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1、FestivalsMainfestivalsinChinaandthewesterncountriesTheSpringFestivalTheLanternDayTheDragonBoatsDayInternationalLaborDayTheMiddleAutumnDayTheNationalDayChristmasDayEasterDayThanksgivingDayAprilFool'sDayMother'sDayFather'sDayHalloweenFestivalsSpringFestivalThedateTheoriginsT
2、hecustomsThefoodChristmasDayTheoriginsThedateThehistoryThetraditionThefoodTheSpringFestivalThedateofSpringFestivalTheChineseNewYearstartswiththeNewMoon（新月）onthefirstdayofthenewyearandendsonthefullmoon（滿月）15dayslater.The15thdayofthenewyeariscalledtheLanternFestival（元宵節(jié)）,whi
3、chiscelebratedatnightwithlanterndisplaysandchildrencarryinglanternsinaparade.TheOriginofChineseNewYearTheChineseNewYearisnowpopularlyknownastheSpringFestivalbecauseitstartsfromthebeginningofSpring(thefirstofthetwenty-fourtermsincoordinationwiththechangesofNature).Itsorigin
4、istoooldtobetraced.Severalexplanationsarehangingaround.Allagree,however,thatthewordNian,whichinmodernChinesesolelymeans"year",wasoriginallythenameofamonsterbeastthatstartedtopreyonpeoplethenightbeforethebeginningofanewyear.ThecustomsNewYear'sEveandNewYear'sDayarecelebrated
5、asafamilyaffair,atimeofreunionandthanksgiving.ThecelebrationwastraditionallyhighlightedwithareligiousceremonygiveninhonorofHeavenandEarth（萬(wàn)物）,thegodsofthehouseholdandthefamilyancestors.Thesacrificetotheancestors,themostvitalofalltheritual(儀式),unitedthelivingmemberswiththos
6、ewhohadpassedaway.Departedrelativesarerememberedwithgreatrespectbecausetheywereresponsibleforlayingthefoundationsforthefortuneandgloryofthefamily.ThepresenceoftheancestorsisacknowledgedonNewYear'sEvewithadinnerarrangedforthematthefamilybanquettable.Thespiritsoftheancestors
7、,togetherwiththeliving,celebratetheonsetoftheNewYearasonegreatcommunity.Thecommunalfeastcalled"surroundingthestove"orweilu.Itsymbolizesfamilyunityandhonorsthepastandpresentgenerations.havetheSpringFestival（過(guò)年）redpackets(cashwrappedupinredpaper,symbolizefortuneandwealthinth
8、ecomingyear)SpringFestivalcoupletspaper-cutsNewYeaspaintingsFirecrackers(peoplescareoffev
