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教案Unit 3 Festivals and customs Welcome to the unit
Teaching objectives:
Students will learn more about Qingming Festival;
Students will learn how to introduce a festival by their own;
Students will know the value of traditional festivals and strengthen their cultural confidence.
Teaching important points:
Students will learn how to introduce a festival by their own.
Teaching difficult points:
Students will know the value of traditional festivals and strengthen their cultural confidence.
Teaching procedures:
StepⅠLead-in
Watch a video about The Day of the Dead and answer the question: What Chinese festival is it similar to Then appreciate a poem about Qingming Festival.
StepⅡ Read and think
Read the following passage about Qingming Festival and finish the mind-map.
Qingming Festival , which falls on either April 4th or 5th of the gregorian calendar, is one of the Chinese Twenty-four Solar Terms. From that date temperatures begin to rise and rainfall increases, indicating that it is the crucial time for plowing and sowing in the spring. However, it is not only a seasonal symbol; it is also a day of paying respect to the dead, a spring outing, and other activities. It is a combination of sadness and happiness.
Origin
It is said that the Qingming Festival was originally held to commemorate a loyal man living in the Spring and Autumn Period (770 - 476 BC), named Jie Zitui. Jie cut a piece of meat from his own leg in order to save his hungry lord who was forced to go into exile when the crown was in jeopardy. The lord came back to his position nineteen years later, and forgot Jie Zitui but later felt ashamed and decided to reward him. However, Jie had blocked himself up in a mountain with his mother. In order to find Jie, the lord ordered that the mountain should be set on fire. Later Jie was found dead with his mother. In order to commemorate Jie, the lord ordered that the day Jie died was Hanshi (Cold Food) Festival - the day that only cold food could be eaten.The second year, when the lord went to the mountain to sacrifice to Jie, he found willows revived, so he gave instructions that the day after Hanshi Festival was to be Qingming Festival. Later, the two festivals were combined as one.
Traditional Activities
Qingming Festival is a time of many different activities, among which the main ones are tomb sweeping, taking a spring outing, and flying kites.
Tomb sweeping is regarded as the most important custom in the Qingming Festival from which the name of Tomb-sweeping day is got. Cleaning the tomb and paying respect to the dead person with offerings are the two important parts of remembering the past relatives. Weeds around the tomb are cleared away and fresh soil is added to show care of the dead. The dead person's favourite food and wine are taken to sacrifice to them, along with paper resembling money. This is all burned in the hope that the deceased are not lacking food and money. Kowtow before the tablets set up for the dead are made.Today, with cremation taking over from burying, the custom has been extremely simplified in cities. Only flowers are presented to the dead relatives and revolutionary martyrs. No matter how respect is shown, good prayers for the deceased are expressed.
On Tomb-sweeping Day, people will eat green food. There are steamed cake Artemisia in rural customs. In addition, there is the custom of eating boiled eggs on Tomb-sweeping Day. Sweet green rice ball is also the essential food in the southern area where used to worship the ancestors, and as such, it is particularly important in the southern area of folk food culture.
All in all, the Qingming Festival is an occasion of unique characteristics, integrating sorrowful tears to the dead with the continuous laughter from the spring outing.
Find more about other Chinese festivals on https://www./
StepⅢ Introduce your favorite festival
Have students introduce their favorite festival orally by using the mind-map and tips.
Tips:
..., which falls on ..., is one of...
It is (also) a day of...
It is said that...was originally held to...
...is a time of many different activities, among which...
...is regarded as...
... are expressed.
...is also the essential food
All in all, ...
StepⅥ Summary and homework
Customs tells a man who he is, where he belongs, what he must do. ——Robert A. Heinlein Have a good command of Chinese festivals and customs and tell good Chinese stories.
Write a short passage to introduce your favorite festival.
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Unit 3 Festivals and customs
Welcome to the unit
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