Spring festival of China

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Spring festival of China
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Spring Festival
on the first day of the lunar year
last fifteen days
do spring cleaning , decorate their houses
have dinner together, watch the Spring Festival
programs, watch fireworks, set off firecrackers,
visit relatives and friends.
get lucky money
Lantern Festival
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Festivals in China
The Spring Festival The Lantern Festival Chin
Ming Festival Dragon Boat Festival Army
Day Teachers Day Mid-Autumn Festival Double
Ninth Festival National Day
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Could you introduce one kind of festival in your
local area to your classmates?
( Hangzhou Expo)

• You can use the following expressions
• Festivals are meant to celebrate
• It takes place on /in
• On this important (feast) day, people
• We offerto
• People usually do/ make / cook.
• It represents (that)
• It is the symbol of
• People believe (that).

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Festivals around the world
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Festivals around the world
New years Day Valentines Day??? Carnival?
??(The Brazilian Carnival??, ??????) International
Womens Day Easter???(A Sunday between March 22
and April 25 ) April Fools Day International
Labour Day Mothers Day(5???????) International
Childrens Day Fathers day(6???????) Halloween
(??? October 31 ) Thanksgiving Day (the 4th
Thursday of Nov) Christmas Day
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Easter

• In April
• It is the time when Jesus Christ died and came
  back to life.
• Eat chocolate eggs

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Christmas Day

• On December 25th
• It is the birthday of Jesus Christ
• Go to the parties and churches , give cards and
  presents to our friends and relatives

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Valentines Day

• In February
• People send roses and cards to the people they
  love.

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Ching Ming Festival

• In April
• The day we remember our dead relatives
• Visit graves

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Mothers Day

• In May
• We give flowers and presents to our mothers.

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Reading
You are given 5 minutes to read the passage
quickly and try to remember different kinds of
festivals mentioned in the text.
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Skimming
How many types of festivals are mentioned in the
passage?
1. Ancient festivals 2. Festivals of the Dead 3.
Festivals to Honor the People 4. Harvest
Festivals 5. Spring Festivals
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Scanning
Task 1
Obon
Festivals of the Dead
Day of the Dead
Cherry Blossom Festival
Festivals to Honour People
Halloween
Dragon Boat Festival
Harvest Festivals
Columbus Day
Easter
Spring Festivals
Thanksgiving
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Detailed Reaing
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Part1

• When did ancient people celebrate?

They celebrated at the end of the cold weather/
when planting begins in spring / when the
hunters caught animals for food/ when people
wanted a year of plenty.
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How many festivals of the dead are mentioned?
What are they?What do people do in those
festivals?(clean/light/play) (eat/offer)
(dress/ask)
Part 2
Festivals of the Dead
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Obon
in Japan
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The Day of the Dead
In Mexico
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Pumpkin head
Halloween
The night of October 31st, when it was believed
that the spirits of dead people appeared, and
which is now celebrated in the US by children,
who dress as witches and ghosts.
Halloween Masks
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• What are festivals of the dead for?

They are to honor our ancestors / to make our
ancestors happy so they wont harm us / to
satisfy our ancestors
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Part 3
Festivals to honor people
Match the person with the festival. 1.Qu
Yuan 2.Christopher Columbus 3.Mohandas Gandhi a.
The Dragon Boat Festival b. an Indian national
festival on oct.2 c. Columbus Day
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Part 4
Harvest Festivals
Many activities can be held in harvest festivals
EXCEPT that people_______. a. get together to
have meals b. decorate houses to admire the
moon c. win awards for their farm produce d.
enjoy mooncakes
b
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• What do people do on Thanksgiving?

decorate churches and town hall.
get together to have meals.
win awards for their farm produce.
decorate / have / win
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Part 5
Spring Festivals
To look forward to the end of winter and to the
coming of spring
Cherry Blossom Festival
The Spring Festival
Carnivals
Easter
Mainly religious countries
Western Countries
dumplings, fish,meat
lucky money
carnivals
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debate
Should we Chinese continue to celebrate the
Spring Festival?
Keep these rules as follows in your mind please.
First, present your views convincingly. Second,
be prepared to respond to any questions the other
group raises or opposing statements it makes.
Last, when the other group presents an
argument, point out the weakness in it.
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Discussion

• With a partner discuss which kinds of festival
  you think are the most important and which are
  the most fun.
• From the text pick out three things that most
  festivals seem to have in common. Write down
  these three things , and talk with a partner
  about why you think they might be important to
  people everywhere.

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Post Reaing
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Summarize and fill in the chart
the end of the cold winterplanting in spring and
harvest in autumn
light fire and make music
to honour the dead or satisfy and please the
ancestors
light lamps, play music, eat food in the shapes
of skulls and cakes with bones, go to their
neighbors to ask for sweets,dress up
for their great contributions to the societyor
the country
Dragon boat racing, eat zongzi
Food is gathered for the winter. A season of
agricultural work is over.
decorate churches and town halls, get together to
have big meals, admire the moon and eat mooncakes
celebrate the end of winter and the coming of
spring
eat delicious food have exciting carnivals