文化: 中秋節Mid-Autumn Festival(Mood Festival)

中文影片Video: 中秋節

重要習俗: 賞月  吃月餅  一家團聚

英文影片Video: 中秋節

英文影片Video: 嫦娥和后羿的故事

中文影片Video: 嫦娥奔月/吳剛伐桂/玉兔搗藥

Please click the below link to watch the movie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJIZueXxW_I

 

 

 

 

萬聖節詞語Halloween Phrases

萬聖節詞語Halloween Phrases

Please study the following Halloween phrases.

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250452-mummy.mp3

 

 250442-apple.mp3

 250446-devil.mp3

 

 

 

treat or trick.mp3

 make up party.mp3

 black cat.mp3

 happy hallween.mp3

 parade.mp3

 250448-ghost.mp3

 250445-candy.mp3

 250456-spider.mp3

 250443-bat.mp3

 250454-pumpkin.mp3

 250459-witch.mp3

 furstein.mp3

 skelton.mp3

 zombie.mp3

 invisible.mp3

 

元宵節Festival of Lanterns

 元宵節Festival of Lanterns

Information from http://www.chinahighlights.com/festivals/lantern-festival.htm

Lantern Festival is celebrated on the 15th day of the first month of traditional Chinese calendar.

As the first important festival after the traditional Chinese New Year
(Spring Festival), it is also the first night to see a full moon, and
it marks the end of the two-week New Year holiday period. During Lantern
Festival, people get together to celebrate the beginning of spring by
watching lanterns, fireworks and eating Yuanxiao (sweet stuffed
dumplings made of glutinous rice flour served in soup).

Legend about the Lantern

Legend
has it that long time ago, there were many fierce wild beasts and birds
that greatly affected local people's lives and safety. In order to
protect themselves, people had to kill those wild animals. One day, a
sacred bird in heaven accidentally got lost and fell on the mortal
world. However, an ignorant hunter thought the bird was kind of fierce
animal and killed it. The heaven emperor was very angry and ordered his
soldiers to set fire and burn everything on the fifteenth day of the
first month. The daughter of heaven emperor was very kind and did not
want it to happen. So she secretly came to the mortal world and informed
the people. People were scared and tried to think of a solution. An old
man came up with an idea. He told every family should light up lanterns
and fireworks on the 14th, 15th and 16th day of the 1st lunar month.
Maybe the heaven emperor would think that everything has been burned
out. Everyone
agreed and was busy preparing for that. On the 15th day of the 1st
lunar month, the heaven emperor looked down, and there was red fire and
thundering cracks everywhere, for three nights. He thought the folks had
been punished; therefore people got to keep their lives and property.
From then on, people light up lanterns and fireworks on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month, in order to celebrate the success.

The origin of Festival of Lanterns

Customs

China
is a vast country with a long history and diverse cultures, so the
customs and activities vary in different areas. Among them, eating
Yuanxiao, watch lanterns, guess lantern riddles, lion dance and dragon
dance are the most important and prevalent ones. Hangzhou,
the political center of the Southern Song Dynasty), witnessed the
flourish of making and guessing lantern riddles during people's
appreciation of lanterns. People wrote riddles on paper notes and pasted
upon the colorful lanterns. If visitors think they have the right
answers to the riddles, they could pull the paper out and went to the
lantern owners to check their answer. If they were right, they would get
small gifts. As riddle guessing is interesting and informative, it has
become popular among all social strata.

Guessing the Lantern Riddles

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Guessing the lantern riddles is one of the most popular activities of the Lantern Festival.
Guessing
the lantern riddles, also known as playing lantern riddles, is one of
the most important and popular activities of the Lantern Festival. The
lantern riddles, originating from common riddles, emerged in the
Southern Song Dynasty (960-1279), whose capital, Lin'an (today's
Hangzhou, the political center of the Southern Song Dynasty), witnessed
the flourish of making and guessing lantern riddles during people's
appreciation of lanterns. People wrote riddles on paper notes and pasted
upon the colorful lanterns. If visitors think they have the right
answers to the riddles, they could pull the paper out and went to the
lantern owners to check their answer. If they were right, they would get
small gifts. As riddle guessing is interesting and informative, it has
become popular among all social strata.

湯圓 v.s. 元宵

中國新年Chinese New Year

Happy
Chinese New Year!

Please
click the pictures below to learn about Chinese New Year.

Happy
learning!

 Introduction to Chinese New Year

十二生肖 Twelve Zodiac Animals

 

 

The origin of red envelope

 

 

 

Chinese
New Year Song

 

清明節The Qingming (Pure Brightness) Festival

清明節

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The Qingming (Pure Brightness) Festival

The
Qingming (Pure Brightness) Festival is one of the 24 seasonal division
points in China, falling on April 4-6 each year. After the festival, the
temperature will rise up and rainfall increases. It is the high time
for spring plowing and sowing. But the Qingming Festival is not only a
seasonal point to guide farm work, it is more a festival of
commemoration.

 

 

On
each Qingming Festival, all cemeteries are crowded with people who came
to sweep tombs and offer sacrifices. After slightly sweeping the tombs, people offer food,
flowers and favorites of the dead, then burn incense and paper money and
bow before the memorial tablet.

 

People also enjoy hope of
Spring on this day. The Qingming Festival is a time when the sun shines
brightly, the trees and grass become green and nature is again lively.
Since ancient times, people have followed the custom of Spring outings. 

 People
love to fly kites during the Qingming Festival.

 

The
Qingming Festival is also a time to plant trees

 

 

 Please click the picture below to know about Qingming Festival