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春节和圣诞节的英语作文篇1Christmas morning, I get up, take a look at the bed there is no gift. Found the bed there is an envelope, open a look, which says "magic gift" these words, do not understand, look inside is a paper wrapped up things.I went to ask my mother, only to know that this is the seeds of flowers, I am very happy. When I got to school and put my bag on my chair, I went to ask them what they got. Wu said: "I got some flowers and my brother got a toy car." I said quickly: "I also got the seeds of flowers." We both spoke very happy, Chen Han Yi ran over and said: "I got some candy."Come home at night, I put the morning seed gift to the soil, and put it on their own desk. Suddenly, my mother called a phone and said: "Liang Liang, you finished the work, to my place to work to play." I listened happier, and I soon finished the work, and my father came to my mothers shop TheTwo Christmas trees dressed in the door, shop glass window is also covered with a circle of glittering gifts, is really very beautiful. Mom and I went to buy a pair of pants, the pants are black, there are two bow, and then go to Intime 8 store to buy two lollipops.This years Christmas I am very happy, there are gifts in the morning, evening gifts, really rich and colorful it!春节和圣诞节的`英语作文篇2Christmas is one of the most important celebrations of the year for the western countries. It falls on the twenty- fifth of December and has the same importance as Chinese New Year to people with English backgrounds. The celebration is for the birth of Jesus Christ, who is the son of God in Christianity. Now days Christmas is no longer only celebrated by the Christians, but by most people from all over the world. On the twenty- fourth of December everyone gets excited for it’s the day before Christmas which is called Christmas Eve. The children are usually sent to bed early and are warned that “Santa Claus will only come and give you a present if you be good.” The younger kids actually believe that Santa will come down the chimney on the sleigh that’s pulled by his reindeers. Food like short bre ad and beer are prepared for Santa when he comes, however most times parents just eat them. Some children put socks and sacks up for the holding of the presents (that their parents put in).Rise and shine on Christmas morning! The children are always the first ones to wake up, some even do at four. Present wrappers everywhere! They look into their presents with a big smile on their face and oh dear….I hope no one’s disappointed.I feel sorry for anyone that got pink underwear. Children play while dinner is prepared by the adults. The Christmas dinner are usually eaten together by relatives. The tradition of Christmas pudding and roosters are usually eaten with deserts afterwards. The rest of the day is usually games and fun before the good days all come to an end. I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!春节和圣诞节的英语作文篇3Spring Festival is the most important festival in China .It’sto celebrate the lunar calendar ‘s new year .In the evening before the Spring Festival ,families get together and have a big meal .In many places people like to set off firecrackers .Dumplings are the most traditional food .Children like the festival very much ,because they can have delicious food and wear new clothes .They can also get some money from their parents.This money is given to children for good luck .People put New Year scrolls on the wall for good fortune.The Spring Festival lasts about 15 days long .People visit relatives and friends with the words “Have all your wishes ”.People enjoy the Spring Festival ,during this time they can have a good rest.春节和圣诞节的英语作文篇4one day ,long ago ,a litter baby was born.his name was jesus.jesus was a special baby.mang people say he was the son of god.think that he is born in the sky having a new come into being, and evasive intense star brilliant rays occasionally. have had three sages to follow person star brilliant rays , have found jesus. they have brought about the peculiar gift, and have foretold that jesus grows up may become a great people the day afer tomorrow. 春节和圣诞节的英语作文篇5There are many festivals in a year. There are Chinese traditional festivals, which belong to our festival - children's day, may, eleven, and other legal holidays. But what I like most is not the holidays, but Christmas.Christmas is a festival for all the Christian countries in the world to commemorate the birth of the Lord of the Lord. Although it is not valued by the Chinese, we can still see the changes that Christmas brings to life. First of all, some businessesbegan to sell Christmas products. Shops were full of Christmas related products: reindeer, Santa Claus toys! They became popular products and loved by consumers. Secondly, the school has also carried out a lot of Christmas activities, what to guess gifts, Christmas party, give people a strong holiday atmosphere. Christmas is coming in so slowly.It seems to me that Christmas is such an atmosphere and a mysterious holiday. And it also inspires me to cherish the time, only once a year. Once every time, we have grown up one year old again.春节和圣诞节的英语作文篇6I like Christmas, it is just like our Spring Festival.Maybe the Spring Festival is much more important and interesting than Christmas, but I like Christmas Day better. Because we can spend time with our friends and classmates during Christmas. When it is snowy,Christmas becomes much more lovely, just like in fairytales. I can imagine I am in a fairytale, the girl who sold the matches is my friend, the ugly duck becoming more and more beautiful and so on. What a beautiful place! So we can also call Christmas “Snowy Lovely Day.”On Christmas Day, shops are red and green. There are so many Christmas cards, Christmas hats, Christmas dolls and many colourful things. So shops look very beautiful. We can give a card or a doll to our friends and say “Merry Christmas.” By the way, I think studying can also become much more interesting.Christmas is coming, it also means a new year will come. Let’s study harder to welcome the new year!春节和圣诞节的英语作文篇7On the night of December 25th, my mother took me to thesupermarket, and the supermarket door was in front of the people.There is a plastic Christmas tree in front of the supermarket, a tree covered with white and riotous with colour paper, cotton, there are a lot of shining stars like the bulb. That Santa wears sharp red hat, wearing red clothes, where to squirm, say hello to the people. Everyone has a good look, and no one wants to leave there.I asked my mother, what festival is it today? So busy, mother told me that this is the Christmas of the western countries, it is like the Spring Festival in our country. Western festivals are spread to our country, no wonder it is so busy today.