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课件网) Project Making PPT slides about a festival Unit 3 Festivals and customs How many Chinese festivals do you know Spring Festival Lantern Festival Cold Food Festival Tomb-sweeping Day Dragon Boat Festival Chinese Valentine's Day Hungry Ghost Festival Mid-Autumn Festival the Laba Rice Porridge Festival How many foreign festivals do you know Valentine’s Day The Carnival April Fool’s Day Easter Day Thanksgiving Day Christmas The Munich Oktoberfest Halloween Do you know any international festivals May/Labor Day Women’s Day Children's Day If you are going to introduce one festival, either Chinese or foreign festival, to your friend, what festival will you choose Why I will choose the Lantern Festival because it presents Chinese culture and shows how we celebrate in an exciting atmosphere with people hanging up lanterns and festoons, attending dancing and singing performances, making “Yuan Xiao” or sweet rice dumplings and lighting fireworks. Discussion What do you want to introduce about this festival Please discuss with your partner and illustrate with a mind map. history stories Lantern Festival … description in literature social values development origins customs: activities & food Conduct further research about the chosen festival in groups. How can we present the collected information Make an app about your chosen festival Make a booklet Make a scrapbook Make PPT slides … Please make PPT slides to present your chosen festival. To make good PPT slides, you should: Highlight the most important content and not put too much information on one slide; Use letters of proper sizes and colors to bring your slides to life; Include pictures, charts, sound effects and videos where necessary. Tips Origin of Lantern Festival Customs of Lantern Festival Literature about Lantern Festival the Lantern Festival Development of Lantern Festival There exist many different beliefs about the origin of the Lantern Festival. But one thing for sure is that it had something to do with religious worship. Origin of Lantern Festival One of the most popular legends tells us that it was a time to worship Taiyi(太一神), the God of Heaven in ancient times. The God of Heaven controlled the destiny of the human world. He had sixteen dragons at his beck and call and he could decide when to inflict drought, storms, plague upon human beings. Starting from Qinshihuang, all the subsequent emperors ordered splendid ceremonies to ask Taiyi to bring favorable climate to their country. Origin of Lantern Festival Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty directed special attention to this event. In 104 BC, he proclaimed it one of the most important celebrations and the ceremony would last throughout the night. Development of Lantern Festival By the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the lantern displays would last three days. The emperor also lifted the curfew（宵禁令）, allowing the people to enjoy the festival lanterns day and night. De ... ...
