Unit One

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Unit One Festivals around the world
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Chinese traditional festivals

• 1. Last day of 12th lunar month
• 2. 1st day of 1st lunar month
• 3. 15th day of 1st lunar month
• 4. around April 5
• 5. 5th day of 5th lunar month
• 6. 7th day of 7th lunar month
• 7. 15th day of 8th lunar month
• 8. 9th day of 9th lunar month
• 9. 8th day of 12th lunar month

• 1. Chinese New Year Eve
• 2. Spring Festival
• 3. Lantern Festival
• 4. Tomb Sweeping Day
• 5. Dragon Boat Festival
• 6. Qiqiao Festival
• 7. Mid-Autumn Festival
• 8. Chung Yeung Festival
• 9. Laba Festival

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Chinese modern festivals

• 1. Mar. 8th
• 2. Mar. 12th
• 3. May. 1st
• 4. May 4th
• 5. second Sunday in May
• 6. June 1st
• 7. third Sunday in June
• 8. July 1st
• 9. Aug. 1st
• 10. Sep. 10th
• 11. Oct. 1st

• 1. Womens Day
• 2. Tree Planting Day
• 3. International Labor day
• 4. Youth Day
• 5. Mothers Day
• 6. Childrens Day
• 7. Fathers Day
• 8. Army Day
• 9. Party Day
• 10. Teachers Day
• 11. National Day

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Foreign festivals

• 1. Dec. 25th
• 2. Feb. 14th
• 3. Apr. 1st
• 4. fourth Thursday in Nov.
• 5. around Mar. 7th
• 6. Oct. 31st
• 7. from Nov. 11th

• 1. Christmas
• 2. Valentines Day
• 3. Fools Day
• 4. Thanksgiving Day
• 5. Easter Day
• 6. Halloween
• 7. Carnival

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Obon
Can you guess these festivals?
Thanksgiving
Halloween
Valentines Day
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• What festivals or celebrations do
• you have in your city or town?
• What part of a festival do you
• like best- the activities, the music,
• the sights, the food or the people
• who visit?
• Watermelon Lantern Culture Festival

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READING
FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS
Read the text and find out different kinds of
holidays
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Ancient festivals
Festivals of the Dead
Festivals to Honour People
Harvest Festivals
Spring Festivals
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Fill in the following chart
Festivals Names of Festival Countries
Festivals of the Dead
Festivals to Honour People
Harvest Festivals
Spring Festivals
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Festivals Names of Festivals Countries
Festivals of the Dead
Festivals to Honour People
Japan Mexico some Western countries
--Obon --Day of the Dead -- Halloween
-- Dragon Boat Festival -- Columbus
Day --festival to honor Gandhi
China USA India
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Festivals Names of Festivals Countries
Harvest Festivals
Spring Festivals
-- harvest/ Thanksgiving festivals --mid-autumn
festivals
European and other countries China and Japan
Spring Festival Easter and related holidays
Cherry Blossom Festival
China Some Western countries Japan
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Use the information from the reading passage to
answer the following questions.
1. What are festivals of the dead usually for? 2.
What makes autumn festivals happy events? 3.
What do people usually do at spring
festivals? 4. What is one important reason to
have festivals and celebrations? 5. Compare
the festivals of the dead in Mexico, Japan
and China. What things are similar? What
things are different?
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1.What are festivals of the dead usually for?
Festivals of the dead are for honouring or
satisfying dead ancestors or others, who some
people believe might return to help or harm
living people.
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2. What makes autumn festivals happy events?
Autumn festivals are happy events because people
are thankful that food is ready for winter and
the hard farm work is finished.
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3. What do people usually do at spring festivals?
At spring festivals, people usually have dances,
carnivals and other activities to celebrate the
end of winter and the coming of spring.
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4. What is one important reason to have festivals
and celebrations?
It is important to have festivals and
celebrations so we can enjoy life / be proud of
our customs / forget our work for a little while.
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5. Compare the festivals of the dead in Mexico,
Japan and China. What things are similar? What
things are different?
The Chinese, Japanese and Mexico festivals of
dead all have customs to honour the dead. The
Chinese and Japanese go to clean their ancestors
graves, and the Mexicans offer food, flowers and
gifts to the dead.
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However, there are some differences. The
Mexicans eat special food that looks like bones,
something the Chinese and Japanese do not do.
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Thank you