春节和圣诞节的英语作文篇8It is said that around sixteenth Century, the German evergreen pine branches to the furnishings in the house, and later, the German missionary Martin Ruud put the candle on the fir tree in the woods, and then lit, it looks like to guide people to the Bethlehem stars, like two thousand years ago, the three Magi found Jesus in accordance with the stars in general. Today, people have used small light bulbs instead of candles.A long time ago, a farmer, met a poor child on Christmas day, he received a child, the child when he left pine root ed in the ground and immediately turned into a pine tree, hung above a gift to farmers in return for the kindness.However, the Christmas tree really appeared at Christmas, first seen in Germany and then introduced into Europe and the United States as an indispensable ornament for Christmas. They usually use colorful lights, wax, gifts or angels to decorate Christmas trees, especially those living in the northwestern part of the United States. Because of the abundant forest resources,they will choose a real tree as Christmas tree. The Christmas tree has a wide variety of natural pine and cypress Christmas trees, and artificial Christmas trees and white Christmas trees. Every Christmas tree is covered with dazzling decorations, but there must be a huge star at the top of every tree. It's like a star guiding the eastern three doctors to find Jesus. And in traditional customs, only one owner of the family can hang the star of hope. 春节和圣诞节的英语作文篇9Christmas is the biggest festival in the western world， which people all over the Christian countries celebrate. It is on the 25th day of each December. Christians consider it as the birthday of Jesus Christ.But now many customs and habits are beyond religious meaning， The Christmas season begins five or six weeks before the exact holiday. There is always a shopping boom during this period. So it's really a happy season for shop owners. bout foreign culture.春节和圣诞节的英语作文篇10Santa Claus is the most popular people on that day. It is a custom to ACT Santa Claus. Before children go to bed on Christmas Eve, they will put a sock on stove and wait the Santa Claus to put presents into it. So Christmas Day is one of the favorable festivals for children.On Christmas Day, the whole families sit at a big table under Christmas tree to eat dinner. They value it very much. Christmas songs mainly include three songs: Jingle Bells, Silent Night and Hark! The Herald Angles sing.Now, we know more about the Christmas Day. Do you like that day?春节和圣诞节的英语作文篇11We got up early on the morning of the first year of the year, because we were going to the temple fair.After dinner, the weather was clear and the sun was warm. We are walking. There, the entrance to the door was two big cows in the new year and still talking! Go into the tree and hang some red lanterns on the tree on a hill. It is a lot of tourists guess lantern riddles, in the guessing. Continue to walk, "Mom, look!" I exclaimed, "the dough." Mom and dad heard over, there are a lot of people do this color face of the dough on the table, a pinch, calf. Dough artists, according to the required materials readily, several times in the hands kneading, rubbing, kneading, lift, use bamboo knife cutting, carving, smart location, zoned, plastic body, hands, head and face, with hair accessories and clothes, qingkezhijian, true to life image of the art comes into being. Very pretty and charming, elegant dress beauty, innocent children and all kinds of diffuse material, mythology, drama, historical figures exquisite glass frame, has become popular arts and crafts. "These are all my prizes." I turned to look is the dough, but his work is very meticulous, more. I and my mom and dad praise the old man with great praise."Eighteen changes." I walked over with my curiosity, and the man swung flexibly and turned into three lanterns. Mother said, "we were all grown up when we were young." I bought a man who taught me how to play, and I learned it soon. There is no papers do turn sugar people, all the drawings in his mind. Do sugar must be hot with confidence, they learn the characteristics and coherent, making the traditional shadow carving techniques, twelve animals that come, flower, birds and animals, with sugar strands of silk will float in the air, true to life in front of you, and then hot stick on a bamboo stick will be accomplished. I hold theclouds dragon, the sun to stare, it is so crystal clear, vivid, was also reluctant to eat, just gently with the tip of the tongue lick.With the flow of people, we came to the place to sell. It should be the only one, and I've bought a lot of snacks with the "three thousand feet of the mouth water".I not only eat a variety of snacks, but also understand the national characteristics.春节和圣诞节的英语作文篇12Open the beautiful calendar, I count the Spring Festival will come. That's the traditional festival of the Chinese nation, and the festival I'm looking forward to, because only in these days can I lay down my heavy study and relax my mood and wash out the happiest days of the year.I look forward to the Spring Festival, the Beijing of the Spring Festival is the most beautiful. People and the high streets and back lanes with joy. Especially on New Year's Eve, riotous with colour fireworks, blooming in the night sky, some like a snake dance in different poses and with different expressions, and some like the peacock and the vacancy, like a flower. They put the deck of Beijing gorgeous, the whole city of Beijing is really the sleepless nights. I hope this spring festival very much, because I will have a different spring festival because I want to have a wonderful spring festival in the Disneyland in Hongkong, the holy land of the south end of our motherland. I think the Spring Festival: there must be full of fun, there is a fairy tale castle, there is a pretty cute Mickey Mouse, with Chen Jie and they must be very happy. I heard my mother say Disney's fireworks is very beautiful, I want them onto the sky must be very beautiful, it is a picture depicting Mickey's dance and Winnie the smiling face. They are welcome to my arrival.I look forward to the Spring Festival, the Spring Festival is full of affection. Every Spring Festival, mother made a dish of delicious dishes. Maybe mom has forgotten the days of overtime tired, forget her temples have a trace of white hair, mother you were laborious, I really want to heal your eyes with hands wrinkles. This year's Spring Festival mother meet my wish, take me to Hongkong tourism, in order to make me nervous at ordinary times completely relax the mood, I am very grateful to my mother, thanks to her years of hard work, thanks to her light with my shadow, just let me have today's happy life, my mother has grown up, this year I will not let you worry about me as I tired.I look forward to this Spring Festival, the Spring Festival is a new start, is the planting of hope season. In the new year, I grow up one year old, I have new hope, I will sow the beautiful seed, harvest happiness and love fruit.