1. Be Closer to China~~~ Dec. 4, 2009 Hello, My Friends!

2. People’s Republic of China  Population 1.3 Billion  Area about 9.6 million Square km  34 Provinces  56 Nationalities  Religion: Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Catholicism and Christianism

3. China 2009  Celebration of 60 th Anniversary of P.R.China

4. President Obama’s First Visit to China in Nov. 15-18 2009

5. Where am I from? Yantai

6. Coastal City--Yantai matchmaker

7. Beautiful Yantai

8. Modern Yantai

9. Local Products of Yantai

10. Aug.8-24,2008 2008 BeiJing Olympic Games

11. Welcome to BeiJing~ 1964 Tokyo, Japan 1988 Seoul, Korea 2008 BeiJing, China

12. Chinese Traditional Holidays

13.  Spring Festival  Festival of Lanterns  Tomb-sweeping Day  Dragon Boat Festival  Chinese Valentine's Day  Mid-autumn Festival  The Double Ninth Festival

14. Chinese Traditional Holidays  Spring Festival  Festival of Lanterns  Tomb-sweeping Day  Dragon Boat Festival  Chinese Valentine's Day  Mid-autumn festival  The Double Ninth Festival

15. Chinese Spring Festival （ Chinese New Year ） Christmas (US) Jan.1 Chinese Lunar Calendar

16. Chinese Character 福 --Luck 福

17. Spring Festival Scrolls

18. Door Numen folklore

19. Paper Cut for Spring Festival

22. Mammon Numen & Lucky Boy

23. Firecracker

24. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Lanterns~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

25. Dumpling for Spring Festival

26. Steamed Bread for Spring Festival

27. Pay a New Year call Happy New Year~

28. Chinese Traditional Holidays  Spring Festival  Festival of Lanterns  Tomb-sweeping Day  Dragon Boat Festival  Chinese Valentine's Day  Mid-autumn festival  The Double Ninth Festival

29. Festival of Lanterns Jan.15 Chinese Lunar Calendar

30. ~~~~~~~~~Rice sticky balls~~~~~~~~~~~

31. Lanterns Play the Riddle

32. Lanterns made by Ice

33. Chinese Traditional Holidays  Spring Festival  Festival of Lanterns  Tomb-sweeping Day  Dragon Boat Festival  Chinese Valentine's Day  Mid-autumn Festival  The Double Ninth Festival

34. Tomb-sweeping DayMemorial Day Around Apr. 5 solar calendar

35. Chinese Traditional Holidays  Spring Festival  Festival of Lanterns  Tomb-sweeping Day  Dragon Boat Festival  Chinese Valentine's Day  Mid-autumn Festival  The Double Ninth Festival

36. Dragon Boat Festival May 5 Chinese Lunar Calendar

37. Zong Zi (sticky rice dumpling wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves ) Minister Qu Yuan’s death-- Suicide by jumping in the river

38. Chinese Traditional Holidays  Spring Festival  Festival of Lanterns  Tomb-sweeping Day  Dragon Boat Festival  Chinese Valentine's Day  Mid-autumn Festival  The Double Ninth Festival

39. Chinese Valentine's Day in Western Countries July 7 Chinese Lunar Calendar Folklore, poor boy, vega 织女, hairpin, galaxy, pie 喜鹊

40. Chinese Traditional Holidays  Spring Festival  Festival of Lanterns  Tomb-sweeping Day  Dragon Boat Festival  Chinese Valentine's Day  Mid-autumn Festival  The Double Ninth Festival

41. Mid-autumn FestivalThanksgiving day Aug. 15 Chinese Lunar Calendar

42. Moon Cake United Be Together

44. Chinese Traditional Holidays  Spring Festival  Festival of Lanterns  Tomb-sweeping Day  Dragon Boat Festival  Chinese Valentine's Day  Mid-autumn Festival  The Double Ninth Festival

45. The Double Ninth Festival (Old People’s Festival) Sep. 9 Chinese Lunar Calendar

46.  Sep. 9, double “nine”  Number 9---Long life  Climb mountains  Mum exhibition  Old people’s festival The Double Ninth Festival

47. Questions ?

48. Thank You