上课春节风俗英文ppt

1、上课春节风俗英文pptNameWhat do we usually call 春节 in English ?Chinese New Year Lunar New Yearthe Spring Festival1. One of the most famous legends is Nian, an extremely cruel beast. 2.To keep Nian away, red-paper couplets , torches are , and firecrackers are . throughout the night. 3. Fear the color red, the

2、 light of fire, and loud noises. The origin of the Lunar New Year春节的来源red-paper coupletstorchesfirecrackersWhat do families in your hometown do during the Spring Festival ? have family reunion feastswatch the CCTV New Years Galaplay majiangplay cardsgive giftsgive New Year lucky moneymake New Years

3、visitsset off fireworks/ firecrackersput up New Year coupletssend New Years greetingsworship ancestorsdo spring cleaningFamily Celebrations 家庭庆祝活动What do families in your hometown do during the Spring Festival ?1. 吃团圆饭have family reunion feastswatch The CCTV New Years Gala 3. 打牌play cards4. 打麻将play

4、majiang5. 送礼物give gifts make New Years visits,7. 送祝福send New Years greetingsgive New Year lucky money9. 祭拜祖先worship ancestors put up New Year couplets对联11. 打鞭炮set off fireworks/ firecrackersdo spring cleaningFamily Celebrations 家庭庆祝活动What do families in your hometown do during the Spring Festival ?1

5、. 吃团圆饭have family reunion feastswatch The CCTV New Years Gala 3. 打牌play cards4. 打麻将play majiang5. 送礼物give gifts make New Years visits7. 送祝福send New Years greetingsgive New Year lucky money9. 祭拜祖先worship ancestors put up New Year couplets对联11. 打鞭炮set off fireworks/ firecrackersdo spring cleaningFoodW

6、hat do we usually eat during the Spring Festival ?various dishes: dumplingssteamed breadniangaochicken ; fish; pork1. Good health! 身体安康 2. Hope everything goes your way！心想事成3. May you come into a good fortune！恭喜发财 4. Everything goes well！桔祥如意 5. A good start in the New Year ！新春大吉5. Good luck in the

7、year ahead! 祝吉星高照！ 6. Good health, good luck and much happiness throughout the year. 恭祝安康、幸运，新年快乐。 Festival Greetings 节日祝福 Vocabulary :(相关词汇)过年春联年画灯笼烟花爆竹拜年1.celebrate the spring festival2.spring festival couplets3.new year paintings7.make new years visit / give new years greetings大扫除团圆饭年夜饭守岁去倒霉祭祖宗压岁

8、钱舞狮杂耍1.spring cleaning reunion dinner3.the dinner on new years eve5. get rid of the ill-fortune6.offer sacrifices to ones ancestors7. New Year luck money; red envelope8.lion dance9.variety showThank you!What do families in your hometown do during the Spring Festival ? 1. put up New Year Couplets:giv

9、e a happy and prosperous atmosphere of the Festival.2.Sweep the dust: putting away old things to welcome a new life.3. worship ancestors Prepare wonderful food for the ancestors, worship them with the hope for best life in coming year.FoodWhat do we usually eat during the Spring Festival ?various di

10、shes: Dumplings: The shape of jiaozi is like gold ingot from ancient China. So people eat them and wish for money and treasuresteamed breadniangaochicken ; fish, every year has enough thing to spend ; porkFestival GreetingsTraditional Festival Greetings:恭贺新禧 | Happy New Year桔祥如意 | Everything Goes We

11、ll恭喜发财 | Wishing You Prosperity 年年有余 | Surplus Year after Year岁岁平安 | Peace All Year Round新春大吉| Good Luck in the New YearCustoms Of The Spring Festival The Spring Festival is a traditional Chinese festivaland also the most important one of the whole year. Through the development of thousands of years

12、, a series of customs are still the same as before. Sweeping the Dust( 扫尘 ) “Dust is homophonic(同音) with “chen尘in Chinese, which means old and past. In this way, “sweeping the dust before the Spring Festival means a thorough cleaning of houses to sweep away bad luck in the past year. This custom sho

