Festivals in China and America,Good morning ,everyone.Our topic is Festivals in China and America.First ,we will introduce the difference between the Spring Festival and Christmas.,In China, the oldest and most important festival is the Spring Festival, more commonly known in the West as the Chinese New Year.,People in China male preparations for the Spring Festival during the last few days of last moon: cleaning the houses, having hair cut and buying new clothes. Doors are decorated with vertical scrolls of characters on red paper whose texts seek good luck and praise nature.,On New Years Eve, all the members of families come together to feast. In the south of China a sticky sweet glutinous rice pudding called nian gao is served while in the north jiaozi, a steamed dumpling, is very popular.,New Years day is often spent visiting neighbors, family and friends.,money given to children as lunar New Year gift,In America, families gather on Christmas, which is the biggest holiday and extends from a few days before December 25th through New Years Day.,Gifts are exchanged on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. On Christmas Day, many people go to church and then stay at home and open gifts that are gathered around the tree.,In the evening, families serve a traditional dinneroften a whole turkey carved at the tableand join wholeheartedly in the festivities of the Christmas season.,Usually on December 26th, Boxing Day, people visit friends and join other leisure activities.,rice wine,red wine,Festivals in China,Mid-autumn day,Mid-Autumn Day is a traditional festival in China. It is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar. Almost everyone likes to eat mooncakes on that day. Most families have a dinner together to celebrate the festival.,A saying goes, “The moon in your hometown is almost always the brightest and roundest“. Many people who live far away from homes want to go back to have a family reunion. How happy it is to enjoy the moon cakes while watching the full moon with your family members.,Mooncakes,Mooncakes,Festivals in the USA,Thanksgiving Day,President of the United States proclaimed the fourth Thursday of November as Thanksgiving Day every year. Thanksgiving today is, in every sense, a national annual holiday on which Americans of all faiths and backgrounds join in to express their thanks for the year s bounty and reverently ask for continued blessings. On the dinner table, people will find apples, oranges, chestnuts, walnuts and grapes. The best and most attractive among them are roast turkey and pumpkin pie. They have been the most traditional and favorite food on Thanksgiving Day throughout the years.,roast turkey,After comparing festivals of China with that of America, we find that actually it is very interesting to compare two cultures. Festivals are around us in our daily lives and such festivals, whether of our country or other countries, remind us of how cultures change and influence each other, so it gives us an opportunity to share our own culture with other cultures.,As the development of communication becomes faster and faster, people in one country may get to know more about the festivals of other countries and celebrate them. As young generation, we now not only celebrate our own traditional festivals but also foreign festivals like Christmas, although in a different way. In addition, such interesting customs and traditions of English-speaking countries make us more interested in English learning.,thanks!,