1.When do these festivals take place?2.What do they celebrate?3.What do people do?

Spring

Festival

late January and early FebruaryTime:

couplets

Festival of lanterns

Time:The fifteenth day of the first lunar month

Lantern show Lion dancing

Guessing riddles Dumpling ball

Mid- Autumn Festival

Time: on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month

Mooncakes

Time: on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month

Festivals in foreign countries

Happy Valentine’s Day

Christmas

Thanksgiving Day in America is a time to offer thanks, of family gatherings and holiday meals. Thanksgiving is

celebrated on the 4th Thursday of November.

Halloween is one of the oldest holidays with origins going back thousands of years.

On October 31 children in countries like the US and Canada celebrate Halloween.

All Hallows

All Saints’ Day

November 1

Easter is the time of springtime festivals, a time for Christians to celebrate the life and resurrection of Christ. And a time of chocolate bunnies, marshmallow chicks, and colored eggs!

Easter will be celebrated on Sunday March 27, 2005.

Easter Bunny

Easter eggs

In late March or early April

Popular symbols

Easter

1.The ancient people needn’t worry about their food.

2.Halloween used to be a festival intended to honour the dead.

3.Qu Yuan was a great poet who people honour a lot in China.

4.Mid-autumn Festival is held to celebrate the end of autumn.

5.Easter celebrates the birth of Jesus.

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