春节和圣诞节的英语作文篇13Look forward to it! Look forward to, see the Spring Festival is coming soon, think of this, I can not help laughing, before the Spring Festival, people are all happy, full of spirit. In some shopping people in a continuous line, buy some in the New Year paintings, buy special purchases for the Spring Festival some sit, the fire box weizhehuolu watching TV, there are people playing mahjong playing poker, so this is not the only one.Anyway, the streets are colorful, all kinds of people have, all kinds of goods are complete, full of dazzling, I am afraid that people want to buy everything is difficult to choose!Before the Spring Festival, all families were brightly lit, and their homes were all dressed up with their own personality. They have to buy special purchases for the Spring Festival and put it all over the floor. How to buy the new year painting, it has its ownstyle and preference. Some are sticking, some are stuck, and there is a skew of sticker, each has a thousand and a thousand. People to buy food all ready, just waiting for the Spring Festival, can be a real treat. Families with firecrackers, people wear new clothes, ready to welcome the new year, before the Spring Festival, people go out, if you have a good friend, always forget to say the mouth: "the streets ah!"The butcher sheep, busily preparing for the Spring Festival feast.When the Spring Festival arrives, the children get up early, come to their parents' room, and start the traditional worship ceremony. Children of parents said some auspicious talk, her parents took out the gift money, let the children happily. Everyone wants to be able to good luck this year, felicitous wish of making money.Some friends and family have a joyous gathering, taste the delicious food and wine, talked some happy talk. The most happy is that we can save a lot a lot to get gift money, then full of joy ran to the street to buy a lot of fun things, such as cars, four-wheel drive, Qi ng, a toy football, and we just sweet little mouth, say some blessing words, it can make a pen!People have been playing late at night, eating delicious fruit in their mouths, and setting off firecrackers in their hands... Adults and children were now singing, now dancing, indifferent to have fun!春节和圣诞节的英语作文篇14I left it finally look forward to the coming of christmas! Christmas is a Western holiday, but I like it very much, because -I heard that the day before Christmas is "Christmas Eve". Father Christmas play Santa Claus will come to our house ridinga reindeer. If your family has a chimney, Santa Claus will climb in the chimney and send gifts to your children. But you have to prepare a Christmas stocking gift.Now you have to ask me, why is it unforgettable for me to celebrate Christmas? Because mom and dad did not take me to the bustling Guanqian Street, nor did I take me to the picturesque Taihu. But take me to the night of Shantangjie Street! As soon as I stepped into Shantangjie Street, I felt the taste of a family! Red lanterns are hung in front of each door, and the lights of the street are bright! The pedestrian street is not a lot of very quiet, we are a family of three with a leisurely walk! I was puzzled to ask Dad, "why did you bring me here?" Dad just laughed and didn't answer me. As I walked along, I heard an old grandfather crying out, "look at it, look at it. I have osmanthus, small lantern festival, preserved egg, lean meat porridge, meat and meat dumpling. It's all authentic ancestral craft! " I listened to the old grandfather's cry, looking at the hot pot, smelling the scent of the nose. Took his father's clothes, said: "I bought a small lantern?" So Dad took the money and bought me a small bowl. I tasted it carefully, and I shed tears! Mom ran up to me and asked if I was too hot. I shook my head quickly, and just wanted to speak. Dad secretly laughed and said to me, "it must be the smell of this little lantern festival, so you cry." Now I know why I brought you here because of the buildings, the floor tiles, the smell of the Lantern Festival here - that reminds me of my home! " My mum and dad into the embrace of the head!It's an unforgettable Christmas! This is the most meaningful holiday I've ever had in nine years!春节和圣诞节的英语作文篇15This year's Christmas, our school was dressed up in colourful,coloured ribbons, wreaths, and a huge Christmas tree glittering.On the eve of Christmas, we carried out a lot of activities, the best of which was the "exchange of gifts".The gift is what we most expect at Christmas. So Shally asked us to bring some small gifts less than 5 yuan to exchange with classmates. The students are very excited and look forward to get a beautiful and practical gift.Finally, at the third section of Friday afternoon, Shally announced, "the exchange of gift activities is now beginning!" Suddenly, the whole class was boiling. Everyone could not restrain his joy and discuss with his companion the gifts they might have. Shally first messes up the notes written by everyone's student number, and then sends it down to see who his student's student number is and how he gets the gift. I got a note written on the "31" is a gift, Siyi a cute little mobile phone strap. I was very excited because I liked the gift: it was a small tiger, squinting, smiling, and wearing a small tie. Next year is just my year of fate -- the tiger, it can make me happy, good luck. The most funny is high Yifei, he drew the "23", is the Ke Yueyu number, Ke Yueyu send is a women's Christmas hat, and braid, high Yifei very embarrassing. But Ke Yueyu or personally help he put up the class, the Shally also set the whole room roaring with laughter, a funny moment in front of a Christmas tree with the camera recorded.This year's Christmas left us a lot of beautiful memories, happy, pleasant surprise, unforgettable...春节和圣诞节的英语作文篇16This Thursday is Christmas, at six p. m., our class, with parents and teachers, joined a very big "Christmas party". As a matter of fact, the news of the Christmas party was known a few days ago. Finally, on Thursday, everyone was more excited than one. Afterschool, my mother gave me put on a beautiful evening dress, we all came to the "ziction liberal" Hotel, eat buffet, I picked up my most love to eat cake, ice cream and fruit juice.After dinner, the activity began. The first is the game. The first game is to guess the animal. One person does the action, and the other five people guess what animal is. The second game is parent-child activities, called "two three foot" is a leg of parents and children a leg together, to see which family the fastest.After the game, everyone began to perform their own programs. Some people sing English songs, people perform dance, and poetry recites. The show is very exciting, especially Yi zofie and Yang Wangzai Han sang "snow romance theme song" Letitgo "".Our party continued until nine o'clock, and we all had a great time. It was an unforgettable Christmas party.