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1、Spring FestivalThe Spring Festival is known as the most important Festivalin China. During the holiday, people go back to hometown from everywhere no matter how far the distance is. They prepare various delicious food and presents for the Spring Festival Eve. Chinese will have a happy family union i

2、n the Spring Festival Eve, they believe that ' s the end day of last year and they will stay up for good luck until the first day of next year.In China, the most traditional and popular Spring Festival food is dumpling, which looks like the moon with vegetables and meat mixed in it. The Chinese

3、name of dumpling is ”JIAO ZI " ： JIAO“ means “ cross" , “ ZI “ Cisinese traditional time represents"24:00 ” , so the Chinese word “JIAO ZI " means “cross24:00 ” , just the dividing point of last year and next year. So when it comes to 24:00, every family begins eating dumplings.F

4、irecracker is also necessary for Spring Festival, the story of Firecracker is: Long ago, in a small village, there appeared a savage animal called“ NIANT , this animal always c ame out toeat people in the Eve. One day, villagers found three things can make “NIANT scared: Red color, Fire and noise. S

5、o when“NIANT came again, villagers put up red paper on the door and setfirecra cker everywhere. After that,“NIANT disappeared fromthat village. Now putting up red paper on the door and setting firecracker becomes Spring Festival customs and people believe doing these will bring their family safety.S

6、pring Festival is also the happiest time for children, because they can get red envelope containing money as a gift from the elder. During the Spring Festival, any unfortunate word cannot be heard because it will make people upset and unhappy. People also make use of this holiday to visit their rela

7、tives and bring them some presents and well-wishing.1. The Lantern FestivalThe Lantern Festival is January 15 on the lunar calendar.The lunar January is the first month of a year and 15th is the firstday of full moon. Therefore, Lantern Festival is an important Festival right after Spring Festival.D

8、uring Lantern Festival, people go along the street to watch lanterns and children light their own small lanterns for some fun. The biggest and most beautiful lantern is the dragon lantern, which looks like a flying dragon, held by several young guys.One with a ball in hand leads the dragon to move.S

9、ome lanterns have puzzles on them, called lantern puzzle, the one who gets the answer could receive small presents andbe happy for his intelligence.The traditional food for Lantern Festival is rice glue ball.Rice glue ball is a flavor ball with filling in it, for example, peanutfilling, sesame filli

10、ng and jam filling,the rice glue ball s shapeis just like the full moon appears in the sky. This kind of dessert is especially welcomed by children.2. Tomb- sweeping DayTomb -sweep Day is an ancient festival in spring, also calledQing Ming Festival. In ancient China, the emperor worshippedheaven and

11、 earth in order to bless for harvest. People worshipped their ancestors with sacrifice and showed their missing for ancestors.Tomb-sweeping Day, are always rainy days, just like the skycrying for dead people. A Chinese poem described as following:Qing Ming usually comes with rainy daysPassengers on

12、the way are full of sorenessI ask a Buffalo boy for tavern to release my sadnessHe points to the village covered by apricot blossomsThis poem The Day of Qing Ming “is written by a poet calledDu Mu in Tang Dynasty. Qing Ming Festival is the day to worshiphis mother with family, but the writer goes al

13、one in the rainydays as a passenger far from his hometown, he felt deeply upset and sorrowed. He has to find a tavern to have a drink, perhaps in this way he will release himself from sadness.3. The Dragon Boat FestivalThe Dragon Boat Festival is in May 5th on the lunar calendar.The beginning of thi

14、s festival is in memory of Qu Yuan, a wiseminister and poet in Chu dynasty, who jumped into Mi Luo Riverin lunar May 5 th for despair of country, unfair treat anddefamation. People threw rice dumplings to River to protect hisbody from eating by fish and showed their respect for Qu Yuansnoble spirit.

15、In recent China, people also eat rice dumplings in DragonBoat Festival. From the name, we can directly know thecampaign of this festival is Dragon Boating. A team of strongmen on the Dragon Boat will try their best to win 1st and showChinese strongest spirits.People use moxa to clean themselves and

16、use five-colorthread crossing small childrens arms and fingers to keep 川nessfar away.5. Mid-Autumn DayMid-autumn Day is August 15 th on lunar calendar. According to history records, Chinese emperor has tradition that worship the Sun in spring and worship the Moon in autumn. As august 15 th is exactl

17、y the middle of autumn, so it is called Mid-Autumn DayThere are a lot of stories about the moon since ancient China.One most famous story is Change flying to the moon.Thousands of years ago, there were 9 suns in the sky, many people felt too hot to live. A young man called Yi was brave enough and sh

18、ot 8 suns to the ground and saved people. One day Yi got a potion of elixir from Queen Mother and gave his wife Chang e to keep. A man named Peng Meng knew about the elixir and wanted to get it from Chang'e. One day when Yi was out forhunting, Peng Meng went to rob the elixir. In order to protec

19、t the elixir, Chang'e swallowed all of the elixir then flied to the moon.In memory of Chang e, she is recognized as the goddess of the moon.The traditional food of Mid-Autumn Day is Moon cake, a round baked cake with fillings in it. The round shape of moon cake represents family reunion. In the

20、night of Mid-Autumn Day, every family has moon cake and watches the moon.6. The Double Ninth FestivalThe Double Ninth Festival is an important traditionalChinese festival in September 9th on lunar calendar. It is theninth day of the ninth lunar month, ancient Chinese believesnine represents sun, the brightest thing, September 9th has twonine, the sun is doubled, so call it Double Ninth Festival. Ninealso means Long in Chinese words, so the Double Ninth Festivalis also recognized The Old Festival.In Double