中国传统节日英文介绍 traditional chinese festival.ppt

Festivals and Customs;Cultural notes;Cultural notes;Oral practice;Information Box;Spring Festival, the traditional Chinese New Year’s Day, is China’s most important national holiday. The date is the first day of the lunar new year. Before Spring Festival, people will clean their houses, decorate them with paper-cuts, shop for special Spring Festival foods and gifts, and begin preparing the New Year’s feast. On the day before New Year’s Day, many families decorate their front doors with red couplets to give a happy and prosperous atmosphere. Children set off firecrackers while their parents keep busy preparing the New Year’s Eve dinner and making jiaozi.;;Dragon Boat Festival 端午节 The fifth day of the fifth lunar month 农历五月初五 patriotic poet Qu Yuan 爱国诗人屈原 dragon-boat races 龙舟赛 Zongzi 粽子 glutinous rice 黏米 wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves 用竹叶或芦苇叶包裹 food for fish and shrimp to keep them from eating Qu Yuan’s body ;;;Tomb Sweeping Day 清明节 between April 4-6 ancestral graves 祖坟 fly kites 放风筝 a memorial day 纪念日 martyr 烈士 public cemetery 公墓 a bouquet of flowers 花束 willow branches 柳枝 express one’s esteem 表达尊敬;;;Double Ninth 重阳节 The ninth day of the ninth lunar month 农历九月九 Climb mountains 爬山 breathe fresh air 呼吸新鲜空气 warm sunshine in full bloom 开花 keep fit 保持健康 chrysanthemum 菊花 respect of the aged 敬老;;;Information Box;;;Saint Valentine’s Day 情人节 February 14th 2月14日 Send greeting cards, roses, chocolate or other gifts 送贺卡、玫瑰花、巧克力等;