April Fool’s Day Mother’s Day Valentine’s Day Mid-Autumn Festival Lantern Festival Tomb-Sweeping Day Thanksgiving Children’s Day May Day Spring Festival Teacher’s Day Double-seventh Day

Pumpkin lantern, lead the spirits back, children’s day, dress up, play a trick Halloween

Carnivals parades, dancing and singing in the streets day and night, colorful clothing

Hunting for eggs Easter religious and social festival for Christians, the return of Jesus( 耶稣 )

Festivals around the world

The Dragon Boat Festival The Double Ninth Festival The Spring Festival Tomb Sweeping Day The Lantern Festival The Middle Autumn Festival The Double Seventh Festival In China festivals

Christmas Fool’s Day Valentine’s Day Carnival Easter Thanksgiving Day Mother’s Day Father’s Day Halloween In foreign countries

Which is the greatest and the most important festival to Chinese people? Spring Festival Which is the greatest and the most important festival to Christian people in Western countries? Christmas

Festivals are meant to celebrate important times of year. Different countries have different festivals. Work in groups and list below three more Chinese festivals that you know.

FestivalTime of year/ date What it celebrates What people do Mid- Autumn Festival autumn /fall the beauty of the full moon ， harvest, time with family and friends give and eat mooncakes, watch the full moon with family and friends

Festival Time of year/date What it celebrates What people do Spring Festival January/ February the end of winter ， arrival of spring, Lunar New Year ， reunion with family and relatives give money in red paper to children; see dragon dances; eat fish, prawns and dumplings ； visit family members

Festival Time of year/date What it celebrates What people do National Day October 1 the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949 take time off work; travel to visit family or to see other parts of China; go shopping

FestivalTime of year/date What it celebrates What people do Dragon Boat Festival/ Duanwu Festival the fifth day of the fifth month in lunar calendar the memory of the beloved poet Qu Yuan who died in 278 BC eat zongzi; watch dragon boat races; throw rice wrapped in reed leaves into water in memory of Qu Yuan; put herbs on doorways for good health

Festivals of the Dead Four kinds Festivals to Honour People Harvest Festivals Spring Festivals Fast Reading

Kinds of Festivals Names of FestivalsCountries Festivals of the Dead Festivals to Honour People Harvest Festivals Spring Festivals Dragon Boat Festival, Columbus Day, festival to honour Gandhi Thanksgiving, Mid-autumn Festival Spring Festival, Easter and related festivals, Cherry Blossom Festival Japan, Mexico, western countries China, USA, India European countries, China and Japan China, western countries, Japan Obon, Day of the Dead, Halloween

Q: What festivals are mentioned in each paragraph? P1. Ancient festivals Q: When did people celebrate in Ancient Times? a. the end of the cold weather; b. planting in spring and harvest in autumn; c. when hunters could catch animals.

P 2. Festivals of the Dead Japan -----Obon Mexico------Day of the Dead America------Halloween

dress up, go to neighbours’ homes, ask for sweets, FestivalsCelebrations Obon the Day of the Dead Halloween clean graves, light incense, eat shaped food, light lamps, play music offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead play a trick on people

P 3. Festivals to Honour People Dragon Boat Festival Columbus Day (India)October 2

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 a c b

Q: Why does Indian have a national festival on October 2? To honor Ganhdi who helped gain Indian’s independence from Britain.

P 4. Harvest Festivals Harvest and Thanksgiving Festival Mid-Autumn festival Q: How do Europeans celebrate Thanksgiving festivals? Decorate churches and town halls with flowers and fruits; people get together to have meals.

P 5. Spring Festivals Spring festival Carnival Easter Cheery Blossom Festival

FestivalsCelebrations Thanksgiving Day Spring Festival in China decorate churches & town halls, eat dumplings, fish and meat get together to have meals, win awards for farm produce give lucky money in red paper, dragon dances and carnivals, families celebrate together

( ) ① There are dragon boat races and carnivals at the Spring Festival in China. ( ) ② Easter celebrates the birth of Jesus. ( ) ③ When Japan’s Cherry Blossom Festival comes, the country was covered with snow. F F F

4. The ancient people needn’t worry about their food. 5. Halloween used to be a festival intended to honor the dead. 6. Qu Yuan was a great poet who people honor a lot in China. 7. Mid-autumn Festival is held to celebrate the end of autumn. F T T F

There are all kinds of festivals and around the world, which are held for different reasons. Some festivals are in of the. They light lamps and offer good things to the dead. People hold festivals to famous people. The Dragon Boat Festival in China honors the famous Qu Yuan. celebrations poet honour memory Summary ancestors

Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals are held in many countries. On Mid-Autumn Festival people the moon and have moon cakes. Chinese New Year is an and important festival. People look to up, eating dumplings, giving children lucky money in red paper, playing dragon dances. And the celebration may take throughout the country day and night. energetic forward dressing place admire

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