中国传统文化 -中国传统节日及其习俗,主讲: 余惠芬 副教授 暨南大学国际学院,Chinese Culture -Traditional Chinese Festivals and Customs,By Yu Huifen (Julia) International School Jinan University,Whats The Date Today?,May 31 in Solar Calendar May 5th in the Chinese Lunar Calendar It is Dragon Boat Festival Today.,The Dragon Boat Festival,Also known as Duanwu Jie It falls on the fifth day of the fifth month in Chinese lunar calendar.,Traditional Customs Relating To The Festival,Racing dragon boats,Traditional Customs Relating To The Festival,Eating zongzi,Qu Yuan,Qu Yuan, the patriotic poet who drowned himself on this day in 277 BC.,Trying To Save Qu Yuans Body,Traditional Customs Relating To The Festival,Holding dragon-boat races.,It Is Now An International Event,Other Important Traditional Chinese Festivals?,Try to list as many as you can other traditional Chinese Festivals in addition to Dragon Boat Festival Say something about them.,Important Traditional Chinese Festivals,The Spring Festival The Lantern Festival The Dragon Boat Festival The Mid-Autumn Festival The Double Seventh Day The Double Ninth Day,The Spring Festival,Also known as the Chinese New Year The most important and comprehensive festival. It falls on the first day of the first Chinese lunar month and the celebration lasts from the 23rd of the 12th lunar month up to the fifteenth of the first lunar month next year.,Traditional Customs Relating To The Spring Festival,Writing and Pasting couplets on doors,Traditional Customs Relating To The Spring Festival,Creating paper-cuts for window decoration,Paper-Cut: Happy New Year,Paper-Cutting Is Now A Popular Art,Creating paper-cuts for window decoration,Traditional Customs Relating To The Spring Festival,Setting off fire-crackers (The favorite activity of children, which is said to drive off evil spirits according to legend),Traditional Customs Relating To The Spring Festival,Children Getting money in red envelopes from their parents and relatives,Traditional Customs Relating To The Spring Festival,The lion and dragon dancing,Traditional Customs Relating To The Spring Festival,Eating Jiaozi ( first known in China some 1,600 years ago. Its pronunciation in Chinese means midnight or the end and the beginning of time.,Traditional Customs Relating To The Spring Festival,Enjoying Family Reunion Dinner on New Years Eve,The Lantern Festival,The 15th day of the first lunar month Also known as Yuanxiao Festival Yuan literally means first, while xiao refers to night. Yuanxiao is the first night when we see the full moon in the new year. It has developed from an ancient ceremony of using torches to ward off evil spirits and has a history of more than 2,000 years.,Traditional Customs Relating To The Lantern Festival,Decorating houses and streets with various delicate and beautiful lanterns,Traditional Customs Relating To The Lantern Festival,Lantern displays everywhere,Traditional Customs Relating To The Lantern Festival,Traditional Customs Relating To The Lantern Festival,Lantern-riddle guessing,Traditional Customs Relating To The Lantern Festival,Eating Yuanxiao, a sweet rice ball,Mid-Autumn Festival,The 15th day of the eighth lunar month, in the middle of autumn Also called “Reunion Festival”,The Origin of Mid-Autumn Festival,A beautiful story of Hou Yi and Chang ER,Traditional Customs Relating To The Festival,The round moon and round moon cake are both symbols of family reunion,The Poem of Libai,Beside my bed a pool of moonlight, Is it hoarfrost on the ground? I lift my eyes and see the bright moon; Bowing my head, I think of my old hometown.,Traditional Customs Relating to the Festival,Family reunion dinner on the festival evening Typical food: moon-cake,Double Seventh Day,The 7th evening of the 7th lunar month Also called “The Seventh Eve” or “Qixij”,Its Chinese Valentines Day,An Ancient Chinese Legend About It,A Love Story Between A Cowherd And A Girl Weaver,An Opera About The Story,Double Ninth Day,A day to honor senior citizens “Nine” sounds similar to the word “long time”in Chinese,Group Discussion and Presentation,1. Briefly talk about your impression on traditional Chinese festivals. 2. Talk about one of the traditional festivals in your own country. (Each group selects a representative to give a presentation to class),Characteristics Of Traditional Chinese Festivals,Each of them has: A long history A legend Special customs or activities An unique food,Traditional Chinese Festivals And Customs Abroad,With the coming of globalization, more and more people enjoy multi-cultural life. With the development of Chinas economy, you may feel the existence of Chinese Culture wherever you go,Teaching American Students To Make Jiaozi,During 2001 Spring Festival,Playing Taiji With A Canadian Professor,Foreign People Celebrate Traditional Chinese Festivals,A film clip: Canadian People Celebrate the Chinese Spring Festival,Similarities and Differences Between Celebrations of Traditional Chinese and Western Festivals,Group Disc