1. Happy Lunar New Year!

2. moon cakes
glutinous rice dumplings
glutinous rice balls

3. How many Chinese festivals
do you know?
Tomb-sweeping Festival (清明节）
Lantern Festival
(元宵节）
Dragon
Boat
Festival
（端午节）
Spring Festival
（春节）
Chinese traditional festival
Double Ninth
Festival （重阳节）
Qi Xi Festival
（七夕节）
Mid-autumn
Festival（中秋节）

4. Origin
In ancient time, a monster called “Nian” would hurt people once a year on the new year eve.
It attacked villages, devoured（吞食） people, animals and plants.

5. Origin

6. Customs
Spring Cleaning

7. Customs
Pasting couplets

8. Customs
Setting off fireworks

9. Customs
Receiving gift money

10. Exchanging App red envelopes
Customs
Exchanging App red envelopes

11. Customs
Paying a new year visit

12. Celebration
Family reunion dinner 年夜饭

13. Symbols fireworks firecrackers paper-cut couplet lantern
New Year's painting

14. Foods

15. Taboos

16. Spring Festival & Christmas
Comparison
Spring Festival & Christmas
Similarities
the most important festival celebrate in winter families celebrate the festival together

17. Comparison Differences Spring Festival Christmas Date Origin
1st day of the lunar month
Dec, 25th
Origin
the story of “nian”
the birthday of Jesus
Home decoration
couplets, lantern
Christmas trees
Festival food
fish, dumplings
turkeys
Special customs

18. Homework
Describe one Chinese festival, including its date, origin, customs, celebrations and symbols.