spring – new life and planting, and hope for the future summer – enjoyment of good weather and...
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1.When do these festivals take place?2.What do they celebrate?3.What do people do?
Spring
Festival
late January and early FebruaryTime:
couplets
Festival of lanterns
Time:The fifteenth day of the first lunar month
Lantern show Lion dancing
Guessing riddles Dumpling ball
Mid- Autumn Festival
Time: on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month
Mooncakes
Time: on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month
Festivals in foreign countries
Happy Valentine’s Day
Christmas
Thanksgiving Day in America is a time to offer thanks, of family gatherings and holiday meals. Thanksgiving is
celebrated on the 4th Thursday of November.
Halloween is one of the oldest holidays with origins going back thousands of years.
On October 31 children in countries like the US and Canada celebrate Halloween.
All Hallows
All Saints’ Day
November 1
Easter is the time of springtime festivals, a time for Christians to celebrate the life and resurrection of Christ. And a time of chocolate bunnies, marshmallow chicks, and colored eggs!
Easter will be celebrated on Sunday March 27, 2005.
Easter Bunny
Easter eggs
In late March or early April
Popular symbols
Easter
1.The ancient people needn’t worry about their food.
2.Halloween used to be a festival intended to honour the dead.
3.Qu Yuan was a great poet who people honour a lot in China.
4.Mid-autumn Festival is held to celebrate the end of autumn.
5.Easter celebrates the birth of Jesus.
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