春节和圣诞节的英语作文篇17December 25th is Christmas. On this day, a good friend can send a gift to each other. This year I want to change the way to send a gift. How do you change it? It is not to send gifts directly, but to give "good luck" to give gifts to friends.Christmas that night my mother and father in grandma's home, after dinner, I asked my good friend -- Meng, let her take on a skateboard to my house, we will have good luck in the Christmas raffle.To my house, I took out a prepared box, the box has a big round hole, there is a small piece of paper, I pre written words on a small piece of paper, folded into a small box. I let myself in Meng extraction, she carefully put his hand into the chaos stirred up, after a while, she drew one out, wait until after she opened it, and jumped. It turned out that the "special prize" was written onit. I looked at the single well, how would the award, award to the stick automatic lead? When I prepared a hula hoop? You know, Meng Meng always wanted a hula hoop. This award is specially prepared for her. What's wrong with this?Where the problem was, I could not think about it, and it seemed to me that I found the paper problem. When I was preparing the note, I made eleven articles in order to increase the difficulty: five first prize, three first prize, two two prize, three prize, but now the awards and prizes are reversed. Meng Meng was able to get into the grand prize, first prize and the prize is a prize.I want to get the gift she wanted more, so I said: "Meng Meng, sorry, I have to write back, I adjust you to smoke?" "All right." Meng Meng rubbed his hands, said: "Santa gave me a prize!" I was happy to see the prize. She drew one more, and opened it, and the pattern was the same as the one I just had. Meng a pout, said: "it is not automatically lead!" I am a mysterious smile, all of a sudden the awarding of single out, she looked happily danced and laughed: "ha ha, hula hoop! This is my favorite Christmas gift. " I put on the award once, that she had a similar pattern of smoking, but she is a hula hoop gift long-awaited.She got her favorite gift, and I also gave a Christmas gift to a good friend. This Christmas is a really special, memorable Christmas!。

2024年中考英语新热点时文阅读－传统节日题型主要内容1 短文选词介绍了中国传统新年的英伦范儿。

填空2 短文选词讲述了春联的文化。

填空3 短文选词介绍了在龙抬头这一天的风俗习惯。

填空4 语法选择重阳节的习俗和传统。

5 阅读理解介绍了中国的传统节日一元宵节。

6 短文填空介绍了重阳节的那些习俗的背后故驸。

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英语作文中国传统节日Chinese Traditional Festivals。

China is a country with a long history and richcultural heritage. As a result, there are many traditional festivals that are celebrated throughout the year. These festivals are an important part of Chinese culture and are a time for family and friends to come together to celebrate and enjoy each other's company.One of the most important traditional festivals in China is the Spring Festival, also known as Chinese New Year. This festival is celebrated on the first day of the lunar calendar, which usually falls between January and February. The Spring Festival is a time for families to get together and enjoy a reunion dinner, exchange gifts, and watch traditional dragon and lion dances. It is also a time to pay respects to ancestors and to wish for good luck and prosperity in the coming year.Another important festival is the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is celebrated on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month. This festival is also known as the Moon Festival, as it is a time to celebrate the harvest and to give thanksfor the blessings of the year. Families gather to enjoy mooncakes, a traditional Chinese pastry, and to admire the full moon. It is also a time for family reunions and for children to play with lanterns.The Dragon Boat Festival is another importanttraditional festival in China, which is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. This festival commemorates the death of the poet Qu Yuan and is celebrated with dragon boat races, eating sticky rice dumplings, and hanging up aromatic herbs to ward off evil spirits.In addition to these major festivals, there are many other traditional festivals celebrated in China, such as the Lantern Festival, Qingming Festival, and Double Ninth Festival. Each of these festivals has its own unique customs and traditions, but they all share the common themeof bringing people together to celebrate and honor the past.In conclusion, traditional festivals play an important role in Chinese culture and are a time for families and friends to come together to celebrate and enjoy eachother's company. These festivals are a reflection ofChina's rich cultural heritage and are a time to pay respects to ancestors, give thanks for blessings, and wish for good luck and prosperity in the coming year. As such, they are an important part of what makes China such aunique and vibrant country.。

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Chinese traditional festivals学院：北京电子科技职业学院系别：经济管理系姓名：周辰悦Chinese traditional festivals various forms and rich in content, is our Chinese nation has a long history of culture of a component. The formation process of traditional festival, is a condensation of the accumulation of the ethnic or national history and culture of the process, the following list of those festivals, all from the ancient development, from these circulates festival custom, also can see clearly the ancient people's social life of highlights.The Mid-Autumn festivalMooncakes are to Mid-Autumn Festival what mince pies are to Christmas. The seasonal round cakes traditionally have a sweet filling of lotus seed paste or red bean paste and often have one or more salted duck eggs in the center to represent the moon. And the moon is what this celebration is all about. Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th month，it is the time when the moon is said to be at its brightest and fullest.There are two legends which claim to explain the tradition of eating mooncakes. One Tang Dynasty myth holds that the Earth once had 10 suns circling it. One day all 10 suns appeared at once，scorching the planet with their heat. It was thanks to a skillful archer named Hou Yi that the Earth was saved. He shot down all but one of the suns. As his reward，the Heavenly Queen Mother gave Hou Yi the Elixir of Immortality，but she warned him that he must use it wisely. Hou Yi ignored her advice and，corrupted by fame and fortune，became a tyrannical leader. Chang-Er，his beautiful wife， could no longer stand by and watch him abuse his power so she stole his Elixir and fled to the moon to escape his angry wrath. And thus began the legend of the beautiful woman in the moon，the Moon Fairy.The second legend has it that during the Yuan Dynasty，an underground group led by Zhu Yuan Zang was determined to rid the country of Mongolian dominance. The moon cake was created to carry a secret message. When the cake was opened and the message read，an uprising was unleashed which successfully routed the Mongolians. It happened at the time of the full moon，which，some say，explains why mooncakes are eaten at this time. Mooncakes are usually stamped with Chinese characters indicating the