中國傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日英文介紹!-PPT課件

1、中國傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日英文介紹中國傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日英文介紹!Spring Festival The Spring Festival, one of the most important ancient traditional festivals, as well as Chinese unique festival at the lunar calendar, is also called Chinese New Year. Since the Shun period（21 century BC), the Spring Festival custom has been extended till now. T

2、he Spring Festival generally refers to the New Years Eve and the first month of the new year. There are a lot of legends about Spring Festival. The most famous one is “the year beast” fable. “The year beast” cruel terrible wild animal. In ancient times, there are monsters called years “ that appear

3、to hurt people and animals at regular time. Once, year goes out for wounding again, but meets a old man who wears red clothes and lights bamboos. Since then, people called this day the Spring Festival . Do shopping for the Spring Festival 辦年貨Spring cleaning 掃塵Paste Spring Festival Couplets，paper-cut

4、s for window decoration, New Year painting 貼春聯(lián)、窗花、年畫Staying-up 守歲 light firecrackers 放爆竹Pay New Years call 拜年Have New Years Eve dinner 吃年夜飯 In China, the most traditional and popular Spring Festival food is dumpling, which looks like the moon with vegetables and meat mixed in it. The Chinese name of

5、 dumpling is “JIAO ZI”, ”JIAO” means ”cross”, ”ZI” is Chinese traditional time represents “24:00”, so the Chinese word “JIAO ZI” means “cross 24:00”, just the dividing point of last year and next year. So when it comes to 24:00, every family begins eating dumplings. The Lantern Festival（元宵節(jié)） The lun

6、ar January (農(nóng)歷正月）is the first month of a year and the 15th day is the first day of full moon. The Lantern Festival can date back to Qin dynasty(221-206BC). Its said that the Han emperor set up the Lantern Festival in order to commemorate “Ping Lu” . During Lantern Festival, people go along the stree

7、t to watch lanterns（燈籠） and children light their own small lanterns for some fun. The biggest and most beautiful lantern is the dragon lantern, which looks like a flying dragon, held by several young guys. One with a ball in hand leads the dragon to move. Some lanterns have puzzles on them, called l

8、antern riddles（燈謎）（燈謎）, the one who gets the answer could receive small presents and be happy for his intelligence. The traditional food for Lantern Festival is glutinous rice ball（元宵）（元宵）. The glutinous rice balls shape is just like the full moon appears in the sky. This kind of dessert is especial

9、ly welcomed by children. 元宵節(jié)的傳統(tǒng)美食就是元宵啦。元宵節(jié)的傳統(tǒng)美食就是元宵啦。 元宵的形狀就像是天空中的滿月。元宵的形狀就像是天空中的滿月。 這種甜品，尤其受兒童的歡迎。這種甜品，尤其受兒童的歡迎。 Tomb-Sweeping Day The Tomb-Sweeping Day is a traditional Chinese festival on the 104th day after the winter solstice冬至(or the 15th day after the Spring Equinox春分), usually occurring arou

10、nd April 5 of the Gregorian calendar 陽歷(see Chinese calendar). Astronomically it is also a solar term節(jié)氣. The Tomb-Sweeping Day falls on the first day of the fifth solar term, named Qing Ming. Its name denotes a time for people to go outside and enjoy the greenery of springtime (踏青 Tqng, treading on

11、the greenery) and tend to the graves of departed ones. 的104天（或春分后的15天），通常在公歷5月（農(nóng)歷）發(fā)生。同時它也是一個節(jié)氣（參見清明）。清明節(jié)落在第五個節(jié)氣的第一天，命名為清明。清明前后這段時間人們都會組織去踏青，而且多會去陵園看望已去的故人。THE DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL The Dragon Boat Festival, also called Double Fifth Festival, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lu

12、nar calendar. It is one of the most important Chinese festivals. 端午節(jié)，又稱為五五節(jié)，在陰歷五月的第五天被慶祝。他是中國最重要的節(jié)日之一。 Due to the poet ，Qu Yuan，died on thisday when has become a traditionalfestival of the Han Chinese people commemorate Qu Yuan; in some areas, the day also commemorate Wu Zixu and Cao E. 后因詩人屈原在這一天死去

13、，便成了中國漢族人民紀念屈原的傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日；部分地區(qū)也有紀念伍子胥、曹娥等說法。 nHanging Pictures of Zhong KuinHanging Calamus and Moxa(掛菖蒲和艾草）nDragon Boat RacenThe Culture of ZongzinSpice BagnRealgar Wine Dragon boat race is an indispensable（不可缺少的） part of the festival, held all over the country. As the gun is fired, people will see racer

14、s in dragon-shaped canoes（獨木舟） pulling the oars hurriedly, and speeding toward their destination with rapid drums . 龍舟賽是這個節(jié)日中不可缺少的一部分，在全國各地舉行。龍舟賽是這個節(jié)日中不可缺少的一部分，在全國各地舉行。鳴槍之后，人們會看到龍舟手在龍舟上快速地拉槳，伴隨著激鳴槍之后，人們會看到龍舟手在龍舟上快速地拉槳，伴隨著激烈的鼓聲，奮力朝著他們的目的地前進。烈的鼓聲，奮力朝著他們的目的地前進。 DOUBLE SEVENTH FESTIVALDOUBLE SEVENTH FES

15、TIVALThe Double Seventh Festival, on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month, is a traditional festival full of romance. It often goes into August in the Gregorian calendar.This festival is in mid-summer when the weather is warm and the grass and trees reveal their luxurious greens. At night when the sky

