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3 the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is often called the Lunar New Year, especially by people in mainland China and Taiwan. The festival traditionally begins on the first day of the first month (Chinese: 正月 ; pinyin: zhēng yuè) in the Chinese calendar and ends on the 15th; this day is called Lantern Festival. traditional Chinese holidaysLunar New YearChinesepinyinChinese calendar Lantern Festival

4 Icons and ornamentals:Fish, Lanterns, Decorations(Chinese calligraphy, New year picture, Chinese knots, papercutting and couplets.) Dragon dance and Lion dance, Fortune gods.LanternsChinese calligraphyNew year pictureChinese knotspapercuttingcoupletsDragon danceLion dance

5 the most important annual religious feast in the Christian liturgical year. [1] According to Christian scripture, Jesus was resurrected from the dead on the third day from his crucifixion. Christians celebrate this resurrection on Easter Day or Easter Sunday [2] (also Resurrection Day or Resurrection Sunday), two days after Good Friday and three days after Maundy Thursday.Christian liturgical year [1]Jesus resurrectedcrucifixion [2]Good FridayMaundy Thursday

6 Today Easter is commercially important, seeing wide sales of greeting cards and confectionery such as chocolate Easter eggs, marshmallow bunnies, Peeps, and jelly beans. greeting cards Easter eggsPeepsjelly beans

7 The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival, Zhongqiu Festival, or in Chinese, Zhongqiujie (traditional Chinese: 中秋節 ), is a popular harvest festival celebrated by Chinese people and Vietnamese people (even though they celebrate it differently), dating back over 3,000 years to moon worship in China's Shang Dynasty. [ Zhongqiu Zhongqiujietraditional ChineseChineseVietnamese peoplemoon worshipChina Shang Dynasty [

8 Christmas (pronounced / ˈ kr ɪ sməs/), also referred to as Christmas Day, is an annual holiday celebrated on December 25 that commemorates the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. [2][3] The day marks the beginning of the larger season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days. [4] The nativity of Jesus, which is the basis for the anno Domini system of dating, is thought to have occurred between 7 and 2 BC/ ˈ kr ɪ sməs/holiday December 25Jesus of Nazareth [2][3]Christmastidetwelve days [4] nativity of Jesusanno Domini

9 The Christmas tree is often explained as a Christianisation of pagan tradition and ritual surrounding the Winter Solstice, which included the use of evergreen boughs, and an adaptation of pagan tree worshipChristmas treepaganevergreen tree worship


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