,there came blasting sounds that prevented him from moving any further.At that time,the old man,wearing a red robe,opened the door and the monster was scared away.Actually,the color red,firelight and blasting sounds were the things the monster feared most.,Dinner of the New Years Eve,The night before the Spring Festival is traditionally called New Years eve.The dinner for the whole family on this day is called New Years Eve Dinner.Every family member is expected to return home for the dinner.For someone really cant make it,other family members will put an empty chair by the table and place an empty bowl and chopsticks on the table,indicating that he(she)is not forgotten.,Paying New Year Calls,Paying New Year calls is an important custom during the Spring Festival.On lunar New Years Day,people visit friends and relatives,exchanging greetings and wishing them a happy new year in auspicious words.It is a way to ring out the Old Year and ring in the New Year and to send good wishes to one another.,Firecrackers,Firecrackers are a special product of China.They are also called and cannon weapons etc.Exploding firecrackers is an important custom during the Spring Festival,dating back over 2,000 years.Firecrackers were originally used to drive away poisonous mists or curb pestilence.Later,with the appearance of gunpowder,niter,sulphur and charcoal etc were filled into the firecracker bamboo pipe for explosion.Thus,bursting weapons were produced.As the blasting sounds are perfect for creating joyous atmosphere,exploding firecrackers has become a recreational activity with national characteristics.Nowadays,apart from letting off firecrackers during the Spring Festival to welcome the New Year,people also like to explode them for celebrations on weddings,foundation-laying ceremonies and grand openings etc.,The Poster Bearing the character FU paper-cut for window decoration,During the Spring Festival,every household usually sticks posters of various sizes bearing the Chinese character Fu(meaning good fortune)on doors and walls.The character is a symbol of happiness,bliss and fortune.Sticking the poster upside down means the arrival of luck,happiness,and prosperity,because the Chinese word Dao,or upside down,sounds similar as Dao,or arrive.,The time of the Mid-Autumn Festival,The 15th day of every 8th lunar month is the traditional Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival.It is the most important festival after the Chinese Lunar New Year.The moon on the night of the 15th day of lunar August is believed to be fuller and brighter than in other months.,Wu Gang chops the laurel,Apart from the famous mythological story of Chenge Flying to the Moon,theres another moon related story,which is about the laurel tree cutter Wu Gang.It is said that there was an extremely tall laurel tree on the moon and a man called Wu Gang was ordered to cut down the tree as a punishment for offending the god of heaven.He was not allowed to go home until he could cut down the tree.But the problem was that each time he chopped the tree,it would instantly grow back,making it impossible for him to cut it down.Like Change,he had no choice but to cut the tree on the moon forever,.,In Hong Kong,Fire dragon dance is the most traditional custom on the Mid-Autumn Festival in Hong Kong,dating back some 100 years.Every year,grand fire dragon shows are performed for three nights in a row in Tai Hang of Causeway Bay starting the 14th of August on the lunar calendar.The fire dragon is more than 70 meters long with its body divided into 32 segments,all of which are stuffed with straw and stuck full of incense sticks.On the festive night,the streets and alleyways in the area are packed with fire dragons joyfully dancing to drum music against the backdrop lit by colored lights,creating a fantastic atmosphere for the festival,.,In Dai Minority,The custom of worshiping the moon on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival is popular among the Dai people in Yunnan Province.According to the Dai legend,the moon was the incarnation of Yan Jian,the third son of the god of heaven.Yan Jian was a brave and unyielding man,who led the Dai people in defeating their enemies.He was greatly respected and supported by the Dai people.Sadly,he later died.But he changed into the moon and rose into the sky,giving out gentle light and bringing brightness to the Dai people in the dark night,.,In Dong Minority,Its said that in ancient times,the fairies in Moon Palace would descend to the human world at the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival and sprinkle nectar all over the world,so that people could share together the fruits and vegetables sprinkled with the unselfish nectar.The custom is thus named Stealing Moon Dishes by the Dong people,.,In Miao Minority,On the Mid-Autumn night when the bright moon sheds light over the Miao villages,after a family gathering in the house,every household will come to a vacant field in the mountain forest to sing and dance under the moon.,Moon Cakes,A moon cake is a delicately-stuffed round cake that is delicious and nice to look at.The cake is often given as a gift between family and friends during the festival to show greetings.A small cake is a carrier of good wishes between family members,the eagerness to join family reunion of those away from home and peoples praying for happiness,.,Watching the full moon,Watching the full moon on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival is the best activity for the whole family.It is a custom for people to ascend towers and terraces and have a good chat in the full-moon night while drinking wine and eating delicacies.The scene of blooming flowers,full moon and family reunion is poetic and charming,.,Mid-Autumn Festival Lantern Fair,To accentuate the brightness of the moon,people traditionally light up lanterns on the Mid-Autumn Festival.The color lanterns are made of bamboo slips and paper.They come in different shapes and sizes,with candles inside.The lanterns with flickering candlelight are a visual feast to everyone.The scale of the Mid-Autumn Festival lantern fair is second only to that of the Lantern Festival,.,Autumn Moon over the calm Lake,Autumn Moon over the Calm Lake is one of the Ten Views of the West Lake.The lake in autumn has been widely considered as a gorgeous landscape since ancient times.Enjoying the moon at the West Lake is a treat full of poetic charm and picturesque beauty.The scenic area of Autumn Moon over the Calm Lake is a lakeside garden packed with trees and flowers of all seasons,adding radiance and beauty to the rockworks,towers and pavilions.Its a perfect place for moon enjoying,.,Knowledge Expansion,other traditional festivals in China:,1)Lantern Festival,2)Qingming Festival,3)Dragon Boat Festival,4)Double Seventh Festival,5)Double-Ninth Festival,Lantern Festival,Lantern Festival,also called Shangyuan Festival,is celebrated on January 15 of Chinese lunar calendar.It is the first full moon night in the Chinese lunar year,symbolizing the coming back of the spring.Lantern Festival may be regarded as the last day of Spring Festival,the new-year festival of China,in other words,the Spring Festival does not end until the Lantern Festival has passed.,Dragon Boat Festival,The Dragon Boat Festival,also named Chongwu Festival,Calamus Festival or Daughters Festival,takes place in May 5 in the lunar calendar.It is a folk festival widely passed down with a history of over two thousand years,and one of the most important festivals as well.There are various celebrating activities on the day of Dragon Boat Festival,among which eating rice dumplings(zongzi,the steamed glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo leaves)and dragon boat race are important customs.,Double Seventh Festival,In China,the Double Seventh Festival,or Ingenuity-begging Festival(the festival to plead for skills)falls on the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar.The festival originates from the legend of the loyal love between Niulang(cowherd)and Zhinv(weaving girl).,Thank,You!,