介绍春节英文版.ppt

1、春节,An Introduction of the Chinese New Year(the Spring Festival),Name:QinZixian112011320001626,Chinese new year(The Spring Festival)is the most important festival for Chinese people,just like Christmas in the West.Chinese new year(The Spring Festival)is on 1st lunar January,often later than the Grego

2、rian calendar about one month.,扫尘Sweeping the Dust,“Dust”is homophonic with“chen（陈）”in Chinese,which means old and past.“Sweeping the dust”before the Spring Festival means a thorough cleaning of houses to sweep away bad luck in the past year.,This custom shows a good wish of putting away old things

3、to welcome a new life.,Staying Up Late on New Years Eve,Every household eat unite family dinner,pay the shelf money and worship ancestor.,守岁,Because of the monster Year,every household would have dinner together.After dinner,no one dared go to sleep,and all the family members would sit together,chat

4、ting and emboldening each other.Therefore,“celebrating the Spring Festival”is also called“passing the Year”.,The tradition of staying up late on New Years Eve originated from an interesting folktale.In ancient China,there lived a monster named Year.On New Years Eve,it always went out from its burrow

5、 to devour people.,Traditional New Year Foods,fish“Fish（鱼）”is homophonic with“abundance（余）”in Chinese.It symbolizes a wish for abundance in every year.,dumpling,The shape of dumpling is like gold ingot from ancient China.So people eat dumplings in the Spring Festival is wish for money and treasure i

6、n New Year.,New Years Visit,On the first day of the Chinese new year,everybody puts on their best clothes and pays ceremonial calls on their relatives and friends,wishing them all the luck in the coming year.,Juniors will greet seniors,wishing them health and longevity,while seniors will give junior

7、s some gift money as a wish for their safety in the coming year.,Setting offFirecrackers,Pasting Spring Couplets,It is common for Chinese to paste the character“fu（福）”on walls and doors in the Spring Festival.It shows peoples yearning toward a good life.,Pasting Chinese character“Fu”,Some people even invert the character“fu（福）”to signify that blessing has arrived because“inverted”is a homonym for“arrive”in Chinese.,Wishing everyone peace,joy and happiness through the coming year.-在新年来临之际，祝福大家平安、快乐、幸福,Thank you!,