1、会计学,1,中西方节日1,Western festival,New Years Day 新年Valentines Day 情人节Easter 复活节April Fools Day 愚人节Mothers Day 母亲节Halloween 万圣节Thanksgiving Day 感恩节Christmas 圣诞节,the Spring Festival 春节the Lantern Festival 元 宵节（灯节)the Qing Ming Festival 清明节the Dragon-Boat Festival 端午节the Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节the Double Ni
2、nth Festival 重阳节,Chinese traditional festival,A clown(小丑）,April Fools Day,A bat,A pumpkin lantern(南瓜灯）,Halloween（万圣节）,Brainstorm,How many Chinese traditional festivals do you know?,Chinese traditional festival,Spring Festival（春节）,Lantern Festival(元宵节）,Tomb-sweeping Festival(清明节）,Dragon Boat Festival
3、(端午节）,Qi Xi Festival（七夕节）,Mid-autumn Festival（中秋节）,Double Ninth Festival(重阳节）,How many western holidays do you know?,Western Holidays,Christmas(圣诞节）,Valentines Day（情人节）,Easter（复活节）,April Fools Day（愚人节）,Halloween（万圣节）,Thanksgiving Day,1.The Spring Festival(春节）2.Qi Xi Festival（七夕）3.Tomb-sweeping Day（清
4、明节）4.Double Ninth Festival（重阳节）,1.Christmas（圣诞节）2.Valentines day（情人节）3.Halloween（万圣节）4.Thanksgiving Day（感恩节）,P K,Compare the Chinese Traditional Holidays with Western ones,The Spring Festival,Part One,&,Christmas,The Spring festival is also known as the Chinese New Year,which is the most important t
5、raditional festival in China.It falls on the first day of the first Chinese lunar month.,Do you know the origin of the Spring Festival?,Celebrate the New Year.,In ancient time,a demon(怪物）called“Nian”that lived under the sea would hurt people once a year on the new year eve.It jumped out from the sea
6、,attacked villages,devoured（吞食）people,animals and plants.,Origin,Demon Nian,The villagers gathered to discuss how to deal with“Nian”.Some people suggested that the demon was afraid of loud noises,red color and flames.,Origin,Fireworks,Dragon dance,So they lighted firecrackers,put on red couplets(对联）
7、on their gates,beat gongs(锣）and drums to drive“Nian”away.Since then,the custom and tradition of celebrating the Spring Festival were born.,Origin,1.Spring Cleaning,Customs,From December 23rd in the Chinese calendar,people begin to clean their house to say goodbye to the old year and usher in（宣告来临）a
8、happy and fresh new year.,Do you know the customs in the Spring Festival?,2.Write and paste couplets(对联)on doors,Customs,3.The lion and dragon dancing,Customs,4.Set off fireworks,Customs,It is said that the evil spirits can be frightened to run away.,Customs,5.Receive Gift Money,Children get money i
9、n red paper or envelop from their parents or relatives.,Customs,6.Greet each other,恭喜发财！红包拿来！,Dumplings(饺子)2.New Year cake(年糕),Do you know the food in the Spring Festival?,It means in Chinese the beginning of the new year.,It means abundance(富足）and wealth for household(一家人).,3.Whole fish(鱼),Food,“Fi
10、sh”in Chinese language is pronounced as“Yu”.It sounds like“余”.“年年有余”means togetherness and abundance（富足）.,Debate:Should we celebrate western festivals or not?,Pro.,Con.,Nowadays,most of the youngsters observe Christmas holiday.Should we still celebrate western festivals or not?,Yes!,No!,December 25
11、is the day that most Christianities celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.,How did the Christmas originate?,In 1607,religious leaders all over the world met and reached an agreement that December 25 would be the Christmas day.Since then,most Christians began to celebrate Christmas.,Origin,1.Send Chris
12、tmas Cards and songs,Customs,People send Christmas cards to their friends or family members to show their best wishes for a new year.,In the bible,Jesus was born at night,so the night of December 24 is known as the Christmas eve.,Origin,2.Receive gifts from Santa Claus,Customs,Santa Claus is believe
13、d to be a fat happy old man with a red suit,red hat and long white beards.,He can come down from chimney on Christmas Eve and bring children gifts.,3.Exchange gifts,Customs,Ancient religion believed that the first Christmas gifts were given by Three Wise Men to the infant Jesus.,1.Christmas Tree,Sym
14、bols,President Bushs wife with Christmas tree,It is covered with strings of colored lights,and the star on the top is believed to guide Three Wise Men to find Jesus.,2.Santa Claus,Symbols,Santa Clauses are studying.,Santa Claus sends parcel(包）.,3.Christmas wreath,Symbols,It means the perpetuity(永恒）o
15、f Jesus Christ.,4.Stockings,Symbols,1.()The origin of the Spring Festival is associated with a monster called“Nian”.2.()In the early December of lunar calendar,people begin to sweep the house for the new year.3.()December 24th is known as Christmas Eve.4.()It is said that the Santa will knock the do
16、or and give presents to children.,Exercise:True or False Questions,X,X,December 23rd in the Chinese calendar,climb down from the chimney,Qi Xi Festival&Valentines Day,Part Two,The Double Seventh Festival,on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month,is a traditional festival full of romance.It is also calle
17、d Chinese Valentines Day,Qi Qiao Jie（七巧节）,the Daughters Festival（女儿节）.It is an important day for girls.,Origin,A handsome but poor orphan who lived with his elder brother and sister-in-law.After his parents passed away,the boys brother inherited the house and the land.But all he had was an old ox.,O
