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1、Unit8TraditionalHolidaysandCelebrationsSpringFestival:1)ThetimeoftheSpringFestival2)Legendsaboutit3)CelebrationsMid-AutumnFestival1)ThetimeoftheMid-Autumn2)Legendsaboutit3)CelebrationsThetimeoftheSpringFestivalThefirstdayofthefirstlunarmonthisregardedasthenewyearoftheChinese.Itisthemostimporta
2、ntandceremonioustraditionalfestivalinChina,justasChristmasDaytotheWesterners.LegendsaboutSpringFestivalTherewasamonstercalled"Nian"("year")thatwouldcomeouttoeatpeopleandanimalsontheeveofeveryNewYear.Toavoidthemonster’sattack,peoplewouldfleetothedepthofthemountainsandcallthisday"NianGuan"(meani
3、ng"thePassofNian").OnoneNewYear'sEve,therecameanoldbeggarinPeachBlossomVillage,whereanoldladygavehimsomefoodandaskedhimtohidehimselfinthemountaintoavoidthemonsterNian.Theoldmanpromisedthathecoulddrivethemonsterawayaslongashewasputupforthenightattheoldlady'shome.Beingunabletopersuadetheoldmanin
4、tohidinginthemountain,theoldladywentalone.Inthemiddleofthenight,themonsterNiandashedintothevillage.Hetrembledandcriedwhenhesawtheredpaperonthedooroftheoldlady'shouse,whichwasbrightlylit.Justasthemonsterreachedtheentrance,therecameblastingsoundsthatpreventedhimfrommovinganyfurther.Atthattime,th
5、eoldman,wearingaredrobe,openedthedoorandthemonsterwasscaredaway.Actually,thecolorred,firelightandblastingsoundswerethethingsthemonsterfearedmost.SpringFestivalCoupletsDuringtheSpringFestivalofeveryyear,allfamiliesinbothurbanandruralareastraditionallyhandpickapairofSpringFestivalcoupletstopaste
6、onthedoor,addingsomejoyousatmospheretothefestival.Thecoupletiscomposedoftwoparts,thefirstlineandthesecondline.Thereareafewpointsoneshouldbearinmindwhenwritingorbuyingthecouplets:thenumbersofwords,partsofspeechandsentencestructuresinthetwolinesmustbethesame;thecontentofthetwolinesmustberelatedt
7、oeachother;thetonalpatternsandrhythmsofthetwolinesmustbethesame.Inaddition,thecoupletsshouldbepostedvertically,withthefirstlineontherightandthesecondlineontheleft.DinneroftheNewYear’sEveThenightbeforetheSpringFestivalistraditionallycall
