中国象征-英语.ppt

Famous Symbol of china The Spring Festival,Chinese New Year,is the most important festival for all of us.It’s origin is too old to be traced.Several explanations are hanging around .All agree,however,that the word Nian was originally the name of a monster beast that started to prey on people the night before the beginning of a New Year. The Spring Festival Many customs accompany the Spring Festival.Some are still followed to day.First,all family members eat dinner together.The meal is more luxurious than usual.Second,waking up on new year,everybody dresses up.Child get money as a New Year gift.Last,people often eat dunplings in morning and burn fireworks at night. Great Wall The Great Wall was built in the Spring and Autumn period, which lasted up to more than 2,000 years, with a total length of more than 50,000 kilometer. All people who have visited the Great Wall would think that it is an extraordinary artistic heritage symbolizes. It is proud of not only the Chinese nation but the whole human. The Chinese dragon culture in modern China is not only the existence of individual sites, but still maintaining a strong vitality. The Chinese dragon culture in the national unity and national reconstruction can not play a leading role in the history, but still has a strong appeal and centripetal force in the Chinese nation. Dragon Confucius Confucius’s given name is Qiu.He was born in Qu Fu,China,551BC,and died in 479BC. Confucius founded Confuciansism,He travlled from one state to preach(讲道) his doctrines(主义) until he was old.His works include Book of Spring and Autumn,Book of history, Book of rites and so on. Confuciansism still influence not only the Chinese but also world people.Nowaday,The Confucius institute are set up all over the world. China was the first country in the world to make proper paper.Paper made during the Western Han Dynasty.A further development of paper is credited to Cai Lun. According to ancient records,the first compass,