1、chinese traditional festivals,value significance chinese traditional festivals which belong to a tradtional customary culture rooted in the farming culture in ancient china. all the festivals contain their unique cultural connotations, reflect the strong cohesion and vitality of the culture in the l

2、ong historical development. they are sometimes even related to the cultural spirit and national spirit，and should play important roles in the development of society.,中國傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日作為一種行為層面的傳統(tǒng)文化，根植于中國古代農(nóng)耕文化，在長(zhǎng)期的流傳過程中形成了自身獨(dú)特的文化內(nèi)涵，體現(xiàn)了強(qiáng)大的文化凝聚力與生命力，有時(shí)甚至于文化精神，民族精神相聯(lián)系，在社會(huì)發(fā)展過程中具有非常重要的作用。,spring festival the spring

3、festival is known as the most important festival in china. during the holiday, people go back to hometown from everywhere no matter how far the distance is. they prepare various delicious food and presents for the spring festival eve. chinese will have a happy family union in the spring festival eve

4、, they believe thats the end day of last year and they will stay up for good luck until the first day of next year.,in china, the most traditional and popular spring festival food is dumpling, which looks like the moon with vegetables and meat mixed in it. the chinese name of dumpling is “jiao zi”,

5、”jiao” means ”cross”, ”zi” is chinese traditional time represents “24:00”, so the chinese word “jiao zi” means “cross 24:00”, just the dividing point of last year and next year. so when it comes to 24:00, every family begins eating dumplings. now putting up red paper on the door and setting firecrac

6、ker becomes spring festival customs and people believe doing these will bring their family safety.,spring festival is also the happiest time for children, because they can get red envelope containing money as a gift from the elder. during the spring festival, any unfortunate word cannot be heard bec

7、ause it will make people upset and unhappy. people also make use of this holiday to visit their relatives and bring them some presents and well-wishing.,the lantern festival（元宵節(jié)） the lantern festival is january 15 on the lunar calendar. the lunar january is the first month of a year and 15th is the

8、first day of full moon. during lantern festival, people go along the street to watch lanterns and children light their own small lanterns for some fun. the biggest and most beautiful lantern is the dragon lantern, which looks like a flying dragon, held by several young guys. one with a ball in hand

9、leads the dragon to move.,some lanterns have puzzles （燈謎）on them, called lantern puzzle, the one who gets the answer could receive small presents and be happy for his intelligence. the traditional food for lantern festival is rice glue ball. rice glue ball is a flavor ball with filling in it, for ex

10、ample, peanut filling, sesame filling and jam filling,the rice glue balls shape is just like the full moon appears in the sky. this kind of dessert is especially welcomed by children.,tomb- sweeping day（清明節(jié)）,tombsweep day is an ancient festival in spring, also called qing ming festival. in ancient c

11、hina, the emperor worshipped heaven and earth in order to bless for harvest. people worshipped their ancestors with sacrifice and showed their missing for ancestors.,清明時(shí)節(jié)雨紛紛，路上行人欲斷魂，借問酒家何處有，牧童遙指杏花村.,qing ming du mu（ tang dynasty ） qing ming usually comes with rainy days passengers on the way are ful

12、l of soreness i ask a buffalo boy for tavern to release my sadness he points to the village covered by apricot blossoms,mid-autumn day（中秋節(jié)） mid-autumn day is august 15th on lunar calendar. according to history records, chinese emperor has tradition that worship the sun in spring and worship the moon

13、 in autumn. as august 15th is exactly the middle of autumn, so it is called mid-autumn day. the traditional food of mid-autumn day is moon cake, a round baked cake with fillings in it. the round shape of moon cake represents family reunion. in the night of mid-autumn day, every family has moon cake

14、and watches the moon.,one most famous story is change flying to the moon. thousands of years ago, there were 9 suns in the sky, many people felt too hot to live. a young man called yi was brave enough and shot 8 suns to the ground and saved people. one day yi got a potion of elixir from queen mother

15、 and gave his wife change to keep. a man named peng meng knew about the elixir and wanted to get it from change. one day when yi was out for hunting, peng meng went to rob the elixir. in order to protect the elixir, change swallowed all of the elixir then flied to the moon.,the double ninth festival（重陽節(jié)） ancient chinese believes nine represents sun, the brightest thing, september 9th has two nine, the sun is doubled, so call it do