文档介绍：Chinese traditional festivals
Traditional Chinese Festivals
The Spring Festival 春节
The Lantern Festival 元宵节
The Tomb-sweeping Day 清明节
The Dragon Boat Festival 端午节
The Double-Seventh Festival 七夕节
The Mid-Autumn Day 中秋节
The Double-Ninth Festival 重阳节
The Spring Festival
Significance
get together with our families to build stronger relationship and relax ourselves
review the past year and look to the new year
Custom
Pasting the spring festival couplets 贴春联
Pasting the new year paintings 贴年画
Making paper-cuts to decorate the windows 贴窗花
Having family reunion dinner 吃团圆饭
Offering sacrifices to ancestors 祭祖
Pay new year‘s visit 拜年
Asking the elder for red packets 要红包
Playing lantern 玩灯笼
Proposing a toast in all meals 祝酒
Doing shopping for the spring festival 买年货
Making dumplings together with families 包饺子
The Spring Festival is on the first day of the lunar year
Spring roll is one of the most popular food we eat during the Spring Festival.
Dumpling
Spring Roll
The Lantern Festival
Time
It’s on January 15th in the lunar calendar of the new year,
Which is the last day of the Spring Festival.
Custom
Lion dance 舞狮
Guessing riddles written on lanterns 猜灯谜
Holding exhibit of lanterns 灯会
Appreciating flower lanterns 赏花灯
Eating Yuanxiao 吃元宵
The Lantern Festival
Tomb-sweeping Day
The Tomb-sweeping Day
Time
It usually ranges from April 4th to April 6th in the Gregorian calendar of each year.
Custom
Sweeping the grave 扫墓
Going out for fun 踏青
Eating cold food 吃寒食
Flying kite 放风筝
Significance
On that day, we can worship the dead and miss our ancestors, making us never forget our roots.