春节(英文版).ppt

The Origin The Origin When the moon orbiting between the sun and the earth, dark hemisphere of the moon facing the Earth, then called the new moon day, it is the first day of lunar month. The custom Celebrating the Spring Festival is also called “passing the Year”,and the dinner is called “reunion dinner”(团圆饭) 福到财到好运来 The Spring Festival Why：In ancient times, there is a ferocious monster called "year", in order to drive it, people wear red dresses, set off firecrackers. Later this habit was survived. When：The nearest new moon day(朔月日) around the beginning of spring is called the Spring Festival. Moon situation is uncertain, so the Chinese New Year also uncertain. This year？ “Dust” is homophonic with “chen”in Chinese, which means old and past.(陈旧)This custom shows a good wish of putting away old things to welcome a new life.???????? Sweeping the Dust扫尘 It is common for Chinese to paste the character “fu(福)” on walls and doors in the Spring Festival. It shows people's year wish towards a good life. Pasting Chinese character “Fu” 贴“福”字 Some people even invert the character “fu” to signify that blessing has arrived because “inverted” is a homonym for “arrive” in Chinese. （福到） Setting off Firecrackers 放鞭炮 Pasting Spring Couplets Stay Up Late on New Year's Eve守岁 New Year's Visit拜年 On the first day of the Chinese new year, everybody puts on their best clothes and pays ceremonial calls on their relatives and friends, wishing them all the luck in the coming year. "Lucky"money 红包 Fish “Fish” is homophonic with “abundance(余)” in Chinese. It symbolizes a wish for abundance in every year. (年年有余) The Traditional New Year Foods New year pictures Dumpling The shape of dumpling is like gold ingot(金元宝)from ancient China. So people eat dumplings in the Spring Festival is wish for money and treasure in New Year. Dumplings New year pictures May you be happy and prosperous! 恭喜发财