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Ancient festivals
Festivals of the Dead Festivals to Honour People Harvest Festivals
Spring Festivals
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Festivals Names of Festival Countries
1. New Year’s Day 2. Valentine’s Day 3. Fool’s Day bour’s Day 5. Children’s Day 6. Halloween 7.Thanksgiving Day 8.Christmas Day
Obon
Can you guess these festivals?
However, there are some differences. The
Mexicans eat special food that looks like bones, something the Chinese and
Japanese do not do.
Time: late January and early February
Chinese modern festivals
• • • • • • • • • • • 1. Mar. 8th 2. Mar. 12th 3. May. 1st 4. May 4th 5. second Sunday in May 6. June 1st 7. third Sunday in June 8. July 1st 9. Aug. 1st 10. Sep. 10th 11. Oct. 1st • • • • • • • • • • • 1. Women’s Day 2. Tree Planting Day 3. International Labor day 4. Youth Day 5. Mother’s Day 6. Children’s Day 7. Father’s Day 8. Army Day 9. Party Day 10. Teachers’ Day 11. National Day
to help or harm living people.
2. What makes autumn festivals happy events? Autumn festivals are happy events because people are thankful that food is ready for winter and the hard farm
Halloween
Thanksgiving
Valentine’s Day
the Mid-Autumn Festival
Halloween
In western countries
The jack-o’-lantern(空心南瓜 灯） is the most common symbol of Halloween. children dress up and go to their neighbours’ home to ask for sweets Halloween Parade
Columbus Day in the USA
arrival in memory of the ______of Christopher Columbus in the New World
What festivals or celebrations do you have in your city or town? What part of a festival do you
like best- the activities, the music,
the sights, the food or the people
who visit?
Watermelon Lantern Culture Festival
Read the text and find out different kinds of holidays
Foreign festivals
• 1. 1st day of 1st month
• • • • • • •
2. Feb. 14th 3. Apr. 1st 4.May 1st 5.June 1st 6. Oct. 31st 7.fourth Thursday in Nov. 8. Dec. 25th
Countries European and other countries China and Japan China Some Western countries Japan
Use the information from the reading passage to answer the following questions. 1. What are festivals of the dead usually for? 2. What makes autumn festivals happy events? 3. What do people usually do at spring festivals? 4. What is one important reason to have festivals and celebrations? 5. Compare the festivals of the dead in Mexico, Japan and China. What things are similar? What things are different?
coming of spring.
4. What is one important reason to have festivals and celebrations? It is important to have festivals and celebrations so we can enjoy life / be proud
1.What are festivals of the dead usually
for? Festivals of the dead are for honouring or satisfying dead ancestors or others,
who some people believe might return
Festivals of the Dead Festivals to Honour People Harvest Festivals Spring Festivals
Festivals
Festivals of the Dead
Names of Countries Festivals Japan --Obon --Day of the DeadMexico some Western -- Halloween countries -- Dragon Boat Festival China -- Columbus Day USA --festival to India honor Gandhi
Chinese traditional festivals
1. 1st day of 1st lunar month 2. 15th day of 1st lunar month 3. Mar. 12th 4. around April 5 5. 5th day of 5th lunar month 6. 7th day of 7th lunar month 7. Sep. 10th 8. 9th day of 9th lunar month 9. Oct. 1st • • • • • • • • • 1. Spring Festival 2. Lantern Festival 3. Tree Planting Day 4. Tomb Sweeping Day 5. Dragon Boat Festival 6. Qiqiao Festival 7. Teachers’ Day 8. Chung Yeung Festival 9. National Day
Festivals to Honour People
Festivals Names of Festivals Harvest -- harvest/ Festivals Thanksgiving festivals --mid-autumn festivals Spring Festival Spring Festivals Easter and related holidays Cherry Blossom Festival
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of our customs / forget our work for a little
while.
5. Compare the festivals of the dead in Mexico, Japan and China. What things are similar? What things are different? The Chinese, Japanese and Mexico festivals of dead all have customs to honour the dead. The Chinese and Japanese go to clean their ancestors’ graves, and the Mexicans offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead.
work is finished.
3. What do people usually do at spring
festivals? At spring festivals, people usually have dances, carnivals and other activities to
celebrate the end of winter and the