TheLanternFestival元宵节英语PPT学习教案

1、会计学1TheLanternFestival元宵节英语元宵节英语General Introduction Lantern Festival The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month, usually in February or March in the Gregorian calendar. As early as the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 25), it had become a festival with great significance.第1页/共2

2、2页The 15th day of the 1st lunar month is the Chinese Lantern Festival because the first lunar month is called yuan-month and in the ancient times people called night Xiao. The 15th day is the first night to see a full moon. So the day is also called Yuan Xiao Festival in China. According to the Chin

3、ese tradition, at the very beginning of a new year, when there is a bright full moon hanging in the sky, there should be thousands of colorful lanterns hung out for people to appreciate. At this time, people will try to solve the puzzles on the lanterns and eat yuanxiao (glutinous rice ball) and get

4、 all their families united in the joyful atmosphere. 第2页/共22页 Buddhism first entered China during the reign of Emperor Mingdi of the Eastern Han Dynasty. That was in the first century. However, it did not exert any great influence among the Chinese people. one day, Emperor Mingdi had a dream about a

5、 gold man in his palace. At the very moment when he was about to ask the mysterious figure who he was, the gold man suddenly rose to the sky and disappeared in the west. The next day, Emperor Mingdi sent a scholar to India on a pilgrimage（朝圣）to locate Buddhist scriptures. After journeying thousands

6、of miles, the scholar finally returned with the scriptures. 第3页/共22页第4页/共22页第5页/共22页第6页/共22页Yuan Xiao People will eat yuanxiao, or rice dumplings on this day, so it is also called the Yuanxiao Festival.Yuanxiao also has another name, tangyuan. It is small dumpling balls made of glutinousrice flour w

7、ith rose petals, sesame, bean paste, jujube paste, walnut meat, dried fruit, sugar and edible oil as filling. Tangyuan can be boiled, fried or steamed. It tastes sweet and delicious. 第7页/共22页Whats more, tangyuan in Chinese has a similar pronunciation with tuanyuan”, meaning reunion. So people eat th

8、em to denote union, harmony and happiness for the family.Tang Yuan第8页/共22页第9页/共22页第10页/共22页 This days important activity is watching lanterns. Lanterns of various shapes and sizes are hung in the streets, attracting countless visitors. Children will hold self-made or bought lanterns to stroll with o

9、n the streets, extremely excited. Watching lanterns第11页/共22页第12页/共22页第13页/共22页 In the daytime of the Festival, performances such as a dragon lantern dance, a lion dance, a land boat dance, a yangge dance, walking on stilts and beating drums while dancing will be staged. 第14页/共22页第15页/共22页 On the nig

10、ht, except for magnificent lanterns, fireworks form a beautiful scene. Most families spare some fireworks from the Spring Festival and let them off in the Lantern Festival. Some local governments will even organize a fireworks party. On the night when the first full moon enters the New Year, people

11、become really intoxicated by the imposing fireworks and bright moon in the sky.第16页/共22页第17页/共22页 During the Lantern Festival, Valentines young men and women meet with the timing, the Lantern Festival and become Chinas Valentines Day. 第18页/共22页Hundreds and thousands of times, for her I searched in chaos, suddenly, I turned by chance, to where the lights were waning, and