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1、FestivalsMainfestivalsinChinaandthewesterncountriesTheSpringFestivalTheLanternDayTheDragonBoatsDayInternationalLaborDayTheMiddleAutumnDayTheNationalDayChristmasDayEasterDayThanksgivingDayAprilFool'sDayMother'sDayFather'sDayHalloweenFestivalsSpringFestivalThedateTheoriginsT

2、hecustomsThefoodChristmasDayTheoriginsThedateThehistoryThetraditionThefoodTheSpringFestivalThedateofSpringFestivalTheChineseNewYearstartswiththeNewMoon（新月）onthefirstdayofthenewyearandendsonthefullmoon（满月）15dayslater.The15thdayofthenewyeariscalledtheLanternFestival（元宵节）,whi

3、chiscelebratedatnightwithlanterndisplaysandchildrencarryinglanternsinaparade.TheOriginofChineseNewYearTheChineseNewYearisnowpopularlyknownastheSpringFestivalbecauseitstartsfromthebeginningofSpring(thefirstofthetwenty-fourtermsincoordinationwiththechangesofNature).Itsorigin

4、istoooldtobetraced.Severalexplanationsarehangingaround.Allagree,however,thatthewordNian,whichinmodernChinesesolelymeans"year",wasoriginallythenameofamonsterbeastthatstartedtopreyonpeoplethenightbeforethebeginningofanewyear.ThecustomsNewYear'sEveandNewYear'sDayarecelebrated

5、asafamilyaffair,atimeofreunionandthanksgiving.ThecelebrationwastraditionallyhighlightedwithareligiousceremonygiveninhonorofHeavenandEarth（万物）,thegodsofthehouseholdandthefamilyancestors.Thesacrificetotheancestors,themostvitalofalltheritual(仪式),unitedthelivingmemberswiththos

6、ewhohadpassedaway.Departedrelativesarerememberedwithgreatrespectbecausetheywereresponsibleforlayingthefoundationsforthefortuneandgloryofthefamily.ThepresenceoftheancestorsisacknowledgedonNewYear'sEvewithadinnerarrangedforthematthefamilybanquettable.Thespiritsoftheancestors

7、,togetherwiththeliving,celebratetheonsetoftheNewYearasonegreatcommunity.Thecommunalfeastcalled"surroundingthestove"orweilu.Itsymbolizesfamilyunityandhonorsthepastandpresentgenerations.havetheSpringFestival（过年）redpackets(cashwrappedupinredpaper,symbolizefortuneandwealthinth

8、ecomingyear)SpringFestivalcoupletspaper-cutsNewYeaspaintingsFirecrackers(peoplescareoffev