Traditional Chinese Festivals
Which day you will never forget
in a year?
Christmas Day?
Valentine's Day ?
New Year's Day ?
Your own birthday ？
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Traditional Chinese Festivals…
The Spring Festival
春节
The Spring Festival is on the first day of the
lunar year.
New Year's Eve food
Every family would eat dinner together on this day.
We call it “ Nian ye fan ”.
dumplings
Spring Roll
On New Year’s day, we greet to friends and
relatives.
New Year’s Visit
Best wishes Happy new year! 新年好 !
May you come into a good fortune! 恭喜发财！
Good health! 身体健康。
Hope everything goes your way. 万事如意！
May you succeed at whatever you try. 心想事成 !
Have a successful career! 事业有成！
The elder send red envelope to the younger as a
gift during the Spring Festival.
Red envelope
The Lantern Festival
元宵节
Lantern Festival is the year
of the first full moon night .
Lantern Festival is on the
15th day of the 1st lunar
month.
Glutinous['glutɪnəs] rice balls Lantern Festival that night, we will eat glutinous rice balls.
We also call it Tang Yuan in the southern area.
It’s a kind of rice balls with a stuffing round of food. They are sweet or salty.
Lantern ['læntən]
The evening at the Lantern Festival, in the
street, there will be a variety of lights.
Tomb-sweeping Day
清明节
Tomb–sweeping Day is an ancient festival in
spring, also called Qing Ming Festival.
Tomb-sweeping Day is on the fifth day of the
fourth lunar month.
tomb sweeping
On the Tomb-sweeping Day, people pay
respects to a dead person at his tomb.
Green cake
Green cake is made of glutinous
rice flour mixed with juice of a
kind of green wild vegetable.
清明饼
端午节
The Dragon Boat
Festival, the 5th day
of the 5th lunar
month, has had a
history of more than
2,000 years.
There are many legends
about the evolution of the
festival, the most popular
of which is in memory of
Qu Yuan.
Zong Zi is a kind of
rice dumpling wrapped
in reed leaves to form a
pyramid.
Zong zi 粽子
Dragon boat race 赛龙舟
Folk tales say the ga
me originates from th
e activities of seekin
g Qu Yuan’s body.
The Double Seventh Festival
七夕节
The double Seventh
Festival is also known as
Chinese Valentine’s.
It’s on the 7th day of the
7th lunar month, is a
traditional festival full of
romance.
The Mid-autumn
Festival
中秋节
The Mid-autumn
Festival is
traditionally
celebrated on the
fifteenth day of
the eighth month
on the lunar
calendar.
Moon cakes have
different tastes.
Moon cakes
Appreciate the full moon
Seniors‘ Day
老年日 / 老人节
Activity 1
What festivals can we find in each month?
Calendar 2014
JanuaryFebruar
yMarch
Calendar 2014
April May June
Calendar 2014
July August September
Activity 2Can you find out the right festival for the sentence?
It is the first day of the lunar year.
Next question
It is the day that we remember the poet Qu Yuan.
Next question
People eat moon cakes and appreciate the full moon .
Next question
What is your favourite festival? Why?
When is it? What is the festival about? How long can we have for holiday? What do we usually do in the
festival?
My favourite festival
Thank you!
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