name of the bakery and the type of filling used. Some bakeries will even stamp them with your family name so that you can give personalised ones to friends and family. They are usually presented in boxes of four which indicate the four phases of the moon. Traditional mooncakes are made withmelted lard，but today vegetable oil is more often used in the interests of health. Mooncakes are not for the diet-conscious as they are loaded with calories. The best way to wash down one of these sticky cakes is with a cup of Chinese tea，especially Jasmine or Chrysanthemum tea，which aids the digestion.Double Ninth FestivalThe 9th day of the 9th lunar month is the traditional Chongyang Festival, or Double Ninth Festival. It usually falls in October in the Gregorian calendar. In an ancient and mysterious book Yi Jing, or The Book of Changes, number "6" was thought to be of Yin character, meaning feminine or negative, while number "9" was thought to be Yang, meaning masculine or positive. So the number nine in both month and day create the Double Ninth Festival, or Chongyang Festival. Chong in Chinese means "double." Also, as double ninth was pronounced the same as the word to signify "forever", both are "Jiu Jiu," the Chinese ancestors considered it an auspicious day worth celebration. That's why ancient Chinese began to celebrate this festival long time ago.The custom of ascending a height to avoid epidemics was passed down from long time ago. Therefore, the Double Ninth Festival is also called "Height Ascending Festival". The height people will reach is usually a mountain or a tower. Ancient literary figures have left many poems depicting the activity. Even today, people still swarm to famous or little known mountains on this day.On this day, people will eat Double Ninth Gao (or Cake). In Chinese, gao (cake) has the same pronunciation with gao (height). People do so just to hope progress in everything they are engaged in. There is no fixed ways for the Double Ninth Cake, but super cakes will have as many as nine layers, looking like a tower.The Double Ninth Festival is also a time when chrysanthemum blooms. China boasts diversified species of chrysanthemum and people have lovedthem since ancient times. So enjoying the flourishing chrysanthemum also becomes a key activity on this festival. Also, people will drink chrysanthemum wine. Women used to stick such a flower into their hair or hang its branches on windows or doors to avoid evilness.In 1989, the Chinese government decided the Double Ninth Festival as Seniors' Day. Since then, all government units, organizations and streets communities will organize an autumn trip each year for those who have retired from their posts. At the waterside or on the mountains, the seniors will find themselves merged into nature. Younger generations will bring elder ones to suburban areas or send gifts to them on this day.Chinese traditional festivals which belong to a traditional customary culture rooted in the farming culture in ancient China. All the festivals contain their unique cultural connotations, reflect the strong cohesion and vitality of the culture in the long historical development.They are sometimes even related to the cultural spirit and national spirit,and ,should play important roles in the development of society.中国的传统节日形式多样，内容丰富，是我们中华民族悠久的历史文化的一个组成部分。

Chinese Traditional Festivals中国传统节日Actually, when I got this task, I did not know where to begin my paper, that is, having no main threads. Which topic should I choose? How to develop my idea? Maybe I should say Chinese culture is so complicated that I can't show what it is in a word. However, that must just be joking, of course.Speaking of the first thing or the last thing about China that I want a foreigner, who has never been to China, to know, I think of so many things about our Chinese culture. As is known to all, a coin always has two sides, which is also suitable for the Chinese culture. At first, I wanted to choose something about the modern life of Chinese people. The modern society in China deserves to be viewed through multiple prisms. As the network era develops rapidly, great changes have taken place to this society. Many ancient traditions have changed a lot, or gradually westernized. So, later I changed my mind to choose a topic about the changes in the traditional culture. I considered that in order to introduce our Chinese culture to foreigners, we should choose something with distinct Chinese characteristics.China is a country with a long history, vast territory and a large population. In the long process of development, eachethnic group has formed various customs and habits of their own, covering clothing, food, living, and transport; festive occasions, etiquette and offering sacrifies; religious beliefs and folk worship; and also marriage, giving birth and funerals. These traditional customs have lasted for many centuries and become the traditions preserved by each ethnic group; some have gradually evolved into the common customs of the Chinese nation. In this paper, I just want to introduce the Chinese traditional festivals which have gradually lost their true features. Maybe it has been so difficult for us to remember what they were before.1. A brief introduction of Chinese traditional festivalsChinese traditional festivals, which are different from other common holidays, are an important part of the national cultural heritages. They are the typical Exhibition Days of the public spiritual beliefs, aesthetic interests, ethical relations and consumptive habits, which bears the rich historical and cultural connotation. Hence the value and significance of traditional festivals should be fully realized and the proactive inheritance and construction should be carried out.In China, human relations and blood ties are highly valueddown the ages. For thousands of years, Chinese people have formed so many festive etiquettes and customs that contain rich ethical concept and humanistic spirit, which makes the essence of the true, the good, the beautiful and the harmonious show their best side to the Chinese traditional culture. We have a family reunion to ring out the old year and ring in the new on New Year's Eve; we sweep the ancestors' tombs to offer sacrifices and show respect to our ancestors in Tomb-sweeping Festival; we have the Dragon Boat Racing to mourn for Qu Yuan in the Dragon Boat Festival; we get together to spend the happy moment with our family on the Mid-Autumn Festival; we climb high to show our respect to the aged people on the Double-ninth Day. Of course these are just a small piece of our Chinese cultural feast. These traditional festivals rooted in the soil of the nation who has brought them up, with distinct national mark. They casted the national characteristics, inherited the national culture, carried forward the national virtue, and took these as their main melody, with the dense breath of family loving and patriotism.2.Characteristics of Chinese traditional festivals2.1. Long