寒食节英文ppt

重阳节

”

也和

“

清明节

”

、

“

端午节

”

一般译法， 称为

chung yeung

festival

。由于我们有时也把

“

重阳

”

称为

“

重九

”

，所以有些英国人也

把我们的这一个节日叫做

“double

-

ninth

day,”

不过还是前者较多用。

扩充阅读一：

chinese ching ming festival

a chinese holiday, celebrated on april 4th, is the ching ming

festival (qingming festival). ching, in chinese, means pure or

clean and ming means brightness. most people call this

holiday grave-sweeping day because people head to the

cemetery to

clean graves.

there are many ching ming rituals[

仪式

] which include pulling

out weeds around the headstone, cleaning the stone and

replacing wilted or dead flowers with fresh ones. people also

burn incense[

薰香

] and paper money. the paper money is for

the deceased to use in the afterlife. youll even see food

arranged on headstones, but its not a picnic. the food is an

offering to the spirits. three sets of chopsticks[

筷子

] and three

chinese wine cups are also placed above the food, close to the

headstone.

other rituals include family

【篇二：中国传统节日中英文表格】

【篇三：中国四大传统节日英文介绍】

中国四大传统节日：春节，中秋节，端午节，清明节

元宵节

the lantern festival (

元宵节

) is the last day of the chinese new

year celebration. this day is for the last moment for setting off

fireworks, the last excuse for eating a big feast and the last

chance for family getting together before the “

年

”

celebrations are over. (latern festival is also a traditional time

of celebration for foreigners who live in china).

the lantern festival, the 15th of the first month of the lunar

calendar, is the first full moon of the year. celebrations and

traditions on this day date back to the western han dynasty.

traditions for this festival: as the name indicates, hanging and

looking at

lanterns is the main tradition. lanterns of various shapes and

sizes are displayed on trees, or along river banks.

parents often take their children to lantern fairs and

sometimes lucky kids even get a mini toy lantern.

another tradition is guessing lantern riddles. these are riddles

that are hung on lanterns for people to shoot down and solve.

the riddles are usually short, wise, and sometimes humorous.

the answer to a riddle can be a chinese character, a famous

persons name, a place name or a proverb. this tradition has

become a

popular game with serious staying power even as social

development changes other traditions.

other than that, the most important thing to do today is to eat

sweet

dumplings. in northern china, sweet dumplings made of

glutinous rice flour are called “

元宵

” while in southern part

they are called “

汤圆

”. typical sweet

dumplings are filled with black sesame sauce, sweetened

bean paste, or hawthorn. making “

元宵

” today is like a game or

an activity, so its seldom done without a reason and a group of

friends or family present to help out.

端午节

the dragon boat festival, also called the duanwu festival, is

celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the

chinese calendar. for thousands of years, the festival has been

marked by eating zong zi (glutinous rice

（糯米）

wrapped to

form a pyramid using bamboo or reed leaves) and racing

dragon boats.

the festival is best known for its dragon-boat races, especially

in the southern provinces where there are many rivers and

lakes. thisregatta

（赛舟会）

commemorates the death of qu

yuan , an honest minister who is said to have committed

suicide by drowning himself in a river. qu was a minister of the

state of chu situated in present-day hunan and hubei

provinces, during thewarring states per iod(475-221bc)

（战国时

期）

< br>. he was upright, loyal and highly esteemed for his wise

counsel that brought peace and prosperity to the state.

however, when a dishonest and corrupt prince vilified qu, he

was disgraced and dismissed from office. realizing that the