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课件网) Unit 3 Festivals and HolidaysSpeaking: Festivals 4.It is the most important festival in China. 2. It is in winter. Let ’s play a guessing game 3.Peole usually wear new clothes during the festival. 5.You can get some money from others. 1.It is a festival. fire-crackers couplets Spring Festival Spring Festival is the most important festival in China. It comes in January or February. Before the festival, people always buy a lot of things for it. They will put up Chinese New Year couplets. On the Spring Festival’s Eve ,people will get together and have a big meal, the most important food is dumplings. After the meal, people set off firecrackers .Children are very happy because they can get some money from others. sweet dumplings lanterns Lantern Festival Lantern Festival is on the 15th day of the first lunar month. On that day, People will make yuanxiao with their family and have a big dinner together. After dinner, watching lanterns and guessing lantern riddles are their important activities. Tomb-Sweeping Day 清明节 Qing Ming Festival or Tomb-sweeping Day It falls on the 4th to 6th in April every year. The major custom of the festival is tomb sweeping. Because of the warm weather ,people often go outside to relax, they like flying kites, plant trees and so on. Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 moon-cakes Mid-Autumn Day Mid-Autumn Day is on the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar. I t falls in the middle of the autumn. On that day people will get together with their families. They will have a big dinner. After dinner they sit around and eat many kinds of mooncakes together. Double Ninth Festival It falls on the 9th day of the 9th lunar month. It is a festival for the old. On that day ,people often like climbing the mountains, watching the red leaves or flowers with their parents. They also drink wine together. I love my mom and dad. Mother’s Day Father’s Day Mother’s Day is a holiday on the second Sunday in May and Father’s Day is on the third Sunday in June. On that day, children often give gifts ,cards, flowers to their mother and father to show their love. They can also do something special for them. Thanksgiving Thanksgivings Day Thanksgivings Day is celebrated on the 4th Thursday of November .It is a festival for the harvest. On that day ,people will get together and have a big meal. The most important food is turkey. They also make pumpkin pie and many other delicious food .They will invite some friends to share the happiness. ? Christmas Christmas is on the December 25th . It is a festival for celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. People always decorate a Christmas trees . On that day ,People also go to the church with their families and giving gifts to each other. They sing and dance happily. Easter It falls on the first Sunday after the full moon of the spring equinox every year. It is a religious holiday. This is an ancient custom : People often color the egg i ... ...
