Module 6 The World’s Cultural Heritage

④ every lunar calendar date of 15th august is the china traditional day－mid-autumn festival.
⑤ the mid-autumn festival is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the eighth moon.
◆ 節(jié)日的起源。如：
① the mid-autumn festival is a traditional festivity for both the han and minority nationalities. the custom of worshipping the moon can be traced back as far as the ancient xia and shang dynasties.
② there are many different beliefs about the origin of the lantern festival. but one thing for sure is that it had something to do with religious worship.
◆ 節(jié)日習(xí)俗(包括食物、人的活動等)。如：
    ① chinese people usually put up\ stick spring festival couplets (春聯(lián)) on front gates of their houses…\ setting off firecrackers…\ take some money from your parents…\ have the year supper
    ② zongzi is the traditional food for the dragon boat festival.
    ③ at this time, people will try to solve the puzzles on the lanterns and eat yuanxiao
④ jiaozi, fish, chicken and other stewed meat are the main dishes for the spring festival,
⑤ in addition to jiaozi, the most common food for the spring festival are noodles, new year’s cakes and tangyuan.
◆ 節(jié)日的意義。如：
① spring festival, also known as the chinese new year is the most important holiday in china. to the chinese people it is as important as christmas to people in the west.
② it is generally believed that the festival originated to celebrate the memory of the ancient patriotic poet qu yuan.
③ autumn is a harvest season and mid-autumn is a reunion day.
④ it is a time for relaxation and celebration.
(5) ask ss to write an essay about the lantern festival according to the following chinese.
① 早在西漢時期，元宵節(jié)已是重要的節(jié)日；
② 觀燈、猜燈謎；焰火；
③ 吃元宵（也叫“湯圓”，音似“團(tuán)圓”。吃元宵表示家人團(tuán)圓、和諧、幸福）；
④ 舞龍燈、劃旱船、踩高蹺等表演；
注意：① 不要逐句翻譯，可適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)；
          ② 詞數(shù)：120左右。
③ 參考詞匯：表示denote  焰火firework  踩高蹺walking on stilts
one possible version
lantern festival
the lantern festival falls on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month. as early as the western han dynasty, it had become a festival with great significance.
this day’s important activity is watching lanterns. lanterns of various shapes and sizes are hung in the street. “guessing lantern riddles” is an essential part of the festival. people will eat yuanxiao on this day, so it is also called the “yuanxiao festival”. yuanxiao also has another name, tangyuan, which in chinese has a similar pronunciation with “tuanyuan”. so people eat them to denote union, harmony and happiness for the family.