18、rigin,As a cowherd,the boy had to work the farm fields and talked with his ox.With the oxs help,the cowherd fell in love with the Emperors seventh daughter,Weaving Maid.Weaving Maid was good at handcrafting,especially weaving clothes.They soon had two children two years later.,Origin,However,the emp
19、eror missed the beautiful skies once woven by Weaving Maid.He ordered his daughters mother to find her and bring back to him.,Origin,As Weaving Maid was flying to heaven with her mother,the cowherd put on his oxs hide（皮）and put their children into two bamboo baskets laced with（系上）his wifes magical f
20、airy clothes to chase after his love.,Origin,But the mother created a milky way（银河）in the sky to keep the lovers apart.They could meet each other once in a year on the day of the 7th day of the 7th lunar month.,Origin,Therefore,it is hard to find magpies（喜鹊）on Chinese Valentines Day in China,because
21、 all magpies fly to make the bridge for the Weaving Maid and Cowherd.,Origin,1.Overhear（偷听）the Maid crying,Customs,It is said that under the grape-wine,you could probably hear the crying of Weaving Maid.,2.Five-colored Ribbons(丝带）,Customs,Girls throw the ribbons on the roof so than magpie(喜鹊）can use
22、 them to build a bridge.,1.Needle work（针线活）,Symbols,2.Blossom water(花瓣水）On the Chinese Valentines day,girls would put blossoms into a copper basin of water,which could absorb the essence（精华）of blossoms and do good to girls skin.,Symbols,Valentines Day is celebrated on the 14th February each year.Val
23、entine was a priest(神甫）who served during the third century in Rome.When Emperor Claudius decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families,he stopped the young men from marrying.,Origin,Valentine realized the injustice of the decree,defied（违背）Claudius and continued to p
24、erform marriage with a young lady in secret.When Valentines actions were discovered,Claudius ordered that he put to death.,Origin,1.Send Valentines card,Customs,2.Exchange gifts between lovers,Customs,3.Kiss,Customs,1.candy 2.chocolates,Food,Flowers,Symbols,Exercise:Match Column A with Colum B,Qi Xi
25、 Festival Valentines Day,1.Chocolate 2.Five-colored ribbons3.Needle work4.cards5.Blossom water6.Weaving Maid7.Emperor Claudius,A,B,Discuss:If you were the Heaven Emperor,what will do with the Weaving Maid and cowherd?,Tomb-sweeping Day&Halloween,Part Three,Tomb-sweeping Day is a time to remember the
26、 dead and the dearly departed.More important,it is a period to honor and to pay respect to ones deceased（亡故的）ancestors and family members.It falls in early spring.“Qing Ming”literally（字面的）means“Clear Brightness”.,Origin,It is popularly associated with Jie Zi-tui（介子推）,who lived in Shanxi province in
27、600 B.C.Jie saved his starving lords(Chong er)life by serving a piece of his own leg.When the lord succeeded in becoming the ruler of a small country,he invited his faithful follower Jie Zi-tui to join him.,Origin,However,Jie declined his invitation,preferring to lead a hermits(隐士）life with his moth
28、er in the mountains.Believing that he could force Jie out by burning the mountain,the lord ordered his men to set the forest on fire.But Jie chose to remain where he was and was burnt to death.,Origin,To commemorate Jie,the lord ordered all fires in every home to be put on the anniversary of Jies de
29、ath.Thus began the“cold food feast”（寒食节）,a day when no food could be cooked since no fire could be lit.The“cold food”festival occurs on the eve of Qing Ming and is often considered as part of the Qing Ming Festival.,Origin,1.Visit the graves of the ancestors2.Sweep the ashes on the tomb,Customs,3.Go
30、 to the suburb(Ta Qing),Customs,To breathe the fresh air and enjoy the scenery.,1.All Souls Day2.Clear Brightness Festival3.Festival for Tending Graves4.Grave Sweeping Day,Other Names,Around the eighth century,the Christian church made November 1 All Saints Day to honor all of the saints(圣徒）that did
31、nt have a special day of their own.It was called All Hollows（圣徒）.,Origin,The night before was known as All Hallows Eve.Eventually this name became Halloween.The legend said on that day night,the spirits would come back in search of living bodies to possess for the next year.,Origin,1.Parade（游行）2.Cos
32、tume parties 化妆舞会,Customs,3.Trick or treat(不招待就使坏）Children dressed in costumes knock on their neighbors doors and yell“trick or treat”when the door opens.If the hostess dont give the candies,the children will rush into the house and make trouble.,Customs,1.Carved pumpkin with a lit candle inside(南瓜灯
33、）(Jack-o-lantern)2.Skeletons（骷髅）3.Bats（蝙蝠）,Halloween symbols and Food,4.Dried pumpkin seeds(干南瓜子）5.Popcorn balls（玉米）,Halloween Symbols and Foods,Double Ninth Festival&Thanksgiving Day,Part Four,The Double-Ninth Festival falls on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month and has a history of more than 1,700 years.,Origin,The festival is based on the theory of Yin(阴）and Yang（阳）,the two opposing princip