history, inheriting constantlyThe forming process of traditional festivals is the accumulating process of a people or a nation's history and culture. The Spring Festival, the Lantern Festival, the Tomb-Sweeping Day, the Dragon Boat Festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival and so on, are all developing from the ancient times. From these festivals which have spread so far, we can still see the splendid pictures of the social life of ancient people.The origin and development of traditional festivals is a process with gradually formation, unconsciously perfection and slowly penetration into the society. It is the result of the society which has developed to a certain degree, the same as the development of our society. Our traditional festivals are also without exception. Most of them are in relation to the astronomy, the calendar and the maths, as well as the Solar Terms which were divided later.What deserved to be mentioned is that, during the long history, generations of scholars and poets have created a lot of eternal masterpieces to express these festivals. These poems and essays have won universal praise and been widely spread, which makes our traditional festivals reflect deep cultural connotations. They are not only wonderful and romantic, but also suited forboth refined and popular tastes. Chinese festivals have got quite strong cohesiveness and wide inclusiveness. When a festival comes, there is a nationwide celebration all over our country. This is in the same line as the long history of our Chinese people which is a precious cultural heritage of our national spirit.2.2. Rich and colorful, broad and profoundThe richness and colorfulness of Chinese Festivals is mainly manifested in the thousands of different kinds of traditional festivals of ethnologic group. At the same time, the festive activities are also full of variety. Just take the Spring Festival as an example, there are dozens of celebrative activities during this season. We should do shopping for the spring festival. We usually adhibit Menshen, new year paintings, Spring Ox pictures, Men zhan, spring festival couplets, paper-cuts, the Chinese character"Fu" and so on. We go out to give new year's greetings, see lion and dragon dances, as well as various shows. We will stay up the eve and send the gift money to the children. We need to offer sacrifices to our ancestors during the festival. Another important thing is the family reunion dinner on the new year's eve, and we always eat dumplings at this time. This is the traditional appearance of our Spring Festival. However, it has changed a lot in the modern society. Nowadays, it has graduallybeen modernized and many traditional activities are forgotten by us. Many people realized that the modern Spring Festival is so lack of sense of festivity.2.3. Pluralistic, Harmonious blendingAs there are 56 peoples in China, the same festival maybe different from each other in forms and contents. Each people has their distinct characteristics. We have the same festivals shows the same identification of our Chinese culture. On the other hand, the different details shows the colorfulness and harmony of our multicultural background. This happens to have the same view of the theme of our national spirit, that is, try our best to build a harmonious society.2.4. Agriculture-based，light to farmersChinese traditional festivals are typically agriculture-based. There are so few festivals that relate to the commerce. Most of them are based on the farming activities, such as farming work, herding, fishing, forestry and avocations. This must be traced back to the agricultural civilization in the ancient times. China has a long history of agricultural society. The Chinese Calendar is the result of agricultural civilization. So of course the traditional festivals which originated in the Calendar must mainly serve for the agricultural production, no matter incharacter or form.That is to say, the generation and inheriting of Chinese traditional festivals rooted in the thousands-year's farming civilization. Specifically, it manifests in several aspects. The Chinese lunar calendar which serves for agricultural production divided the specific seasonal nodes for it. The most honored philosophical thinking of Chinese people----"beatific union" gets rid of the occasionality of these seasonal nodes and endows them more metaphysical meanings. The Confucian ethics that was worshiped and exploited by the feudal authorities enriched the social foundation and practical importance of these festivals, as well as their practicing forms.2.5. Greater and greater international effectThe traditional Chinese festivals are also going abroad as time goes on. They will have greater and greater international effect in the coming future. Just like our major--Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, we are spreading our language to the world. As China is becoming stronger and stronger, the Chinese culture is also becoming more and more well-known by the whole world. For instance, there are more than 20 countries all over the world ,who are publishing the ShengXiao stamps from China. The traditional Chinese festivals are heading for thedeveloped countries, spreading and carrying forward our Chinese traditional culture throughout the world. This makes great contribution to our effort of building a multicultural harmonious world.2.6. New changes and new problemsAs is discussed above, the traditional Chinese festivals have changed a lot from its original appearance. Maybe we can call it modernization of festivals. In the meanwhile, new problems have emerged constantly.The first change is that many festivals of ethnic minorities have stepped into towns and celebrate in other regions, making great contribution to introducing our national culture and accelerating the process of building a harmonious society. The second is that some of the traditional festivals change to be hold by the authorities and filled in new content, making great contributions to our investment attracting and tourism developing.The new problems are mainly as follows. First of all, people turn to focus more on food and drinks and ignore the spiritual value. On the other hand, people pay more attention to earning money and despise the cultural connotation. In addition, more and more corruption phenomena are propagatingaccompany with the festive activities. Only if we pay attention to overcome these problems in the very Chinese festivals, can we exploit and take advantage of our traditional festivals. At the same time, it is beneficial to propagate our exceptional Chinese traditions and keep our festive culture a sound development.3.The modern value of traditional festivalsThe famous writer Shakespeare once said" The biggest sorriness of human beings is that they are unable to know themselves". Mr. Fei Xiaotong also once put forward an idea of "cultural consciousness". Both of them meant that we should have self-knowledge about ourselves