1、Spring festivalChristmas四组ANDThe Spring FestivalFar and away,the most important traditional holiday in China is Spring Festival,also known as the Chinese New Year,starts at the beginning of spring.It occurs somewhere between January 30 and February 20.Each Chinese year is represented by a repeated c
2、ycle of 12 animalas,the rat,ox,tiger,hare,dragon,snake,horse,ram,monkey,rooster,dog and pig.The chinese new year 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
3、 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.The origin:One legend goes that the beast ni
4、an 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.He said to nian,“I hear that you are very capable,but can you swallow the other beasts of prey on earth instead of people who are by no
5、 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 a
6、re 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 years end to scare away nian in case it sneaked back again,because red is the color the beast feared the most.From then
7、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)year as the word guo in chinese having both the meaning of pass-over and observe.The custom of putting up red paper and fir
8、ing 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.CharismasChristmas is a Christian holiday that celebra
9、tes the birth of Jesus Christ.No one knows the exact date of Christs birth,but most Christians observe Christmas on December 25.On this day,many go to church,where they take part in special religious services.During the Christmas season,they also exchange gifts and decorate their homes with holly,mi
10、stletoe,and Christmas trees.The word Christmas comes from Crises massed,an early English phrase that means Mass of Christ.The story of Christmas comes chiefly from the Gospels of Saint Luke and Saint Matthew in the New Testament.The history of Christmas dates back over 4000 years.Many of our Christm
11、as traditions were celebrated centuries before the Christ child was born.The 12 days of Christmas,the bright fires,the yule log,the giving of gifts,carnivals(parades)with floats,carolers who sing while going from house to house,the holiday feasts,and the church processions can all be traced back to
12、the early Mesopotamians.The custom of giving gifts to relatives and friends on a special day in winter probably began in ancient Rome and northern Europe.In these regions,people gave each other small presents as part of their year-end celebrations.In the 1800s,two more Christmas customs became popul
13、ar-decorating Christmas trees and sending Christmas cards to relatives and friends.Many well-known Christmas carols,including Silent Night and Hark!The Herald Angels Sing,were composed during this period.In the United States and other countries,Santa Claus replaced Saint Nicholas as the symbol of gi
14、ft giving.Advantage:Spring Festival:Working outside year round people can go home;After a busy year you can take a breakChristmas:Improved understanding of Western culture;Increase consumption Disadvantage:Spring Festival:With the arrival of the Spring Festival,prices are up all sorts of things;A lo
15、t of businesses out of business,which have an adverse impact on economic developmentChristmas：Christmas in Chinas rise is completely driven out of business interests;Christmas is the most celebrated young people,especially students,especially students have a girlfriend,increase their burden.Christma
16、sSpring festivalDifferencesSpring festival and Christmas are both the most important festival for the Chinese people and western people.Because of the different culture,there are different ways to celebrate.This PowerPoint compares the differences between Spring festival and Christmas,shows their or
17、igins and ways of celebration and so on,to point out that are looking forward to well-being.Spring Festival traditions:Spring Festival traditions:1.paper-cuts 2.Spring Festival couplets3.New Year paintings4.Special purchases for the Spring Festival5.FirecrackersSanta ClausChristmas treeChristmas hat
18、sChristmas StockingChristmas cardsChristmas dinnerChristmas carols(圣诞颂歌)Christmas traditionsFood in Spring FestivalMainly Food at Christmas dinnerSomething special for kids at Spring Festival Sending lucky money is a Chinese New Year a custom.Lucky money is wrapped by a red envelop.Chinese love red,
19、because red symbol vitality happy and good luck to the younger generation of the distributed red envelopes.And it is thought it is a bad manner that children open their red envelops in front of the elder.Something special for kids at ChristmasThe hanging of stockings by the fireplace before bedtime,
20、to receive the presents from Father Christmas,is a much-loved tradition that is still practiced by many children and adults although stockings might now be replaced with hung in different locations such as by the childs bed.When small children go to bed on Christmas Eve,they hang a stocking at the b
21、ehind of their beds.Their parents warn them not to try to look at Father Christmas,or their parents will not leave them anything.When they wake up,they find their stockings filled with presents.As a result，children are very excited on Christmas morning and always wake up early.Best Wishes in Spring
22、festival:Harmony brings wealth 和气生财 May all your wishes come true 心想事成Safe trip wherever you go 出入平安Promoting to a higher position 步步高升Wishing you every success 一帆风顺Everything goes well 吉祥如意Best Wishes in Christmas:Wishing you a white Christmas.愿你有一个白色圣诞。Best wishes on this holiday season.致以圣诞节最诚挚的祝
23、福。Wishing you and yours a merry Christmas this holiday season.在此佳节，祝你全家圣诞快乐。A Christmas wish for my best friend!给我最好的朋友一个圣诞祝福!Differences in Best WishesThe differences between Spring Festival and Christmas are so obvious that we can find easily.First the background is different.One is the eastern fe
24、stival,and the other is western festival.Then the people celebrate them in different ways,such as China does not have Santa Claus,and America does not have any couplets.At last,east and west eat different food to celebrate the festival.The conclusion:The two different festivals are celebrate in wint
25、er.They are the biggest festivals in the east and west.Families celebrate Spring Festival or Christmas together,and so on.In a word,our family have a good time during the festivals.SimilaritiesHow to do We might discard the dross and select the essence as well,we should protect the environment,we do not excessive discharge of fireworks and firecrackers;During the festival,we should company with our families and so on.Thank you for your attention!