13、ws a good wish of putting away old things to welcome a new life. Pasting/putting up Spring Couplets(贴春联) On the eve of the Spring Festival, every household will paste ondoors a spring couplet written on red paper to give a happy and prosperous(繁荣的) atmosphere of the Festival. Pasting Paper-cuts and

14、“Up-sided Fu(贴窗花和“福字 ) Paper-cuts, usually with lucky patterns, give a happy and prosperous atmosphere of the Festival and express the good wishes of Chinese people looking forward to a good life. In addition to pasting paper-cuts on windows, it is common for Chinese to paste the character “fu福, big

15、 or small, on walls or doors. “Fu shows peoples yearning(向往) toward a good life. Some people even invert (倒置the character “fu to mean that blessing has arrived because “inverted(倒转的) is a homonym(同音) for “arrive in Chinese. Staying Up Late on New Years Eve(守岁) The tradition of staying up late to see

16、 New Year is originated from an interesting folk tale. In ancient China there lived a monster named Year, who was very terrible. Year always went out from its burrow(洞穴) on New Years Eve to eat people. Therefore, on every New Years Eve, every household would have supper together. After dinner, no on

17、e dared go to sleep and all the family members would sit together, chatting and emboldening(壮胆) each other. Gradually the habit of staying up late on New Years Eve is formed. Thus in China, “celebrating the Spring Festival is also called “passing over the year (guo nian). 看春节联欢晚会 The CCTV New Years

18、Gala The New Years Gala is a variety show held by China Central Television (CCTV) since 1983. For every year at the turn of the Lunar New Year, the program begins at 8:00PM and lasts five or six hours. It brings laughter to billions of people and creates many popular words. For over twenty years, it

19、s value has gone far beyond a variety show. It is essential entertainment for the Chinese both at home and abroad. Many Chinese would like to watch the gala while having the dinner on New Years Eve. Burning Firecrackers放鞭炮 The firecracker is a unique(特有的) product in China. In ancient China, the soun

20、d of burning bamboo tubes was used to scare away wild animals and evil spirits. With the invention of the gunpowder, “firecracker is also called “鞭炮binpo and used to create a joyful atmosphere. The first thing every Chinese household does is to burn firecrackers and fireworks, which means saying far

21、ewell/goodby to the old year and usher(迎接) in the new. New Years Visit and Gift Money(拜年和压岁钱 ) On the first day of the Chinese lunar year, everybody puts on their best clothes and pays formal calls on their relatives and friends, wishing them all the luck in the coming year. Juniors will greet senio

22、rs, wishing them health and longevity(长寿), while seniors will give juniors some gift money as a wish for their safety in the coming year. When friends meet, they will wish each other happiness and prosperity with a big smile. With the development of the new technology, there is a change on the way o

23、f giving New Years greetings. In recent year, it is common to send New Years greetings by such modern means of communication as telephones, emails and text messages. Eating “jiaozi (吃饺子) On New Years Eve, the whole family will sit together to make jiaozi and celebrate the Spring Festival. The shape

24、of jiaozi is like gold ingot from ancient China. So people eat them and wish for money and treasure. The tradition of having jiaozi is very important during the Spring Festival. You cannot have a complete Spring Festival without having jiaozi. Oral Exercise (口头练习How do you celebrate the Spring Festi

25、val ?The task of this term:1.Finish modules7-8( about 2 months)2.Prepare for the graduation examinationThe requirements:1.vocabulary accumulation2.taking notes3.an dictionary4.exercising in timePart B(1) Group Celebrations集体庆祝活动How does group usually celebrate it ?dancing, singing, playing, lion dance, variety shows, stilt-walking(踩高跷 关于“春节的起源，有一种传说是：中国古时候有一种叫“夕的兽(又名年)，头长触角，凶猛异常。“夕常年深居海底，每到特定的一天现在说的除夕才爬上岸，吞食牲畜伤害人命。因此，每到除夕这天，村村寨寨的人们扶老携幼逃往深山，以躲避“夕兽的伤害。有一年除夕，从村外来了个乞讨的老人。乡亲们一片匆忙恐慌景象，只有村东头一位老婆婆给了老人些食物，并劝他快上山躲避“夕兽，那老人把胡子撩起来笑道：“婆婆假设让我在家呆一夜，我一定把夕兽赶走。老婆婆继续劝说，乞讨老人笑而不语。 半