and our culture.3.1. The folklore connotation of traditional festivals3.1.1. Reflecting strong moral and kinship conceptChina is a nation who takes the moral and kinship so seriously. While the traditional Chinese festivals offer the chance for enhancing the connection of blood relatives and consolidating the relative concept of family members. This can be profoundly reflected by the numerous etiquettes and customs of traditional festivals. Taking the Tomb-sweeping Day and Mid-autumn Festival as an example, the Tomb-sweeping Day adequately reflects the family feelings of Chinese people.W orshiping ancestors and visiting tombs are the central activities of Tomb-sweeping Day, which aims at expressing the filial piety and long for our ancestors. These customs are so important in the patriarchal society, as well as the modern society. As for Mid-autumn Festival, family reunion is its central signification. This is mainly because that Chinese people have strong feelings of family ethics and pay much attention to the blood relations, thus forming a harmonious folk psychology. For this reason, people think of the reunion of the world from the full moon in the sky. So the Mid-autumn Festival is also called "Family Reunion Day".3.1.2. Showing forceful group consciousnessThe traditional festivals, which originated in the common people, have gradually developed into a kind of social custom and been inherited through conventional activities. As a result, they are of a certain social significance, becoming the mai n form of community activities. This can be reflected by many traditional activities of the traditional festivals. The various folk activities during Spring Festival are the best example of this. While the comparatively-large community activity of Chinese traditional festivals is the dragon-boat racing in Dragon Boat Festival. This kind of sport shows the most obvious integrationof social consciousness as a traditional custom. Its interesting character and the cooperation spirit in it have enhanced the cohesion of the group, further consolidating the collective consciousness of a social group.3.1.3. Depositing abundant folk culturesThe traditional festivals of our country are inherited from generation to generation , depositing so abundant knowledge of folk culture, which is mainly manifested in the calendar, the solar terms and the festival customs. Our traditional Chinese festivals are the accompaniments of agricultural civilization. Every traditional festival has its unique convention, which vividly shows their individuality. In these regular traditional festivals, the values, morals and aesthetic interests of these festive customs are gradually deposited to form a kind of folk culture.3.2. The value and significance of traditional festival regressionUnder the influence of the globalization, the Chinese society is experiencing a tremendous and historical vicissitude. The national cultural tradition is experiencing an unprecedented test. As the carrier of our national culture, the traditional festivals have got giant impact by some foreign festivals, such as Christmas Day and Valentine's Day. People seem to pay moreattention on these foreign festivals and forget our traditional Chinese festivals little by little.Recalling our childhood, we can see the changes in our customs of the festivals. When we were young, the Spring Festival is the most expecting season of a year. Because we can have many delicious food and drinks, we can get the gift money from the elders, we can wear new clothes and play with our friends as much as we liked. Another is the Mid-autumn Festival, we will celebrate it every year as an important affair of a year and on that day, we will visit our relatives and have a family reunion. However nowadays, people, especially the younger generations, are more expecting the Christmas Day or the Valentine's Day than the traditional Chinese festivals. You can see the Christmas trees everywhere in the street, even one month before December 25th. Actually, no matter the traditional festivals or the foreign ones are taken advantage of by the sellers. They can get a quite good earning from these festivals. There seems to be more and more foreign festivals being celebrated. We can hear something like"April Fool's Day" "Double Eleven Day" "Double Twelve Day" and so on. Some of them are too strange to be a festival.It seems that it's very necessary for us to advocate thetraditional festival regression. Here are some reasons to support it. The first one is that traditional festivals are helpful for inheriting national culture and enhancing national memory. On the other hand, traditional festivals are conducive to adjusting people's body and mind.As with the value and significance of traditional festival regression, we find that it is quite significant for strengthen the national cohesion and it is far-reaching for the protection and inherit of Chinese festive customs. We must call on every Chinese people to take the traditional festivals seriously and have a correct view of them. Actually, our country has already done something of traditional festival regression and protection. Recent years have seen the changes on the extending of holidays, including the Tomb-sweeping Day, the Dragon-boat Festival and the Mid-autumn Festival and so on. That is to say, our government has taken it seriously to protect and propagate our traditional festivals. It is good for the whole society to take part in the construction of value identification and build a healthy and harmonious cultural circumstance. 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It is one of the most important Chinese festivals, the other two being the Autumn Moon Festival and Chinese New Y ear.The origin of this summer festival centers around a scholarly government official named Qu Y uan. He was a good and respected man, but because of the misdeeds of jealous rivals he eventually fell into disfavor in the emperor's court.Unable to regain the respect of the emperor, in his sorrow Chu Y uan threw himself into the Mi Low river. Because of their admiration for Chu Y uan, the local people living adjacent to the Mi Lo River rushed into their boats to search for him while throwing rice into the w aters to appease the river dragons.Although they were unable to find Chu Y uan, their efforts are still commemorated today during the Dragon Boat Festival.Dragon Boat raceTraditions At the center of this festival are the dragon boat races. Competing teams drive their colorful dragon boats forward to the rhythm of beating drums. These exciting races were inspired by the villager's valiant attempts to rescue Chu Y uan from the Mi Lo river. This tradition has remained unbroken for centuries.Tzung TzuA very popular dish during the Dragon Boat festival is tzung tzu. This tasty dish consists of rice dumplings with meat, peanut, egg yolk, or other fillings wrapped in bamboo leaves. The tradition of tzung tzu is meant to remind us of the village fishermen