Transcript Document 7479662

Chinese traditional festivals
1. Last day of 12th lunar month •
2. 1st day of 1st lunar month •
3. 15th day of 1st lunar month •
4. around April 5
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5. 5th day of 5th lunar month •
6. 7th day of 7th lunar month •
7. 15th day of 8th lunar month •
8. 9th day of 9th lunar month •
9. 8th day of 12th lunar month •
1. Chinese New Year Eve
2. Spring Festival
3. Lantern Festival
4. Tomb Sweeping Day
5. Dragon Boat Festival
6. Qiqiao Festival
7. Mid-Autumn Festival
8. Chung Yeung Festival
9. Laba Festival
Chinese modern festivals
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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
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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
Foreign festivals
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1. Dec. 25th
2. Feb. 14th
3. Apr. 1st
4. fourth Thursday in Nov.
5. around Mar. 7th
6. Oct. 31st
7. from Nov. 11th
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1. Christmas
2. Valentine’s Day
3. Fool’s Day
4. Thanksgiving Day
5. Easter Day
6. Halloween
7. Carnival
Obon
Can you guess these festivals?
Thanksgiving
Halloween
Valentine’s Day
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
Ancient festivals
Festivals of the Dead
Festivals to Honour People
Harvest Festivals
Spring Festivals
Fill in the following chart
Festivals
Festivals of
the Dead
Festivals to
Honour People
Harvest
Festivals
Spring
Festivals
Names of
Festival
Countries
Festivals
Festivals of
the Dead
Festivals to
Honour
People
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
Festivals Names of Festivals
Harvest -- harvest/
Festivals Thanksgiving
festivals
--mid-autumn
festivals
Spring Festival
Spring
Festivals Easter and
related
holidays
Cherry Blossom
Festival
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?
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
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
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
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
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.
However, there are some differences. The
Mexicans eat special food that looks like
bones, something the Chinese and
Japanese do not do.