Lesson Twelve

Getting Started

What festival does this picture remind you of?

Midwinter

Wedding Day

The Lantern Festival

or

helmet

One hint

face mask

Another hint

Heavy clothing

Third hint

firecracker

The last hint

Lantern Festival

Guess Right?

What do you do in

the Lantern Festival?

Launching sky lanterns

Watching firecrackers shooting in all directions

Carrying lanterns

Enjoying the lantern exhibition

Watch a fireworks display

Set off fireworks/firecrackers

Honor/offer sacrifices to ancestors

Have a family reunion

Eating tang yuan

In Taiwan,

do people celebrate the Lantern Festival in different

places?

How

Pinghsi

In the north,

Pinghsi

In Pinghsi,

What do people launch to celebrate the Lantern Festival?

missile

balloonshot air balloon

sky lanternor

For what?Pray forThe Peace

for the world

The Peace

for the world

Just the peace?Of

course,Not!Not!

Some people pray for…

Endless

lovelove

for lovely pets

Good health

Good health

Political

harmony

Perfect figure

the lottery

WinningWinning

Some people pray for…

marriage

Sweet

Having a baby Having a baby

the dreaming idol

meeting

Keeping

attractive

Win the points in the on-line games

What’s your wish?

How about

you?

What messages or wishes would you plan to write on the sky lantern?

?

Grateful all

the time

Grateful all

the time

find the ideal job find the ideal job

Get GOOD grades

all the time

forever

Happiness

Have you ever been to Pinghsi?Have you ever been to Pinghsi?

Launching the sky lanterns is one of the must-do activities in Pinghsi. When you launch a sky lantern, do you know anything about it? Now let’s find some unknown things about it through some questions.

No matter your answer is yes or no, you must know~

(1) What’s the original function of the sky lantern?

A. pray for the peace B. indicate the safety C. for entertainment

(2) Where can people launch the sky lanterns in Taiwan?

A. only in Pinghsi

B. in some places approved by the government

C. everywhere

(3) How long can a sky lantern float in the sky ?

A. fifteen min. B. five min. C. one min.

Yenshui

In the south,

Yenshui

doves

turtles

firecrackers What do people set off to celebrate the Lantern Festival?

In Yenshui,

or

Millions of firecrackers are set off in the streets.

Why do they act this way?

For peace?

For funFor excitement

For war!

We like war

!

In addition to dynamic activities, what static activities do people do in the Lantern Festival?

The lantern riddle guessing activities were traditionally held at Lantern Festivals. To Chinese, lantern riddle was just a witting game for fun. Riddle contained a lot of interesting thoughts, and could use variety of subjects, current issues, people, objects and places.

Here are some easy riddles for you to guess!

Let’s go!

The lantern riddle guessing

activities

What is always coming but never arrives?

~tomorrow

What is it that we often return but never borrow?

~thanks

What is full of holes and yet holds water?

~a sponge

What starts with T, ends with T, and is full of T?

~teapot

What month do soliders hate?~March

What is all over the house?

~The roof

What is the best thing to put into cakes?

~Your teeth

~It was an EMPTY glass.

A 6-foot tall magician had a water glass and was holding the glass above his head. He let it drop to the carpet without spilling a single drop of water. How could he manage to drop the glass from a height of six feet and not spill a drop of water?

~It was daylight.

A black dog stands in the middle of an intersection in a town painted black. None of the street lights are working due to a power failure caused by a storm. A car with two broken headlights drives towards the dog but turns in time to avoid hitting him. How could the driver have seen the dog in time?