16、 is dotted with stars, and people can see the Milky Way spanning from the north to the south. On each bank of it is a bright star, which see each other from afar. They are the Cowherd and Weaver Maid, and there is a beautiful love story about them passed down from generation to generation. 陰歷的七月七日，七

17、夕節(jié)，是一個傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日充滿浪漫。它通常在公歷八月。這個節(jié)日是在盛夏，當天氣暖和、草地和樹木茂盛，滿山果樹。晚上，當天空被星星點綴的時候，人們可以看到銀河系橫跨南北。在銀河的兩岸有兩顆璀璨的星星，他們可以看到彼此。他們是牛郎和織女，有一個美麗的愛情故事代代相傳StoryLong, long ago, there was an honest and kind-hearted fellow named Niu Lang (Cowhand). His parents died when he was a child. Later he was driven out of his home by his

18、sister-in-law. So he lived by himself herding cattle and farming. One day, a fairy from heaven Zhi Nv (Weaver Maid) fell in love with him and came down secretly to earth and married him. The cowhand farmed in the field and the Weaver Maid wove at home. They lived a happy life and gave birth to a boy

19、 and a girl. Unfortunately, the God of Heaven soon found out the fact and ordered the Queen Mother of the Western Heavens to bring the Weaver Maid back. With the help of celestial cattle, the Cowhand flew to heaven with his son and daughter. At the time when he was about to catch up with his wife, t

20、he Queen Mother took off one of her gold hairpins and made a stroke. One billowy river appeared in front of the Cowhand. The Cowhand and Weaver Maid were separated on the two banks forever and could only feel their tears. Their loyalty to love touched magpies, so tens of thousands of magpies came to

21、 build a bridge for the Cowhand and Weaver Maid to meet each other. The Queen Mother was eventually moved and allowed them to meet each year on the 7th of the 7th lunar month. Hence their meeting date has been called Qi Xi (Double Seventh).相傳牛郎父母早逝，又常受到哥嫂的虐待，只有一頭老牛相伴。有一天老牛給他出了計謀，教他怎樣娶織女做妻子。到了那一天，美麗的

22、仙女們果然到銀河沐浴，并在水中嬉戲。這時藏在蘆葦中的牛郎突然跑出來拿走了織女的衣裳。驚惶失措的仙女們急忙上岸穿好衣裳飛走了，唯獨剩下織女。在牛郎的懇求下，織女答應做他的妻子?；楹螅＠煽椗懈棧嘤H相愛，生活得十分幸福美滿?？椗€給牛郎生了一兒一女。后來，老牛要死去的時候，叮囑牛郎要把它的皮留下來，到急難時披上以求幫助。老牛死后，夫妻倆忍痛剝下牛皮，把牛埋在山坡上。 織女和牛郎成親的事被天庭的玉帝和王母娘娘知道后，他們勃然大怒，并命令天神下界抓回織女。天神趁牛郎不在家的時候，抓走了織女。牛郎回家不見織女，急忙披上牛皮，擔了兩個小孩追去。眼看就要追上，王母娘娘心中一急，拔下頭上的金簪向銀河一

23、劃，昔日清淺的銀河一霎間變得濁浪滔天，牛郎再也過不去了。從此，牛郎織女只能淚眼盈盈，隔河相望，天長地久，玉皇大帝和王母娘娘也拗不過他們之間的真摯情感，準許他們每年七月七日相會一次，相傳，每逢七月初七，人間的喜鵲就要飛上天去，在銀河為牛郎織女搭鵲橋相會。此外，七夕夜深人靜之時，人們還能在葡萄架或其他的瓜果架下聽到牛郎織女在天上的脈脈情話。 Mid-Autumn Festival（中秋節(jié)） The Mid-autumn Festival is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar. According t

24、o history records, Chinese emperor has tradition that worship the Sun in spring and worship the Moon in autumn. As august 15th is exactly the middle of autumn, so it is called Mid-Autumn Day. Mid-Autumn Day is a traditional festival in China. Almost everyone likes to eat moon cakes on that day. Most

25、 families have a dinner together to celebrate the festival. A saying goes, The moon in your hometown is almost always the brightest and roundest. Many people who live far away from homes want to go back to have a family reunion. How happy it is to enjoy the moon cakes while watching the full moon wi

26、th your family members. Worship the full moonAdmire the full moonEat moon cakesThe Double Ninth Festival（重陽節(jié)） Chinese believes nine represents sun, the brightest thing, September 9th has two nine, the sun is doubled, so call it Double Ninth Festival. Nine also means Long in Chinese words, so the Dou

27、ble Ninth Festival is also recognized The Old Festival. In Double Ninth Festival, people go to their ancestors tombs to worship(祭拜） with coat for winner. 中國認為，九是陽數(shù)，是最聰明的東西，9月9日有兩個九，太陽增加了一倍，所以稱之為重陽。 在重陽節(jié)，人們?nèi)ゼ腊菟麄兊淖嫦鹊膲災埂?Cus Climb up Eat Double-Ninth cake Enjoy Chrysanthemum Drink chrysanthemum wine Ca

28、rry dogwood 佩茱萸WINTERSOLSTICE Winter solstice is a very important solar term in Chinese Lunar calendar. Being a traditional holiday as well, it is still now celebrated quite often in many regions. Early during the Spring and Autumn period, more than 2500 years ago, Winter solstice was first determined as the Chinese traditional solar term among the total 24 terms. In Gregorian c