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1、China’sseventraditionalfestivalsSpringFestivalLanternFestivalQingMingDragonBoatFestivalDoubleSeventhFestivalMid-AutumnDayDoubleNinthFestival1SpringFestivalTheSpringFestivalisthemostimportantfestivalfortheChinesepeopleandiswhenallfamilymembersgettogether
2、,justlikeChristmasintheWest.BeforetheNewYearcomes,thepeoplecompletelycleantheindoorsandoutdoorsoftheirhomesaswellastheirclothes,bedclothesandalltheirutensils.WakinguponNewYear,everybodydressesup.Firsttheyextendgreetingstotheirparents.Theneachchildwillge
3、tmoneyasaNewYeargift,wrappedupinredpaper.PeopleinnorthernChinawilleatjiaozi,ordumplings,forbreakfast,astheythink"jiaozi"insoundmeans"biddingfarewelltotheoldandusheringinthenew".SouthernChineseeatniangao(NewYearcakemadeofglutinousriceflour糯米粉)onthisoccas
4、ion,becauseasahomophone同音字,niangaomeans"higherandhigher,oneyearafteranother.2InChina,themosttraditionalandpopularSpringFestivalfoodisdumpling,whichlookslikethemoonwithvegetablesandmeatmixedinit.TheChinesenameofdumplingis“JIAOZI”,”JIAO”means”cross”,”ZI”i
5、sChinesetraditionaltimerepresents“24:00”,sotheChineseword“JIAOZI”means“cross24:00”,justthedividingpointoflastyearandnextyear.Sowhenitcomesto24:00,everyfamilybeginseatingdumplings.NowputtingupredpaperonthedoorandsettingfirecrackerbecomesSpringFestivalcus
6、tomsandpeoplebelievedoingthesewillbringtheirfamilysafety.34SpringFestivalisalsothehappiesttimeforchildren,becausetheycangetredenvelopecontainingmoneyasagiftfromtheelder.DuringtheSpringFestival,anyunfortunatewordcannotbeheardbecauseitwillmakepeopleupseta
7、ndunhappy.Peoplealsomakeuseofthisholidaytovisittheirrelativesandbringthemsomepresentsandwell-wishing.5LanternFestivalLanternFestivalisaChina'straditionalfestival.Itiscelebratedonthefifteenthdayofthefirstmonthofthelunaryear.LanternFestivalisoneofthebigge
8、stholidaysinChina.SeveraldaysbeforeLanternFestival,peoplebegintomakelanterns.Lanternsaremadeintheshapeofdifferentanimals,vegetables,fruitsandmany,otherthings.Whilemakinglanternspeopleusuallywriteriddlesonlanterns.OntheeveofLanter
