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Chinese Culture--Traditional Chinese Festivals
and Customs

• By Yu Huifen (Julia)
• International School
• Jinan University

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Whats The Date Today?

• May 31 in Solar Calendar
• May 5th in the Chinese Lunar Calendar
• It is Dragon Boat Festival Today.

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The Dragon Boat Festival

• Also known as Duanwu Jie
• It falls on the fifth day of the fifth month in
  Chinese lunar calendar.

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Traditional Customs Relating To The Festival

• Racing dragon boats

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Traditional Customs Relating To The Festival

• Eating zongzi

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Qu Yuan

• Qu Yuan, the patriotic poet who drowned
  himself on this day in 277 BC.

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Trying To Save Qu Yuans Body
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Traditional Customs Relating To The Festival

• Holding dragon-boat races.

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It Is Now An International Event
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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.

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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

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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.

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Traditional Customs Relating To The Spring
Festival

• Writing and Pasting couplets on doors

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Traditional Customs Relating To The Spring
Festival

• Creating paper-cuts for window decoration

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Paper-Cut Happy New Year
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Paper-Cutting Is Now A Popular Art

• Creating paper-cuts for window decoration

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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)

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Traditional Customs Relating To The Spring
Festival

• Children Getting money in red envelopes from
  their parents and relatives

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Traditional Customs Relating To The Spring
Festival

• The lion and dragon dancing

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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.

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Traditional Customs Relating To The Spring
Festival

• Enjoying Family Reunion Dinner on New Years Eve

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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.

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Traditional Customs Relating To The Lantern
Festival

• Decorating houses and streets with various
  delicate and beautiful lanterns

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Traditional Customs Relating To The Lantern
Festival

• Lantern displays everywhere

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Traditional Customs Relating To The Lantern
Festival
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Traditional Customs Relating To The Lantern
Festival

• Lantern-riddle guessing

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Traditional Customs Relating To The Lantern
Festival

• Eating Yuanxiao, a sweet rice ball

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Mid-Autumn Festival

• The 15th day of the eighth lunar month, in the
  middle of autumn
• Also called Reunion Festival

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The Origin of Mid-Autumn Festival

• A beautiful story of Hou Yi and Chang ER

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Traditional Customs Relating To The Festival

• The round moon and round moon cake are both
  symbols of family reunion

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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.

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Traditional Customs Relating to the Festival

• Family reunion dinner on the festival evening
• Typical food moon-cake

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Double Seventh Day

• The 7th evening of the 7th lunar month
• Also called The Seventh Eve or Qixij

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Its Chinese Valentines Day
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An Ancient Chinese Legend About It
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A Love Story Between A Cowherd And A Girl Weaver
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An Opera About The Story
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Double Ninth Day

• A day to honor senior citizens
• Nine sounds similar to the word long timein
  Chinese

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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)

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Characteristics Of Traditional Chinese Festivals

• Each of them has
• A long history
• A legend
• Special customs or activities
• An unique food

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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

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Teaching American Students To Make Jiaozi

• During 2001 Spring Festival

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Playing Taiji With A Canadian Professor
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Foreign People Celebrate Traditional Chinese
Festivals

• A film clip
• Canadian People Celebrate the Chinese Spring
  Festival

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Similarities and Differences Between Celebrations
of Traditional Chinese and Western Festivals

• Group Discussion
• Film Clip