文档介绍：The Spring Festival
The Spring Festival, what do we do? Let us look at the following.
过年
春联
年画
灯笼
烟花
爆竹
拜年
the spring festival
festival couplets
year paintings
new year’s greetings
大扫除
团圆饭
年夜饭
守岁
去晦气
祭祖宗
压岁钱
舞狮
杂耍
cleaning
reunion dinner
dinner on new year’s eve
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5. get rid of the ill
sacrifices to ancestors
money; red envelope
dance
show
Family Celebrations
How does family celebrate the Spring Festival ?
getting together, family reunion,
TV New Year’s show.
playing cards/ Mahjong.
making New Year’s visits.
sending New Year’s greetings.
putting up New Year couplets(对联)
Offer sacrifices ancestors
Food
What do we usually eat during the Spring Festival ?
various dishes: chicken ; fish; pork…
dumplings
New Year cake
fish
chicken
pork
New year’s cake
Sweeping the Dust( 扫尘)
Dust, which means old and past. In this way, “sweeping the dust” before the Spring Festival means a through cleaning of houses to sweep away bad luck in the past year. This custom shows a good wish of putting away old things to e a new life.
putting up Spring Couplets(贴春联)
writing on red paper to give a happy and prosperous(繁荣的) atmosphere of the Festival.
This means happiness to
This was to avoid danger, the hope can bring happiness, is Chinese traditional custom, has a long history.
Posted goalkeeper(门神)
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Staying Up Late on New Year's Eve(守岁)
Year(年)
In ancient china there is a legend about a kind of monster(怪兽) called ”year”, were hurt people. in order to drive away the monster , this had staying-up statement.