腊八节英文介绍PPT课件

1、 The Laba Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday celebrated on the eighth day of the twelfth month of the lunar Chinese calendar. La is the name given to the 12th lunar month and 8 is pronounced as ba in Chinese, which translated is Laba. There are several legends about the origin of this festivi

2、ty and we could not tell which one is true. But what we know today is that this festival started as a sacrificial offering to ancestors. It was also a time for the ancient Chinese to pray to heaven and earth that there would be a bountiful harvest. Many people hoped for good luck as well for the com

3、ing year. 农历十二月初八是中国的传统节日腊八节，腊代表中国农历的十二月，而八是eight的发音，因此，这个节日被翻译成腊八。关于腊八起源的传说有很多，我们已经不能辨其真假。时至今日，我们确定的是这个节日起初是为了祭祀祖先，祈求丰收以及为即将来到的一年祈福。 第1页/共8页Traditionally, the Laba rice porridge is the most important element of the festival. Generally, the porridge contains eight ingredients which can include gluti

4、nous rice, red beans, millet, Chinese sorghum, peas, dried lotus seeds and some other ingredients, such as dried dates, chestnut meat, walnut meat, almond, peanut, etc. The porridge must be boiled for many hours and then offered as a sacrifice to the ancestors. This must be done before noontime. Als

5、o, it is tradition that family members eat the porridge together. Then they leave some as a symbol of hope for a good harvest the coming year.从传统上讲，腊八粥是腊八节最重要的元素。腊八粥通常由八种材料做成，这些材料可以是黏米，红豆，小米，高粱，豌豆，莲子和一些诸如红枣，栗子，核桃仁，杏仁，花生等谷物。粥要熬制数小时，然后作为祭品祭献给祖先。这个祭祀活动一定要在中午之前完成。之后，家人们坐在一起吃腊八粥也就成了传第2页/共8页Another custom

6、 is the soaking of Laba garlic. Garlic is soaked in vinegar for more than twenty days starting from Laba festival. Then when the Chinese New Year comes, the garlic and vinegar is used alongside jiaozi on the table. 腊八节的另一传统式腌制腊八蒜。从腊八节那天起，就将蒜泡在醋中二十多天，这样，到春节的时候，就可以在餐桌上与饺子同食了。 第3页/共8页 The Laba Festival

7、, the day in most parts of China have the custom of eating Laba porridge. Laba is a harvest year with eight fresh food and fruits boiled, usually for the sweet porridge. The Central Plains have many farmers prefer salty to eat Laba porridge, porridge in addition to rice, millet, mung bean, cowpea, p

8、eanut, jujube and other raw materials, but also add pork, radish, cabbage, vermicelli, seaweed, tofu and so on. 腊八节这天我国大多数地区都有吃腊八粥的习俗。腊八粥是用八种当年收获的新鲜粮食和瓜果煮成，一般都为甜味粥。而中原地区的许多农家却喜欢吃腊八咸粥，粥内除大米、小米、绿豆、豇豆、花生、大枣等原料外，还要加肉丝、萝卜、白菜、粉条、海带、豆腐等。 第4页/共8页腊八节英语作文 腊八节是指每年农历的十二月的第八天，也就是腊月初八；腊八节在中国有着很悠久的历史和传统，必克英语整理了有关腊

9、八节的英语作文，腊八节英语作文，腊八节的由来，腊八节的习俗等内容与童鞋们一起分享！祝大家腊八节快乐！第5页/共8页 腊八节英语作文范文Buddhism was well accepted in the areas inhabited by the Han Chinese, who believed that Sakyamuni the first Buddha and founder of the religion, attained enlightenment on the eighth day of the twelfth month. Sutras were chanted in the

10、 temples and rice porridge with beans, nuts and dried fruit was prepared for the Buddha. With the passing of time the custom extended, especially in rural areas where peasants would pray for a plentiful harvest in this way.There is, however, another touching story: When Sakyamuni was on his way into the high mountains in his quest for understanding and enlightenment, he grew tired and hungry. Exhausted from days of walking, he fainted away by a river in India.