What do festivals mean?

Festivals are meant to celebrate important events or to honour people at a particular time.

FESTIVALChristmas

May Day

Army DayNew Year’s Day

National DaySpring Festival

Fathers’ Day

Mid-Autumn Festival

Teachers’ Day

Dragon Boat Festival

Mothers’ Day

Children’s Day

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Festival Time of year/date

What it celebrates

What people do

Mid-Autumn Festival

autumn/fall

the beauty of the full moon, harvest, time with family and friends

give and eat mooncakes;

watch the full moon with family and friends

Festival Time of year/date

What it celebrates

What people do

Spring Festival

January/

February

the end of winter, arrival of spring, Lunar New Year, reunion with family and relatives

give money in red envelopes to children; see dragon dances; eat fish, prawns（对虾） and dumplings; visit family members

Festival Time of year/date

What it celebrates

What people do

the founding of the People’s Republic of China in1949

October1st

National Day

visit family or go to other parts of China; go shopping

Festival Time of year/date

What it celebrates

What people do

Dragon Boat Festival/Duanwu Festival

the fifth day of the fifth month in lunar calendar

in memory of the beloved poet Qu Yuan who died in 278 BC

eat zongzi; watch dragon-boatraces; throw rice wrapped in reed（芦苇） leaves into water in memory of Qu Yuan; put herbs （草本植物） on doorways for good health

Festival Time of year/date

What it celebrates

What people do

sweep the tombs; give flowers

Tomb Sweeping Day

5th April

honour the dead and satisfy the ancestors

What foreign festivals do you know?

Mother’s Day, Father’s DayChristmas, Halloween,

Thanksgiving Day, Easter,Valentine’s Day,

April Fool’s Day…

In March/April

It is the time when Jesus Christ died and came back to life.

Eat chocolate eggs

Easter

Christmas Day

• On December 25th• It is the birthday of

Jesus Christ• Go to the parties and

churches , give cards and presents to our friends and relatives

Valentine’s Day

• In February

People send roses and cards to the people they love.

Play a game

1.全班按 the activities, the music, the food, the people who visit 为组名分为四组。

2.全班选择某个节日 ,如Mid-Autumn Festival.每一组的组名代表节日中他们最喜欢的那部分，给每组学生三分钟时间，让他们在一张纸上列出他们能想到的尽可能多的喜爱理由，写出单词或短语即可。

3.三分钟后，让各组说出他们的理由，凡是五组举出的相同理由，要求每组划去。

4.最后统计，哪一组举出与众不同的理由最多，哪一组即获胜。