scattering rice across the water of the Mi Low river in order to appease the river dragons so that they would not devour Chu Y uan.A y TasoThe time of year of the Dragon Boat Festival, the fifth lunar moon, has more significance than just the story of Chu Y uan. Many Chinese consider this time of year an especially dangerous time when extra efforts must be made to protect their family from illness. Families will hang various herbs, called A y Tsao, on their door for protection. The drinking of realgar wine is thought to remove poisons from the body. Hsiang Bao are also worn. These sachets contain various fragrant medicinal herbs thought to protect the wearer from illnessMid-Autumn FestivalMid-Autumn Festival is a special occasion for overseas Chinese, including those in the United States and the United Kingdom, to keep their heritage alive and introduce the younger generation to a celebration that can be traced back to the Xia Dynasty (21st-16th century BC).So what is the origin of the festival and how do overseas Chinese celebrate it? The Western Han philosophical classic, Huainanzi, attributes the origins of Mid-Autumn Festival to the legend of the star-crossed lovers Hou Yi and Chang E. After Hou, the imperial archer, was awarded the elixir of immortality for shooting down nine of the 10 wayward suns, his beautiful wife, Chang, took the potion and floated to the moon. She, the moon goddess, still lives there and is reunited with her husband, god of the sun, only on nights with a full moon.Among the many folk tales surrounding the festival is one of rebellion and intrigue. Legend has it that rebels disseminated details of a coup against the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) by putting them in mooncakes. On the night of what was the Moon Festival, the rebels attacked Beijing and overthrew the Mongol rulers, establishing the Ming Dynasty(1368-1644).Celebrated on the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar (which falls on Sept 30 this year), Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the several holidays that the Chinese celebrate with their families.Spring FestivalThe New Moon on the first day of the new year-- the full moon 15 days laterClick here for more words about the Spring FestivalChinese New Y ear starts with the New Moon（新月）on the first day of the new year and ends on the full moon（满月）15 days later. The 15th day of the new year is called the Lantern Festival（元宵节）, which is celebrated at night with lantern displays and children carrying lanterns in a parade.The Chinese calendar is based on a combination of lunar and solar movements. The lunar cycle （月运周期）is about 29.5 days. In order to "catch up" with the solar calendar the Chinese insert an extra month once every few years (seven years out of a 19-yearcycle). This is the same as adding an extra day on leap year （闰年）. This is why, according to the solar calendar, the Chinese New Y ear falls on a different date each year.New Y ear's Eve and New Y ear's Day are celebrated as a family affair, a time of reunion and thanksgiving. The celebration was traditionally highlighted with a religious ceremony given in honor of Heaven and Earth（万物）, the gods of the household and the family ancestors.The sacrifice to the ancestors, the most vital of all the rituals（仪式）, united the living members with those who had passed away. Departed relatives are remembered with great respect because they were responsible for laying the foundations for the fortune and glory of the family.The presence of the ancestors is acknowledged on New Y ear's Eve with a dinner arranged for them at the family banquet table. The spirits of the ancestors, together with the living, celebrate the onset of the New Y ear as one great community. The communal feast called "surrounding the stove" or weilu. It symbolizes family unity and honors the past and present generations.The Origin of Chinese New Y earThe Chinese New Y ear is now popularly known as the Spring Festival because it starts from the Begining of Spring (the first of the twenty-four terms in coodination with the changes of Nature). Its origin is too old to be traced. Several explanations are hanging around. All agree, however, that the word Nian, which in modern Chinese solely means "year", was originally the name of a monster beast that started to prey on people the night before the beginning of a new year.One legend goes that the beast Nian had a very big mouth that would swallow a great many people with one bite. People were very scared. One day, an old man came to their rescue, offering to subdue Nian. To Nian he said, "I hear say that you are very capable, but can you swallow the other beasts of prey on earth instead of people who are by no means of your worthy opponents?" So, it did swallow many of the beasts of prey on earth that also harrassed people and their domestic animals from time to time.After that, the old man disappeared riding the beast Nian. He turned out to be an immortal god. Now that Nian is gone and other beasts of prey are also scared into forests, people begin to enjoy their peaceful life. Before the old man left, he had told people to put up red paper decorations on their windows and doors at each year's end to scare away Nian in case it sneaked back again, because red is the color the beast feared the most.From then on, the tradition of observing the conquest of Nian is carried on from generation to generation. The term "Guo Nian", which may mean "Survive the Nian" becomes today "Celebrate the (New) Y ear" as the word "guo" in Chinese having both the meaning of "pass-over" and "observe". The custom of putting up red paper and firing fire-crackers to scare away Nian should it have a chance to run loose is still around. However, people today have long forgotten why they are doing all this, except that they feel the color and the sound add to the excitement of the celebration.Traditional New Y ear FoodsProbably more food is consumed during the New Y ear celebrations than any other time of the year. V ast amounts of traditional food is prepared for family and friends, as well as those close to us who have died.On New Y ear's Day, the Chinese family will eat a vegetarian dish called jai. Although the various ingredients in jai are root vegetables or fibrous vegetables, many people attribute various superstitious aspects to them.Other foods include a whole fish, to represent togetherness and abundance, and a chicken for prosperity. The chicken must be presented with a head, tail and feet to symbolize completeness. Noodles should be uncut, as they represent long life.In south China, the favorite and most typical dishes were nian gao, sweet steamed glutinous rice （糯米）pudding and zong zi (glutinous rice wrapped up in reed（芦苇）leaves), another popular delicacy.In the north, steamed-wheat bread (man tou) and small meat dumplings were the preferred food. The tremendous amount of food prepared at this time was meant to symbolize abundance and wealth for the household.。