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FESTIVALCELEBRATIONSINCHINATASKEIGHTChina’sFestivalsASimulatedCourseforTourGuidesTaskLead-inTraditionalFestivalsofChinainProfileImportantChineseFestivalsFestivalsofEthnicMinorityPeoplesSimulatedPracticefortourguidesRelatedMaterialsSum-upTaskLead-inASimulatedCourseforTourGuidesTask2:WhatinformationandexpressiondoyouthinkareneededwhenyouintroducethefestivalinChina?YoucanpresentyourquestionsinChineseandgiveaquestionlist1.Task3:Pleasediscusswhatquestionsthetouristsmayasktoatourguideandgiveaquestionlist2.Task1:PleaseintroducewhatyouhaveseenfromvideoinEnglishasatourguide.TraditionalChineseFestivalASimulatedCourseforTourGuides•IntroductionofChina’sFestivalsinProfile•DifficultWordsandExpressions•RelatedinformationChineseFestivalinProfile(1)Asacountrywith56nationalitiesandahistoryofwellover5,000years,Chinaobservesalargenumberoffestivalsthroughouttheyear.ThesecolorfuloccasionsprovidetheChinesepeoplewithopportunitiestoleavewokbehindandtorestandenjoylife.OnecannothaveapanoramicviewoftheChineseculturewithoutathoroughunderstandingoftraditionalChinesefestival.ASimulatedCourseforTourGuidesSpringFestivalChineseFestivalinProfile(2)Overthecenturies,variouskindsoffestivalhavebeenestablishedinchina.thesefestivals,usuallybasedinoneormorelegends,bringgaietyandhopetopeople.Soitisnotonlychildrenwhoareeagertocelebratethesefestival,adults,too,favorthesedaysandfinditdifficulttosuppresstheirexcitementonthesespecialoccasions.SinceancienttimestheChinesepeoplehaveusedmorethan100differentkindsofcalendars,amongwhichthesolarcalendarandthelunarcalendararethemostwidelyobserved.ASimulatedCourseforTourGuidesChineseFestivalinProfile(3)Accordingtothesolarcalendar,ayearisdividedinto12monthsor365days,witheveryfourthyearaleapyearof366daysandthesecondmonthoftheyear(february)29days.Thesolarcalendarisnowinuseinalmostallcountriesoftheworld,includingChina.Afterthe1911revolution,thesolarcalendarofficiallyreplacedthetraditionalChineselunarcalendar.Thelunarcalendarwasdesignedincloseconnectionwithagriculturalproduction,soitisalsocalledthefarmingcalendarinChina.ASimulatedCourseforTourGuidesChineseFestivalinProfile(4)IthasbeenobservedsincetheXiaDynasty(21st-16stcenturyB.C.).FromtheinscriptionsonoraclebonesweknowthattheShangusedalunarcalendar,whichwascombinedwiththesolaryearthoughtheadditionalofanintercalarymonthonceeveryfewyears,tomakeupthedifferencebetweenayearof12lunarmonthsandasolaryear.Thenumberofdaysinamonthwasfixedas30foralongmonthand29forashortone.ASimulatedCourseforTourGuidesChineseFestivalinProfile(5)Theintercalarymonthwasatfirstaddedattheendoftheyearasa13thmonth,butlaterinsertedinthemiddleoftheyear,knownas“leapmonth.”Calendarmakinghassincethengonethoughmanychangesandthecalculationshavebecomeincreasinglyexact,butthelunarcalendarboundtothesolaryearcontinuedinuseforover3,000years.TraditionalChinesefestivalsarebyandlargebasedonthelunarcalendar.ASimulatedCourseforTourGuidesChineseFestivalinProfile(6)Generallyspeaking,traditionalChinesefestivalscanbeclassifiedintotwocategories:festivalsoftheHanpeopleandfestivalsobservedbyethnicminoritypeoples.TherearefivemajorfestivalscelebratedbytheHanpeople,namely,theSpringFestival,theLanternFestival,theClearandBrightFestival,theDragonBoatFestival,andtheMid-AutumnFestival.AsidefromthetraditionalfestivalsbytheHanpeople,Chineseethnicminoritypeoplesalsohavetheirownuniquefestivities.suchastheMongolian’sNadamFair,Corban,DaiPeople’sWaterSplashingFestival,andtheTibetanNewYear..ASimulatedCourseforTourGuidesImportantChineseFestivalASimulatedCourseforTourGuides•IntroductionoftheimportantChinesefestivals•AsimulatedpracticefortourguideImportantChineseFestival（1）1、TheSpringFestival,(ChunJie),i.e.,thelunarnewyear,iscommonlyregardedasthemostimportant,popular,andvibrantofalltraditionalChinesefestivals.Thisgrandtraditionalfestivalfallsintheperiodbetweenthefirstandfifteenthdayofthefirstlunarmonth.Thisperiodisanagriculturaloff-season;thereforepeoplehavemoretimetoconductvariouskindsofcelebrations.TodistinguishtheNewYearaccordingtothesolarcalendarfromthataccordingtothelunarcalendar,peoplestartedcallingthelattertheSpringFestival,becauseitalwaysfallssometimebeforeorafterlichun(BeginningofSpring）。ASimulatedCourseforTourGuidesImportantChineseFestival（2）SimilartoChristmasinWesterncountries,theSpringFestivalisthemostcelebratedholidayinChina.Almostallfactoriesandcompaniesnationwideallowatleastaweek’sholiday.DuringtheSpringFestival,theChinesepeopleobservemanycolorfulcustoms.BeforetheeveoftheSpringFestival,everyfamilymembertriestogetbackhomefromeverycornerofthecountrytohaveasumptuousfamilyreuniondinner.Thedinnercontainsanassortmentofsavoryfood,butformostfamiliesinNorthChinajiaoziisthemaincourse.AsatraditionalChinesefood,jiaoziisenjoyedbytherichandthepooralike.Today,thiswell-lovedfoodisascloselyassociatedwiththeSpringFestivalasturkeyiswiththeThanksgivingintheU.S..ASimulatedCourseforTourGuidesImportantChineseFestival（3）2、TheLanternFestivalfallsonthefifteenthdayofthefirstlunarmonth.Itiscelebratedwithrounddumplingsmadeofglutinousriceflourandfilledwithava