Chinese and Western festivals 1. What kind of festivals do you know? 2. Why do people celebrate the festivals? 3. Which festivals do you like most? Why? 4.What are the traditional activities during these fe stivals? 5. Are there any symbols of the festivals? 6.What are similarities & differences between the f estivals? Chinese spring festival: Lucky money A Pair Of Scrolls (couplets) Fire cracker Dumping Door-god the God of Wealth Chinese and Western fewk.baidu.comtivals Chinese Spring festival Mid-autumn festival Dragon boat festival The lantern’s day Qingming festival Western Christmas Halloween Easter Thanksgiving day Valentine's Day Symbols of Halloween 1. Witches flying on broomsticks with black cats, ghosts, goblins and skeletons. 2. Trick or treat costumes. 3. Carving pumpkins into Jack-o’-lantern 4. Black and orange are the traditional Halloween colors. The first Sunday following the first full moon after March 21 (March 22-April 25) Easter egg bunny Symbols of Christmas 1. Santa Claus/ Father Christmas reindeer sled Santa Claus’s House :Santa’s Post Office FIN- 96930 Arctic Circle,Finland 2. Christmas tree (red green and white ) 3. Stockings 4. Silent night Christmas waits 5. Greetings: A Christmas greeting to cheer you, my good friend. ……… Symbols of Valentine ‘s Day Red rose Chocolate Valentine cards Candlelight dinner Romance Love at the first sight Symbols of Easter Symbols of Easter