人教必修三Unit1_Festivals_around_the_world_warming-up_&_

Happy New Year!Unit1 festivals around the world

How many festivals do you know both in and out of China?

Warming-upCan you name some Festivals or public holidays in China?Festival of Lanterns Mid-Autumn Festival

Dragon Boat FestivalMother’s Day Father’s Day

Spring Festival New Year

FESTIVALS/ HOLIDAYS

Children’s Day Teachers’ Day

The Youth Day International Labour DayNational Day

International Women’s Day

Festivals are meant to celebrate important events. Different countries have different festivals.

Here are five Chinese festivals that you know.Discuss when they take place, what they celebrate and one thing that people do at that time.

The Chinese festivals

Spring

Festival

Spring Festival

fireworks

dumpling

Festival of lanterns

Mid- Autumn Festival

Mooncakes

Dragon Boat Day

Festivals

Date

What does it celebrate?

What do people do?

the 1st day the the Spring Festival of the lunar coming of month the spring

visit relatives:have a big meal:get together and have fun with friends

Lantern FestivalInternational Labor Day the dragon Boat Festival

the15th day the first full moon eat special sweet dumplings: enjoy after Lunar New Year of the 1st lanterns and fireworks lunar month

May 1st

the hard-working take a week off people all over work; visit scenic the world spots; go shopping Dragon boat racing; eat zongzi

the 5th day In memory of Qu of the 5th Yuan, a great lunar month poet

Mid-Autumn Festival

the 15th day of the 8th lunar month

harvest

admire the moon: mooncakes

Words about Spring Festival

Greeting Season春节 The Spring Festival 农历 lunar calendar 正月 lunar January; the first month by lunar calendar 除夕 New Year's Eve; eve of lunar New Year 初一 the beginning of New Year 元宵节 the Lantern Festival

Food names 团圆饭 年夜饭 饺子 汤圆 年糕 红枣 西瓜子 莲子 莲藕 糖 family reunion dinner the dinner on New Year's Eve dumpling Tang-yuan; Nian-gao; rice cake; New Year cake red dates water melon seed lotus seed lotus root candy

Activities 春联 剪纸 年画 烟花 爆竹 舞狮 舞龙 灯谜 灯会 守岁 Spring Festival couplets paper-cuts New Year paintings fireworks firecrackers lion dance dragon dance riddles written on lanterns exhibit of lanterns staying-up

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